The evening times. [volume], October 22, 1906, Image 3

About The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1906.
SPHAY OF ANPIIODKI,.
M'Dnmild.
J.o» culled mo buck when my soul W S
drifting
Oyer tliji liriHikcrH of suro I
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Hitok to the. Iiciu'h when the seas w»-rc
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lmlr.
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ninK
filming the way up thp drift...) sand
ll.ilt umMutno. and hard was the tlglit-
l-ovo led the way as sli.. took niv
hand.
Health was she whi the wastiiK tev.-r
Menaced a life that was lived in vain:
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'"'"M in me forever-
white was her soul when the Anirol
cume
•r'ame in the nitflit with stillest breath
ing.
Over her castirijr liis withering breath
Silence alone Kave enr to my pleading,
l».iy found me holding the hand of
(lentil.
Buck comes her spirit with sweeter
meaning,
Mergng her heart with mv heart of
years
3fine Is she still with no hollow Beemlng
Kepurcliase I made wth my grief and
tears.
It ig announced by the Baptist
ladies that their "Trip Around the
World," that was such an enjoyable
occasion one- evening last week will
be repeated this evening and every
one is cordially invited to attend. Re
freshments will be served at each
stopping place. You will miss a good
time by not attending.
The "Old Fashioned Spelling Bee"
to be given by the Presbyterian ladies
at the Presbyterian church Friday
evening will no doubt be well at
tended, and will be a pleasant, occas
ion.
The most important social functions
of the week announced so far will bp
the two companies to be given by Mrs.
.Tames Dinnie at her beautiful home
on North Fourth street, on Wednesday
and Thursday afternoons. There will
be some prominent out of town peo
ple present.
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& STATE SOCIETY.
A quiet but very pretty wedding
-ceremony took place at Minnewaukon
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
the bride, when Rev. .1. R. Beebe
spoke the words that united in mar
riage Mr Maurice A. Liles, of Oberon,
and Mrs. Edna A. Flater. Only the
relatives and intimate friends of the
bridal couple witnessed the ceremony.
The groom in the above happy event
is a prominent and successful attor
ney and real estate dealer of Oberon,
and a man highly respected and in
fluential in his community, while the
bride, the youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Whiteman, of Minne
waukon, is a charming and most esti
mable young lady who numbers as
her friends all who have been fortu
nate enough to make her acquaint
ance. The young couple left for Ober
on to make their future home.
Mrs. C. W. LaMoure gave a parcel
shower Thursday evening at her.
home in Bismarck, the recip­
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ient of the "shower" being Miss Mame
McHugh, whose marriage to Mr.
Thomas R. Cayou has been announced
for Nov. 7. The parcels were numer
ous and weighty, and were given as
evidences of the high esteem in which
the charming biide-to-be Is held. A
dainty lunch was served at the close
of the festivities. About a score of
ladies were present, many of whom
were school-day friends of the guest
of honor. Mrs. A. P. Lenhart and Mrs.
W. E. Coats assisted the hostess.
On Tuesday, Oct. 16, 1906, at 12
o'clock noon at the residence of the
bride's father, Robert- Murray, a
prominent farmer of Ontario town
ship, north of Crar.v, occurred the
marriage of Miss Agnes Murray to Mr.
Emil H. Mittelstada. The bride is a
young lady of charming presence, well
liked and respected by all who know
her. The groom is equally popular.
He was for some time night operatoi
at the depot in Crary, and is now
agent and operator for the Great
Northern at Bartleti, N. D. Rev. G.
O. Long of the Congregational church
officiated at the ceremony. The
young couple left for a two weeks'
visit to Grand Forks, Minneapolis
and St. Paul.
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tion, If Adopted.
The saddest features about that
fatal accident on the New York divis
ion of the Pennsylvania railroad,
about the Rock Island bridge disaster,
and about several recent accidents
caused by misplaced switches are that
they might easily have been averted.
