Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1917 — AVOID ACCIDENTS ON ROADS [ARTICLE]

AVOID ACCIDENTS ON ROADS

Intricate Electrically Operated Mechanism Installed by Two Big Railroads In Chicago. A room filled with intricate, electrically operated mechanism Installed at a cost of SIOO,OOO by two large Western roads on Washington street, Chicago, the junction of the two roads, has reduced to'the minimum the possibility of accidents and injuries to the traveler. This room is the headquarters for the interlocking signal system installed by the railroads. It is through this station that the lives of thousands are safeguarded as they go thundering over the tracks of the two roads, in daylight and darkness. Through the medium of this new service the possibility of a headon collision is practically obliterated and the open-switch catastrophe becomes a thing of the past. The headquarters station is connected with dozens of smaller stations along the routes of the two roads, and between these stations are both overhead and track-light signals. Through the installation of the new system the forgetful switchman and the untrustworthy signalman become things of the past, and travelers may slumber in peace as they are whirled through the maze of tracks in the railroad yards.