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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1910)
D JH THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 16, 1910. ! i ;' ( I i Skirt Flouncing, Bands, Edges, Corset Cover Em broideries big assortment of pretty patterns for selec tion; 50c values Monday, at, yard 25c Smple Strip Embroideries and In sertings; regular 10c to 25c yd. values, go at, yd. 6c, 10c, 13 He 0 3 LZ3 THE RELIABLE STORE Although Price Lowness is Part and Parcel of Our Great January Clearing Sale Quality is made the measure of every value and upon this fact rests the tremendous svecess of this great sale event. u A THE RELIABLE STORE A Great Display of Dainty Undermuslins in the delight of every lady visitor to our: store; the splendid variety, the beauty, the high Quality of every gar tnent, the remarkable low prices, all are most pleasing to those who appre ciate true worth You'll find High Quality the keynote of the display, no matter at what price the garment is sold -SEE MONDAY'S SPECIALS. Grand Clearance Bed Spreads Sheets and Pillow Cases at Greatly Reduced Prices In Our high Grade Linen Dept. Monday Full size imported Marseilles fringed Bed Spreads, superior quality, beautiful designs, worth $7.00; Monday, each $3.98 Full size crochet Bed Spreads, cut corners, knotted fringe, Marseilles patterns, worth $2.50; Monday, each $1.75 Size 81x90 heavy quality Sheets, with French seam, worth 75c; Monday, each 55c Size 81x90, heavy quality Sheets, worth 90o, French seam ; Monday, each .GOC Size 81x90, extra heavy seamless Sheets, worth $1.00; Monday, each .75c Size 81x90, extra heavy seamless Sheets, worth $1.25; Monday, each ...... ... . . .80c She 45x36, heavy, strong and durable Pillow Cases, worth 20c; Monday, each.. 14c Size 42x36, heavy, strong and durable Pillow Cases, worth HVc; Monday, each. . .12M:C 10,000 yds, of Rough Silks, About Half A big purchase of Rough Silks, including about fifty pieces of genuine Rajah that sells for $L25, in all the new. spring shades; Champagne, Moutarde, Ashes of Iris, Arti choke, Nutmeg, Chlckory, Limoges, Nutria, Canard, Navys, Resedas, etc, eta All the $1.00 qualities; on sale Monday nt 59c All the $1.25 qualities; on 6ale Monday at. ....... .85o PLAIN and FANCY SILKS In a big assortment of weaves and colorings, regular values up to $1.50; on sale in three lots, at, yard ,35c, 48c and 680 Messalines, Taffetas, Peau de Oygnes, Poplins, etc, etc RELIABLE BLACK SILKS at BARGAIN PRICES Black Peau quality, in at Black Peau quality, in at . $1.25 Black width ; big de Soie $1.75 36-inch width $1.19 de Soie $1.35 36-inch width . 98c Taffeta 36-inch bargain .. . .89c Black Dress Taffeta $1.50 quality, in 36-inch width Black Taffeta, Messalines and Peau de Cygnes, all 27 inches wide, and worth to $1.25; on sale, yard. ..790 The Ltadlpq Dress Goods House OF THE WIST ' Still reducing our stock. The greatest cuts of all Monday. This includes blacks and colors, creams and evening shades. Everything but Lan downs, which is restricted by the manufacturer. All $1.25 Wool Dress Goods 8Go All $1.50 Wool Dress Goods 94c All $2.00 Wool Dress Goods $1.28 All $2.50 Wool Dress Goods $1.66 All $3.00 Wool Dress Goods $2.15 All $3.50 Wool Dress Goods $2.38 All $4.00 Wool Dress Goods $2.68 All $5.00 Wool Dress Goods $3.88 All $6.00 Wool Dress Goods $4.78 All $7.00 and $7.50 Wool Dress Goods $5.39 80, 00 yards of wool dress goods In our domestlo room to be closed out at ridiculous prices Some by the yard from the piece Some remnants of high priced goods . 25 30 40s 50 75 "d 08 Several other snaps in dress goods. 