In England the railroad companies
are adopting devices in the engine cab
as to the condition of a limited stretch
of track ahead, which indicate, also,
whether the next block be occupied
or vacant. In the United States, how
ever, it seems almost impossible to
overcome the inertia of the operating
officials of the railroads, and several
reliable and meritorious inventions
are today languishing through lack of
opportunity to prove their worth by
practical demonstration. One of these
was either invented or financed In
Allegheny, until its backer, despair
ing of ever securing a trial on fair
terms, abandoned the project in dit
gust and is now in Europe. Even ex
pert railroaders, eager to safeguard
their own lives, are discouraged over
the lack of enterprise manifested by
the higher operating officials, and
cannot understand the indifference
conceded, but the automatic and lever
set indicator is but a "fair-weather
sailor"—that is, in thick and foggy
weather the signals cannot always bt
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risks to passengers and train crews.
The efficiency in favorable conditions
of the elevated block signal system is
accurately read by the swiftly pass
ing engineer. When one considers the
damages that must be paid on account
of such wrecks as those at Emsworth
and at Eddlngton, it would seem to
be true economy to attempt to elimin
ate them by at least testing one oi
more of these devices for engine-cab
signals that are being presented for a
trial.
Of the inventions that have sought
recognition in the Pittsburg field only
one is now definitely recalled by local
railroaders, though several others are
hazily remembered. This was a de
vice thought out by A. C. Miller, for
merly a chief dispatcher with the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rall
roa-1. in his interviews with local
operating officials Mr. Miller lain
stress on the fact that a gregt deal is
left to chance, and that too much re
liance is placed on the human brain
working at high tension. The signals,
be claimed, are not clear enough, and
they are not forced on the attention
I of the engineer the train orders can
be, and sometimes are, misinterpreted,
and when such is the case there is no
satisfactory check. There ought to be
something in the cab. argued Inventor
Miller, that will call the engineer
when a mistake has been made, and
if it will also tell him definitely when
the conditions are all right, why, so
much the better. The engineer at all
times does the best he can under ex
isting conditions. An accident may
be attributed to his carelessness, but
when one stops to think that the en
gineer's own life depends upon hi«
own care and watchfulness it must be
conceded that, speaking generally, he
does the best that iB possible within
human limitations. The object, of these
cab signals is to relieve the strain
on the engineer and to enable him to
do better with less effort. Every rail
roader on "night turn" in any of the
local yards knows the difficulties in
the way of moving passenger trains on
schedule time in the thick of fog at
the early morning hours in the river
valleys, through which the Pittsburg
railroads run. Near the terminal sta
tions men with lanterns have to be
posted to wave signals to the en
gineers who cannot possible see the
set signals in passing. Every delav
to a passenger train is expensive be
cause It involves the laying out of
freights and as a mere measure of
economy the new idea ought to appeal
to operating officials.
The Block System.
A description of one of these avail
able inventions will answer for a de
scription of all, for they differ only
slightly as to mechanism and detaii.
In applying the device the track is
partitioned off Into spaces, or "blocks"
each three-quarters of a' mile in
length. To each one of these blocks
there Is applied an electrical appa
ratus consisting of induction coils and
switches which are in electrjgjtf con
tact with the rails. These, in turn,
are connected with a dynamo current
of fixed strength. In the cab of the
engine there is an electrical contri
vance almost the same as that used
on the track, except that two incan
descent lamps, a red one and a white
one, are placed in the circuit Con
nection between the rails and the en
gine cab is made through the axles
of the wheels on the locomotive. Into
each of these blocks of track the
dynamo pours a certain amount of
current. When a train enters one
of the blocks some of the current Is
transferred to the .apparatus in the
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cab, where it is strong enough to light
up the white lamp. If. however, there
is another train in the next block, ths.
current Is decreased by it to such an
extent that the coil, otherwise bal
anced, is made to operate a switch,
thereby changing the current to the
red lamp. This is the engineer's sig
nal of danger ahead. So long as an
exact balance is kept up between two
connecting blocks, the current causes
the white lamp to burn. As soon as
another train takes some of the cur
rent this balance is destroyed and the
red lamp Is lighted by the automatic
switch, which acts as an instant detec
tor of any theft of current by another
train. Any novice In electrical mat
ters can see that, in theory, this de
vice is all right. In experimental
practice it hns proved satisfactory in
England. The only American road to
have given it a trial is thp Chicago
& Eastern Illinois, where the verdict,
was entirely favorable.
