Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 311, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1918 — WORK SWITCHES ON RAILWAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WORK SWITCHES ON RAILWAY

Prime Object of Invention of South Carolina Man Is to Lock Switch in Any Position.

The Scientific American Tn Illustrating and describing ah automatic switch, the invention of H.' H. Palmer of Charleston. S. C., says: The invention relates to means for automatically operating the switches on railroads, Including street railroads and particularly relates to that type of switches adapted to be operated autonmtcally by trips provided on a car

or locomotive and arranged to depress switch-operating plungers in the tracks at the sides. The prime object is to provide means for locking the switch in any position t»-which it has been thrown. «

Switch in Operation.