35c ribbons yd. I2c We are clearing up our im mense ribbon stock and Mon day will be the Big Ribbon Day. Lot 1 Kibbons worth to 35o a yard, at 12M:C Lot 2 Ribbons worth 5o to 7c a yard, at 2MrC Come early Monday. Grand Display Clearance In order to make room for -our new spring stock we are compelled to offer these bargains in our Drapery dept. Embroidered Swiss, 27 and St Inches wide, worth to 65c yard, Monday's special price, yard 15c Few pieces of ruffled Swiss and Net, worth up to 25c, one day only, at, yard V 10c Figured Swiss, 86 inches wide, all col ors, regular 25o quality, sale price, yard l&c Slightly soiled Rope Portieres for dou ble doors; portieres worth to $7.60 choice, each $2.98 For single doors, portieres worth to 12.00, choice, each 40c January Linens at Less Than, Cost of Production in our High Grade Linen Dept. Monday Heavy, Double Damask; 72 inches wide, full bleacn, beautiful de signs, worth $2.50 a yard, Monday, yard 91.65 Heavy double Linen Table Damask, full grass bleached, worth $2 a yard, Monday, yard $1.25 All pure linen Table Damask; dew bleached, worth $1, Monday, at, a yard 7 75 Hemstitched Table Cloths; warranted pure flax; German manu facture, worth $2.25, Monday, each, at $1.50 Turs linen Dinner Nppklns. 1ft inch, full bleach, worth $3.00 dozen, Monday,: for i-,00 Pure linen Dinner Napkins, 24 inch. Irish manufacture, assorted de signs, food -value at $6.00 dozen, Monday, dozen..: 83.00 Glass and Barnley Towellnf, all pure flax, worth 19c yard, Monday, ' yard "Ho Mammoth collection high grade Huck Towels, worth 39c, Monday, each 190 Z'TJl Z Famous Domestic Room I2V2O Amoskeag Frazeldown 9V2C- 10c Naples Outing Flannel 6C 10c Elessians Flannelettes 6V2C Armour Flannelettes, 12l2C grade 8V2C Arnold's 3C-in. Flannelettes; 8c domino apron checks, indigo blue 5 Indigo Blue Prints; regular GM-c grade anthracite 4?4 Battjj. very cheap to close. EXTRA SPECIALS ON BLANKETS Present Price Sale Price Present Price Sale Price Present Price ...... Sale Price Present Price Sale Price 75c $1.00 I $1.25 $1.50 ESS )c 69c I 88c 04c $2.00 $2.50 $3.00 ' $3.50 $1.28 91.05 $2.10 $2.68 $4.00 $5.00 $6.00 $7.50 $3.10 $3.68 $4.30 $5.25 $8.50 $9.00 $10.00 $12.50 $6.10 $7.28 $7.06 $8.50 EXTRA SPECIALS ON COMFORTABLES Rug Specials Reversible Smyrna Rugs, 4x7 size, oriental patterns . -at, choice ;....$5.98 Tapestry Brussels Rugs Seamless, 10-wire, 10-6x-13-6 size; a regular $27.50 value $21.98 10-wlre Brussels Rugs; seam less, fine patterns 9x12 size, special . . . .$16.08 7-6x9 size, special ....$9.08 6x9 size, special $7.08 Trewan Wilton Rugs; $50.00 values, 9x12 size, nice, soft colors, special ale price, at, each S42.00 $30.CO Axminster Rugs 9x12 size, extra quality, 50 patterns for selection, at $21.98 Extra Quality Axminster Rugs on Sale 36x72 size, at $3.04 27x60 size, at $2.25 27x54 size, at $1.98 $8.60 Bundar Wilton Rugs; 36x63 size, 'S'l patterns for . selection, at $6.40 27x54 Wilton Rugs ..$1.98 27x54 Velvet Rugs $1.25 The Matchless Values in Women's and Children's Outer Garments on Sale Monday Are Deserving of Particular Notice In every garment you'll find something even more interesting than the wonderfully low price namely the the high quality of material and workmanship, up-to-dateness in style, all around de ALL AT HALF AND LESS Among flie scores of great bar gain offerings we mention two ex ceptional lots. $10.C0 Long Coats $2.95 Only 150 of them in the lot, all broken lots, but any of them worthr$8.00 and $10.00; to close Monday .. .$2.95 Women's Coats, worth $20.00 Broadcloths, coverts and fancy mixtures, satin lined; values you'll find it impossible to duplicate at sale price $7.50 $5.00 Silk Messaline and Net Waists on sale Monday $2.95 $7.50 Silk Underskirts Colors and black; on sale Monday . . . .$3.95 $5.00 Long Silk Kimonos at. $2.95 $3.00 Flannelette Kimonos, $1.49 $1.50 Flannelette and Percale Wrap-, pers; on sale 89c cuyya wnite porCelain Ware Our stock of White Porcelain Dinnerware is entirely too large and beginning Monday we will make deep cuts in all prices. White Porcelain Handled Cups and Saucers. 