Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1915 — SHOWING THE NEXT STATION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SHOWING THE NEXT STATION

Indicator Designed to Furnish Information for Traveler on Railroad or Subway Cars. An indicator to be placed in the middle of railroad, subway and elevated cars to tell the next station has juss been patented by Bernhard Leder-

A, Buttons for Shutters; B, Shutter Lettered; 81, Shutter; Blank Lettered Shutter Shown on Other Side, C. Device to Raise Shutters; D, Space for Advertisement; E, Next Station or Stop; F, Where Shutters Are, After Dropping. man of Brooklyn. It is designed to be hung where it can be seen by passengers at both ends of the car. Below a board lettered “Next Station” are metal shutters rising and falling on hinges and operated by a touch of a button from the conductor or motorman. On leaving one station the button is pressed and this raises into full view the board bearing the name of the next station and at the same time sounds a buzzer. At the end of the route the shutters are lifted back into place by a leVer.

Two electric lights illuminate the indicator and a transformer reduces the. high current of the train line to the low voltage needed for operating the shutters. The whole is constructed of sheet iron and when fitted with shutters for 50 stations requires a space only two feet in length.