Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1911 — Railroad Crossing Safety Gates. [ARTICLE]

Railroad Crossing Safety Gates.

Plans of an Interesting and ingenious device to prevent loss of life at level railroad crossings, have been forwarded to us by the inventor and patentee, Mr. T. H. Cassidy, Cranbrook. B. C. The device consists of bar gates of the ordinary variety operated by means of compressed air, supplied from a compression chamber, the piston of which is Set in motion by a trip trigger on the railway track. A great deal, of thought and ingenuity has been shown in perfecting the contrivance, which is extremely praiseworthy. The inventor is willing to permit any railway company to make use of his devioe in the Interests of humanity. Possibly some notifying signal before the bars fall would be an additional advantage to travelers on the highways. Some bell with characteristic sound, electrically operated from the rails by the approaching trains, would seem to be greatly needed at all level crossings.