6 pieces Monday 30tf White Porcelain Handled Cups and Saucers, C pieces, for . ...24 White Porcelain Fruit and Sauce Dishes, each 2 White Porcelain Vegetable Dishes, each, at 5 White Porcelain Chop Dishes and Round Platters, 12 to 14 inches, each, at 14 White Porcelain Milk Pitchers, all sizes, each, at 5 8-inch Dinner Plates, white porce lain, each, at 5 Dicorated Water Tumblers, now. 6 for 20f $25.00 One-Piece Dresses; splen did assortment of wanted styles fabrics and colors; scarcely a dress worth less than $25.00 choice $10.00 flf FUR COATS AT HALF The. best assortment of thorough ly dependable furs in Omaha for se lection. Women's Fur Coats, in Astrakhan, pony and coney furs, $50.00 and $60.00 values, small sizes; all at one price Monday $25.00 Fur Scarfs that sold regularly at $10.00 and $12.00; Monday, at $2.95 and $3.95 Ostrich Plume Sets will be very popular for the spring season. We are showing a very beautiful line of new arrivals in all colors. $2.50 Heatherbloom Underskirts at $1.35 Children's Bearskin Coats Sizes 1 to 6 years; $4.00 values. . . .$1.45 $45.00 and $50.00 Tailor Suits Chiffon, broadcloths, diagonals, serges, fancy suitings, newest designs and colorings on sale, at $19.90 Big Clearance of Steel Ranges An Immense special purchase of steel ranges left ns very much over stocked on this line of goods, and Monday we place on sale a- big lot of the well known Globe Steel Ranges AT JUST HALF. These are all high grade ranges that sell regularly from $60.00 to $75.00 Made by the Globe Steel Range Co., of Kokomo, Indiana. 6-hoIe Oook Stoves, with reservoir and 18-inch oven, special $16.95 10 Joint for best Coke Iron Stove Pipe Several other specials. Base Burners at Less Than Manniac turers' Cost The beautiful Econ omy, full nickeled, at .'.'$24.05 A very handsome and excellent base burner. Hon City Laces In Which We are Sole Omaha Selling Agents are nndonbtedly the best, most beau tiful and satisfactory wash laces on the market; cost less, worth more See Monday specials, at 6c, 7 c, 10c Fancy Val. Luces Big Job lot pur chased, on sale Monday, yd. . .2Wf KEEPING DOWN THE TRUST PRICES IN GROCERIES We save the people of Omaha from 25 to 60. Our aim Is to buck the trusts and keep the cost of living- down as low as possible. Bead These Anti-Trust Frloes: 48-lb. sucks best High Patent Flour, made from the finest No. 1 wheat, sack, $1.40 19 lbs.' beat pure Cane Granulated Sugar for $$1.00 t bars Diamond C Soap. . . 85o Oillett's Washing Crystal, pkg- lo 4 lbs. fancy Japan Hand Rice B6o 6 lbs. choice Japan Rice a So lbs best hand picked Navy Beans. . . .BSo 8 lbs beet Rolled Breakfast Oatmeal.. B6o lbs. Pearl Tapioca, Sago, Barley, Farina or Hominy B6o Z-lb. cans White Oak Sweet Sugar Corn for 7Ho 8 lbs. solid packed Tomatoes 8V J-lb. cans Gollen Pumpkin, Hominy, Squash or Baked Bean IMo 8-lb. cans fancy Table Apricots or Peachei for ISO Large bottles Worcester Sauce, Pickles, Tomato Catsup, German or French Mus tard, for IVio i vimiLB tmiiurina r runes, per id. . .' Tt.lfB 1 IK VU Fancy Cleaned Currants, .per lb 8Ho Fancy Muir Peaches, per lb lOq Fancy Muscatel Cooking Raisins, lb..TUo Fancy Seeded Raisins, 16-oz. pkg....