Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1913 — Oil on Rails to Stop Trains. [ARTICLE]

Oil on Rails to Stop Trains.

Since Charles S. Mellen’s offer to pay |IO,OOO to the lucky genius who perfects a practical train stopping device be and the Connecticut public utilities commissioners have received numerous interesting letters, questions and models. One letter reaching the public utilities commissioners recently announced the writer had solved the problem by arranging to pour lubricating oil on the rails, thus letting the wheels revolve but not propel.