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l'lTTSnL'fHr, April 12.—BeginningHP.rt WwlnoodOV mnfnlno oil urnfun.......■« --- arnre freight trains running over the*main line of tlio Pennsylvania will be controlled by the absolute block system. The trains will be treated as passenger trains. Tills will not ;i]»-ll.r to a slow frclgnt or any other train that Is moved by permissive block and which mar be allowed to follow a preference train intu a block under control signal.In order that the operators and signalmen may bn able to determine readily what Iruluii are being treated In this' manner tin* yari?masters »l the stalling points will be required to make out ji rejmrt of tin* train. ironi-iug It us a high class eilra. The loiters HO will lie used in reporting a train over I lie division so that the moment an 11C order ' I* received the operator will know that the absolulti black must be applied.The system of nuiutng Trains with tiie absolute block signal was adopted aliont two yours ago. when the depression set in, and when relrcuchnicnts wore made In nil departments. Thu system was applied to preference trains and then to slow freight, bnt it tied tip the movements in such a manner that' It was abandoned. The movement 'of preference freight is such I hat Ir will not can-«* any lt;1c*1:i v to shipments. *FORMER LOCAL EMPLOYESTAKE BETTER POSITIONS,R. \T. Hamilton, fonncr.y In the •Nick'fll Plale ticket office lt;»t thin point, hQ3 baen bppoSiif.nl city lichat agent of the Louisville Nashville luilruad ill Chicago. Another change that will be of interest to Fort Wuyue acquaintances Is that affecting George Simpson, who has resigned Ills position wll h the Nlclcel Plale to become Pullman lirfcot clerk in the offices of the Itock Island railroad in Chicago. Mr. Hamilton has boon assistant ticket agent, at the LaSalle street station in Chicago for some time. Mr. Simpson was formerly employed with the Nickel Plate in this city.WESTERN GAS COMPANYLANDS BIG ORDERS.The Weslorn Ons Construction rom-pany litis been awarded the couli-act for the erection of an entire now artificial gau plain ul Peaks Island. Maine, which will have a capacity of ir0.(Kd cubic feet per day. Peaks Island Is uin-omiueut eastern summer resort. Con-Klrcielioii work on tlio now plant will commence immediately. The lonal company is alsu working on a 500.000 cubic tent capacity three-llft steel tank gas holder for-a firm at Denver, Colu.. and a txvo-IIII holder or 100.000 ruble feet clipnthy for a linn Rl SUvulur; JII.•. * -INSPECTION PARTY COMING.Cl. A. Geller. superintendent of tele-graph, W. MeC- Gvarton, signal engineer. .nid ether representatives of the two ik'carlniouU lucutiuncd above, arc scheduled to reach this city Wednesday. April U, en route on the semiannual itisjiHciion of signals und tele graphs or the Pennsylvania lines west ol JMttsbuig. The parly left Hashing this morning and will rfpeud tonight at Crestline and Tuesday night at Lima. . V.LAKE TRAFFIC VERY LIGHT.■ _• .1 :The trnOlc over the Lake Shorn 4nd Grand Rapids Indiana liiHriind^. to I lie lsl:c iHJluls Kutnrdu* and Sunday wan verv light awing to the unfavorable went her. The U. R. I. *old abuut nriy tickets lo Rome.City and the IJ«Ue Shn-n sold nbom. thirty-five lo Angola. PhiHsanl. Lake and Uay. The ticket agents do nut look tor heavy traffic to these points until about May 1, when the people usually get the lnkc fever good and strongvTHE SEATTLE RATE. ;j |The ronnd-lrtp rale riimi FSjil Wayne and local tcrrftoiy '« Seattle, account of ilie Alaaka-Yiikon world’s fair, which «|K*n» -luue 1. 1ms been fixed at g»7.H» by the Onuul Pnsacn ger aSaix'lallui. The rale iwrinlls o[ two route*. one via Denver and one via St. Pnnl. bolh of which have many advantages commendable to I lie tourist.SHOP AND RAIL NOTES.J. ^alerts. f Hie Wabash simps. Is! ?uendlns 2 week's vial! wh.b friends! in Wahasli.Kd. Hayden. traveling passengerj agent of the Chicago. MtlwmiUcu SI.' Paul, was in the city yesterday.Edward Roach, chief clerk to the; WalmHh general foi«man, is confined to his home with flu attack nr I he grip..Mr*. Kdwanl Cramer, who was recently openile.1 on for appendicitis nf diic of the local keep! lulu. has beeu ro-
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Fort Wayne News
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Mon, Apr 12, 1909
Page 10
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