$VsO BUTTS B, BUTTXKXBTB XXTD OXSZIH AXTI-TBU8T TMIOX. Fancy Country Roll Butter, lb BSo Fancy Country Creamory Butter, lb...30o Fancy No. 1 Creamery Butter, lb 83o Faney Full Cream T. A. Cheese, lb.... BOo Fancy Full Cream Brick or Llmberger Cheese, lb BOO Neufchatel Cheene, ach Be Sap Sago Cheese, each ,...TH Peanut Butter, per lb ..l&e 3 lbn. Good. Butterlne BBo Fancy Table Butterlne, equal to creamery, per lb., at S5o rSBBJC TZOETAXXJiS AJTD PAU1TS AT THS LOWEST COST. Fresh Spinach, per peck B0o Fresh Cauliflower, lb lOo Fresh Beets, Carrots and Turnips, per bunch o Fresh Shallots, per bunch 4o Fresh Brussels Sprouts, lb l&o Fancy Wax Beans, lb laH Fancy Ripe Tomatoes, lb BOo Fancy Celery, 8 for ..Bo Fancy Cape Cod Cranberries, qt THe Large Grape Fruit, each so Fresh Cabbage, lb .Bo Fancy Jersey Sweet Potatoes, lb....8Ho 2 heads fresh Leaf Lettuce. .......... .80 Large Head Lettuce 7V4o and lOo Best Mixed Nuts, 2 lbs for B5o HZOKLAJTS ST AT X!Ii OmASTOa liU. The Orange of quality. Kissed by the sun, moon and stars. The great anti trust orange; our orire, pt-r dor.cn. lEo, 17Ho, BOo, BEo and 30o. Trust prices, 20c, 25c, 30c, 40c and 50c. Don't Forget TRY HAVDEFJ'S FIRST It Pays j Grand Assortment White Goods At Less- Than Manufacturer's Cost in Our High Grade Linen Department Monday. 10c for India Linons, Long Cloths, Dimities, Persian Lawns, Barred Muslins, fine and sheer worth up to 18c a yard; Monday, yard .' 10c 12 4 c a yard for India Linons,' Long Cloth, Dimities, Persian Lawns, Barred Muslin, fine and sheer, worth up to 2 So a yard, Monday, at, a yard 12 V 15? yard for fine Sheer, Persian Lawns, Checked and Striped Dimities and Long Cloth, worth 30c a yard, Monday, yard 15t 25c a yard for grand line of fine French Lawn, Persian Lawn, Figured and Striped Madras, worth up to 45c a yard, Monday, at, a yard 25 Muslins, Sheetings, Sheets, Linens, Pillow Slips, Tattern Cloths, Napkins, etc., at Less Than Any Other House In the West. BLEACHED SHEETING 9x4 pepperell 22 9x4 Domestic 1 20tte 42-lnch Lockwood Pillow Casing, at 12Vs 45-inch Lockwood Pillow Casing, at 13tt Yard wide Muslin; Hunter's Choice, 12 4 c grade, at . .8M 10c Thistledown 7V4 7ttc "290." at 5fr 19c India Linon 12 15c India Linon 10 12c India Linon 8C 10c India Linon 7 25c English Long Cloth ...15 19c English Long Cloth ..124t 15c English Long Cloth . . . . 10 12 c English LonA Cloth . -8 10c English Long Cloth . . . .7 8c English Long Cloth ... .5 25c Persian Lawns 12 19c Persian Lawns 10 15c Persian Lawns 8' 12 Vic Persian Lawns 76c UNBLEACHED SHEETING 9x4 Brown 20 8x4 Brown 18 10c Brown, yard wide ....7V5g 100 Sheets, 81x90, tiro-Pap, now at G7K 65x81x90 Sheets, Manhattan, now at .....58 Pontiac, 81x90 48 19c French Lawns, No. 4232 lOc No. 1664, worth 25c, at 13 No. 1532. worth 3lic, at ...15 No. 2030, worth 40c, at . . . ,;19 No. 2032, worth 45c, at . . . .25 No. 3537 French Organdie, worth 40c, at 25t 19c Towels ll 15c Towels -0 12c Towels 8 10c Towels 714 8V4c Towels 5 7c Towels 3V4f Furniture Specials $25.00 Quartered Oak Side board; polished finish, big snap Monday $17.05 94.00 Sanitary SteeJ Couch ' 8 rows coll supports; very slightly damaged, on sale to done, at i..$2.45 $12.50 Solid Oak Chiffonier 4 large and 2 small drawers; . French bevel mirror, on sale, t . $8.45 913.50 Solid Oak Dresses 20x24 bevel mirror and 3 large drawers; sale price Mon day $8.05 935.00 Oak China Cabinets Early English finish, mirror, bent glass door, great snap, each, at $26.05 Buffet to match above; a $40 value, Monday ....$20.05 922.50 Oak Kitchen Cabinet 8 large and 4 small drawers, large flour bin, glass doors, at $15.45 60 Samples Iron Beds to bo Closed at ABOUT HALF. Woven Wire Springs to fit any bed, at $1.25 $13.50 Conch; upholstered In best velour, steel construction and springs, special ..$8.05 Monday is Wash Day Sont Miss These Monday Specials. Vbe B10.0O Easy Tankee Washer, one day B4.98 The Old Reliable Western Washer, worth $5.00 93.98 The Round American Washer, one day $3-85 The $9.00 O. K. Washer, rotary mo tion, only BO.S5 The genuine Lisle Galvanized Wash Boiler, wooden handlea and cover, guaranteed three years 89o The genuine Llak Heavy Block Tin Copper Bottom Wash Boiler, worth $3.00, extra large lze 81.49 The genuine LlHk Heavy All Copper Kuilers, nold everywhere for 15.00, one day, extra large size 83.98 ' Large size $3.76 Medium slss ..