Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 274, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1913 — Signal Department Most Important. [ARTICLE]

Signal Department Most Important.

The signal department is becoming more and more a specialized part of the machinery of a railroad. The signal engineer is coming to be a very Important person. He must know paints and painting. ,He must understand cements and concrete work, adding a good knowledge of blacksmithlng and pipe fitting. Furthermore, he should be a machinist and have a certain idea about draughing as well as the designing and making of mechanical apparatus and should be a fairly good electrical engineer.