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WRECK-PROOF.

Scheme to Cost Hundred and Fifty Million Dollars.

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SPEED CIRCUIT CONTROLLER

WRECKS ÜLIKE THE ONE SHOWN IN THE LOWER PICTURE) WILL BE AVOIDED BY AUTOMATIC BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS. BRAKE DEVICE IS ATTACHED TO TENDER AND ENGINE (UPPER PICTURER RAMI, HY WHICH ELECTRIC/MPULSES ARETRANSMITTED TO THE LOCOMOTIVE (SHOWN IN CHROLE)

By onder of the interstate

TWO TYPES.

The automatic train control device adopted by the Rock Island is only one of two distinct typoa: the Intermittent and the continuous systoms.

The intermittent system is one by which a sories either of camps or of magnetic contacts are plac ed at régular intervals along the track to control the brake mechanism of passing locomo tives. Thus, trains are subject to automatic control at i- termittent intervals.

Under the continuous contact system, an electric curront passes through the entire track, so that the train may be placed under immediate control no mattor evhers it happens to be.

By the continuous control sys- | tom, when a train, enters a block: it de-energizes the track behind for one block and controls the relay system of electric control on blocks farthor bohing, so that trains following can be kept down to certain specified spoeds.

There is a similar speed control system for the intermittont type. It is the de-energizing of the track, ramp or magnet that causes the brakes to work autom atically. While curront passos through these devices, the eng- inoer gets a signal in his cab that the road is clear.

DOUBLE PRECAUTION

Thore is what the enginevra call an acknowledging foatura" in connection with the spood cou. trol systom by which an anginaer | forced to go loss than 20 milos.an hour musi pross ́an "seknowledg ing button" to show hơ is slort and careful, or the train is stopped automatically.

THE MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION. Tourists Meet General Bruce and Party.

AIT, EVEREST FROM RONGBUX CAMP, 16,500 FT. ALTITUDE

THE EMPRESS' PASSENGERS AT DARJEELING

WITH GEN. BRUCE'S PARTY

EMPRESS OF

CANADAS PASSENGERS NEAR

JAIPUR, NDIA

expedition who delivered a lecture hofore the passengers of the Em pross of Canada, desoribing the first attempt of his party to scale Mt. Everest, and Mr. T. H Somerville, soiontist.

This year some of the Empresa of Canada's passengers cffled the world from Vancouver - to Vanoouvor, but next yoar, the Empress of France leaving Now York on Jan. 27 will entirely cir oumnavigate the globe from Now York to New York, via the Pan-

A modern, Inxurious steamship ama Canal.

This double precaution is taken | Mechanical devices are being the devices would be about this control system been in use' by the train control system. for! installed up three-fifths of the $15,000,000 more unnually. When the first section stopped, the safety of the passengers.

According to a signal engineer

The round-the-world tourist congers of the Empress of Canada railroade in Amorica in an effort Automatic train control fur- the second sertion would have to make them wrock-proof. nishes the missing link between been brought to a stop at safe of the New York Central, these nowadays has a wonderful oppor- encircling the globa from Now dovices would reduce railroad ac- tunity to see not only the strange York to Vancouver mado à sido roadside block signal and the distance behind. Commorce Commission 49 of the train. It makes train running Qut of the thousands of devices cidents, including personal in countries of the globe, but also trip of 700 miles to Darjeeling like the Empress of Canada or the ships of Largest railroads must have an proof against human error by submitted to the Interstate Com- juries and crossing fatalities, by the outstanding figuros in the and there mot Geu. Brace and the Empress of France, when Approved system of automatic working air brakes automatically merco Commission for approval, about 6 per cent. Considering only world's nows. For several yours his party, who were enroute to compared with train control installed on their in case of danger whether the only

adopted by the railroad wreeks., however, his past, the entire civilized world Mt. Everest to make another at Magellan and Columbus, is an has gained its rate of roduction would be more has been watching the efforts tack upon the summit of the wonderful in its way in spoed,. 150,000 miles of track by Janu- engineer sees the red signal or Rock Island

mundo by General C. G. Bruce and world. News has just come and today's globe girḍtors seo the ary-Ist nazi..

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sanction. This is due, however, than half.

The explanation-is, he points his party to conquer Mt. Everest, through that two of, the party strange peoples of the world in comfort and under circumstanoos" Firet cost of installing this The wreck of the Twentieth Con- to the fact that the 1.0.0. syston has been estimated at tury limited nour Erie, last refuses to review a system until out, few accidents nowadays are the giant poak of Asia rising were killed in the attempt.

In the group seen above, those nover dreamed of by the early $130,000,000 for all the roads winter, would never have occur it has been installed on an entire puraly railroad mishaps. Most more than 29,000 ft. above sea

lovel and the highest mountain seated are Col, E. F. Norton, Gen, explorers who sailed the Savon are crossing accidents. affected. Cost of of maintaining red, say signal engineers, had line.

in the world. Recently the pas. C. G. Bruce, leader of the 1924 Boas.

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Interesting World Items.

L. Cook, the Lancashire cricket- jer, has been released from the

county ground staff, and will! probably accept an engagement with a Loaguo club. He had a bonefit from the County last season of £1566.

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Aston Villa have signed the whole of thoir. Cup team except: Dr. Milne and Moss. Birming-: ham have now obtained the signatures of their entire olevon, while. Phoenix, follows M'Cluro to Aston Villa.

Three of the 'Derby County directors have resigned, The club aro in debt to the extent of £10,000,

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Canon A. W. I Little the vioar of Blackpool speaking on subject of What is Gambling

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mon's service at Blackpool said thore was something wrong with the moral sense of a community which received with open arms) the gambler on the Stook Ex- chango, admitted him to the best Goalety, and elected him as sidosman or warden in the oburch and at the same time ostracised the bookmaker on the racecourse who offored odds to his clients and paid his debts with scrupuluous fairness.

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