$8.49 The famous Domestlo Wringer, guar anteed throe years, worth $4.60; on sale for $3.00 The Easy Ball Bearing Wringer $a.80 The Grand Wringer no guarantee at $1.75 The med Brand Wash Tub, extra heavy, wooden handles and wringer attachments, worth $1.26; one ny at 890 Red Brand Wash Tubs, worth $1.00 only 790 . No. Heavy Galvanized Wash Tubs, at, only 490 15c Mop Sticks lOo Cotton Mops. 25c size ISO 12-quart Galvanized i'ails ISO 25c Braided Clothes Lines, only...lfto 50c Parlor liiooina, only 33o Selections from the Story Teller's Pack A Subbed for t Hull. KENTUCKY senator told about an old pilot on the MifiHippl, aged tS, who was recounting an Incident connected with the temperance question: . "Intemperance Is ruining tho nation," he InslBted. "The sad victims are on every side of us; I have seen many of them In my long career. Once we had a passenger on a steamboat where I was pilot; he was Intoxicated and fell over board. After he had been soaking at the bottom of the river for quite a while, we fished him out, and laid him, limp and sopping, on the deck; our efforts to revive him were unavailing, until at last some body thought that whisky would be just the thing to restore animation. We opened the man's mouth and poured some down and It seemed to stay there all right, for a gurgling sound came from his lips. I put my ear close to hear what he might wish to say doubtless a last message for his loved ones at home. " 'Roll me on a barrel," he wheesed hoarsely, "roll me 00 a barrel quick and get out some of this water It will spoil the good Kentucky whisky. "Rational Maga-sine. Net Be Shakes Off. Many writers have declared that an Irish gentleman's hospitality la unlimited, but this Is a slight exaggeration, as Is shown by a story borrowed from a book of Irish memories. Jerry McCartle was often the guest of friends who, on account of hi pleasant ways, extended to him that sort of old Irish hospitality which enabled a visitor in my own family who came for a fort night to stay for six years. In MiCartie's case the visit stretched to nearly double that time. After eight or nine years, however, his kinsman got a lit tle Ured of his gueet and let him know of his old mansion's renovation, saying that he had signed a contract for having it painted from garret to cellar. ' By George," said Jerry, "It's fortunate that I don't object to the smell of paint, and It will be well to have some one keep mi eye on the pa fn tern now that the fall fruit Is ripening." Some months passed. Then his host in formed him that he was going to bo mar ried, adding: "I thought I'd tell you in good time, so that you could make leisurely preparations to go, as the lady and you may not hit it off as well as you and I do." With tearful eyes Jerry grasped his cousin's hand, saying: "Oh, Dan, dear, you have my hearty thanks for your consideration; but, dear, dear boy, surely If you ran put up with her, I cun." London Tld-Uits. Forestalled. William A. rinkerton, the head of the famous detective aguncy, was talking in Chicago about the Interfiling statistics of bis recently published repurt. "Vet, It la true." Mr. rinkerton said, "that we catch the criminals more fre quently thah we Msed to. It Is true, too, that, knowing the criminal's ways, we foistall him we take preventive meas ures that reduce crime enormously. "Wo are like," he resumed, "the Del mar deacon. This deacon was passing the collection plate one Sunday morning. When he came to a certain penurious Del mar citlaen he noticed that the man ex tended toward the plate, not a hand. with a coin displayed between finger and thumb, but a tightly closed fist. "The deacon frowned at the fist, and jerked the plate back from it. "'Give it to me, Mr. Keene,' he whis pered audibly. 