Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1904 — ANOTHER JASPER COUNTY INVENTION. [ARTICLE]

ANOTHER JASPER COUNTY INVENTION.

A. G. Hendryx of Kankakee township has been here thia week on business connected with the invention of a railroad cattlegnard, of which he is the inventor and patentee. The Democrat man was permitted to see a model of Mr. Hendryx’s latest invention, and it certainly seems very plausible and is most Bimple, Tbe guard is made in such a way that the moment an animal steps from the roadway onto the railroad right of way, the guard tips down and a gate flies up in front of tbe animal, blocking its progress and scaring it half to death. It, of course, steps back and the guard released of its weight, drops back in position Mr. Hendryx says that be has shown the model to railroad men and they think it tbe only practical guard they ever saw. We hope the inventor will reap a fortune from the device.