'One has Just come oft my vest.' " Irrigating the Dry Belt. Anna Wolf, the champion bootlegger in southern Oklahoma, was captured In a dry section of northern Texas, recently, loaded to the garters. Anna Uvea on the Okla homa side of the Red river bottoms. the has twenty-one half pints of whisky sewed up In her clothing. The bottles were suspended from small hooka attached to her skirt and coat. She carried a valise which contained twenty-five half pints. The liquor was sold at $1 per bottle. Miss Wolfs method of disposing of the Intoxicant was unique. She would go to a small settlement off the rail "run way," station herself In the woods and fire two shota from a revolver as a signal that she bad arrived. It Is said that she usually sold out at every place without any trouble. The district she sold In is "dry." No I.onsrer In the Dark. A Scottish parish minister was going from home and procured the clergyman of a neighboring parish to officiate on Sunday. The parish minister's servant, who was alto beadle, was sent over to the station to drive the visiting reverend gentleman to the manse. When the train arrived" the beadle asked the visitors to be pood enough to wait awhile, as he had some errand to do before going home. It was two hours be fore he returned. The minister was furious and threatened to report the beadle to his master. "Wecl, sir, ye can dae that If ye liket." said .the beadle, "but he tell't me liimxe f to wait till It was dark afore I drove ye ower, for If the folic o' the village saw wha was to preach naebody wud turn out the morn." London Globe. Control Trains Automatically (Continued from Page One.) The whole mechanism of the signal sys tem in the engine Is so constructed as to respond promptly to the Indications it re ceives from the third rail. To make It ef fective it la merely necessary to have the the t.ack circuit closed if the track Is clear ud open If It la occupied. In doing this, the principles of the or dinary automatic block system are applied. The wiring Is dlfferent,n order to bring the third rail Into the track circuit, but there Is no essential change. For this, as for all automatlo systems, the track is divided Into blocks or sections, each of which is entirely separated from the rest for signaling purposes. A current of electricity generated at one end passes down a rail to the other, where It goes through a reluy containing an elec tromagnet, which must remain energised In order to keep tho circuit closed. In other automatlo systems, the current then passes to the other rail an,d returns to the battery, but in the Lacroix system a slightly more complicated arrangement is nectSMary In order to permit It to pass through the short sections of third rail at both ends of the track and lncludo them within the block, in both, the track circuit depends upon tho magnet in the relay remaining ener gized, but this it will ''only do while the full cuirent is passing through it. As soon as an engine runs Into tho block, tho wheels and axles form a shoit path for the electricity, and only a small amount of It passes through the relay, not enough to hold the armature and keep the circuit closed. On the ordinary automatic system, tho opening of tho circuit, whether from the presence of a train, a broken rail, or a landslide, sends the signal on the sema phore to danger. The working of the Lacroix system is quite different. When a block Is occupied or In trouble tho approaching train first learns of It when the shoe strikes the third rail at the end of the block. Previous 'to that time, while the train was passing oer a clear track, whenever the shoe struck a section of the third rail the englno curreutypassed out through It to the track circuit, then through the track relay, which was closed, batk to the track and home through the wheels and body of the engine. Cut as soon as It strikes a block where the track current has been short-circuited by the nresence of a train or by other trouble, the current cannot make a com plete run through the track circuit on ac count of the opening In the relay caused by the lack of power in the magnet. The action Is Instantaneous. The cur rent does not leap- from the shoe to - the third rail, because It cannot return. The effect Is to break the circuit in the engine, which results In extinguishing the green light, setting the brakes and blowing the whistle. Kach block ia connected with the third rail section at both ends of the block, so that trains can never approach each other nearer than the length of the block plus the lengths of the two thlrd-ruil suctions. On single tracks, suoh as the Erie branch on which It has been Installed, the blocks overlap both ways, so that trains will not collldu head on at the end of the block. At public demonstrations It has been shown that head-on collisions could not Vrppen. Two engines racing toward each other, with the throttles wide open and the en gineers leaning from the cab windows, were stopped ut tho ends of a block which they both approached from opposite sides. As soon as each struck the third-rail section the air-brakes were set and botli engines were brought to a standstill within a few hundred feet, although the engines were still puffing away with the throttles wide open. The entire possibilities of the invention are not shown as yt, because the third rails are nut continuous. The sections are only long enough to give the air-brakes a chance to stop the train before the brushes have passed off, which Is 500 feet on the trie. While the train Is passing frosi one third-rail suction to another, It Is entirely cut off from communication. There Is, however, nothing to hinder the third rails from being continuous, with only short breaks between blocks, and It will be a necessity if tho telephoning pos sibilities are used. There Is at present no provision giving tlm engineer warning of the danger ahead until suddenly the air brakes are opened and the train Is brought to a stop by nn emergency measure. This can be remedy, however, by more extensive wiring and the use of distant signals, not unlike those In the automatic semaphone system. Through them the engineer Is Informed several blocks In advance of the condition of the block he Is approuchlng. At present the came electric current which operates tho signals also applies the brakes, and, be fore ho can grasp tho throttle, the train is being stopped automatically, the amount of jarring the train receives depending on tht brakes. There I ax yet only one current gener ntcd In tho engine and this must be used for both the ul'inllng apparatus and the telephone. Obviously it cannot be used for both at once. This Is recoijnlxed by the Inventor, and he haa prepared a switch to be thrown whenever the telephone Is in iico. Tint this entails tho consequence that while the telephone Is in operation the Hist allng system Is Ueud. To be running bUn.",!;.' ul.f.i'1 with no signals to guide, would be suicide, as even the automatlo stop Is out of commission. 1 A single current U feasible, however, if ' thu R'lepl. ne l to bi us.-d for signaling purposes only, as 1 lie telephone Is only calUd Into requisition when an engineer receives Inform? tlou as to the track, but. when It becomes a converlciice for tra ei. the telephone will need a current to Itself. This can be taken care of by providing an alternate current which can bo used over the same rails aud alios attt.out ui tui luring. L J a .4) I