Little Change in Signaling.
Trains are practically signaled to
day as they were when Robert Stev
enson moved his first engine— that is,
the engineer is required to look ahead
and depend absolutely on his eyesight
to eee a distant object that is danger
ous to his train in time to stop. When
trains ran at slow speed this method
was effective, but under existing con
ditions it is obsolete. Every train
should carry its own signals, becom
ing in other words, "a moving block,"
and those signals should be placed
in the cab of the engine where they
cannot be overlooked, or hidden by
smoke, fog or storm. As it is, (here is
entirely too much strain on an en
gineer of a fast passenger train, and
the wonder is that collisions occur so
rarely. The familiar "shop talk" of
railroaders indicates that narrow es
capes are of frequent occurrence, and
some of the anecdotes have a "hair
raising" effect.
There can be no question but that
one or more of these devices meets
the situation. Some of the best rail
roaders In Pittsburg unqualifiedly en
dorse them, but decline to be quoted
personally through fear of bringing
down on themselves the wrath of
higher officials. One of the most re
cent objections to the adoption of this
plan is that the motive power on all
steam railroads is being gradually
changed to electricity, and it has not
yet been proved that the new devices
would be available for electrically pro
pelled locomotives. Once in success
ful operation on steam-driven locomo
tives our electrical engineers, famous
for solving difficult problems, may be
relied on to provide effective insula
tion and modify the device to suit any
new conditions that may arise. Every
railway collision but emphasizes the
necessity for immediate action.
Though the signaling is the most con
servative of all departments of rail
roading there is no reason for its
standing absolutely still.
The advantage of having a distinct
and continuous signal directly in front
of an engineer is too apparent to need
argument. With It he does not have
to depend on a fleeting glance—the
plain indication as to whether or not
the track is clear Is before his eyes
all the time, even to the point of noti
fying him when anything goes wrong
with the signaling mechanism itself.
No temporary lapse of memory or
judgment can Interfere with his read
ing or comprehension of it, for it goes
right along with him and cannot pos
sibly be misunderstood. There is
nothing uncertain' in the message It
conveys to him, and he cannot avoid
seeing It unless he closes his eyes, or
is suddenly stricken with blindness.
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So long as the white light burns he
knows that everything is all right
when that goes out and the red light
appears it means danger and tfie dan
ger signal continues until the cause
is removed. Should anything go wrong
with the mechanism Itself both lights
would go out and the engineer would
thus be instantly advised of the fact
and could act accordingly. The sys
tem signals its own failure, and the
mere absence of the white light in it
self constitutes a danger signal. In
some 400 tents made on eight miles
of the Chicago & Eastern railroad the
proper signal was given in everv in
stance.
Americans are proud of (heir blocn
signal systems of railroading, both
automatic and operated from tele
graph towers. But every once in
lv
delays.
a
while their fallibility is demonstrated
in an appalling manner, it is not
designed to
aboliBh
the present safe­
guard, but only to supplement it by a
substitute when the usually reliabk
system is not available by reason of
smoke, storm or fog. The cab signal
is constant and its observance need
not prevent confirmation by block
signals. But when the outside lights
cannot be discerned by an engineer on
a
swiftly moving train the little white
and red lamps in his cab will reassure
or warn him. There is not a railroad
yard in Pittsburg that is not "all
balled up" in every dense fog. The
cab signals, if they will do what is
claimed for them, will minimize the
danger from collisions and save many
times their cost of installation and
operation
avoiding and reducing
Amusements
SPECTACULAR "MONTE C'KISTO"
The Dumas drama, "Monte Cristo,"
easily lends itself to the lavish hands
of the producer, and James O'Neill is
this year provided with a production
that is said to be the most superbly
spectacular yet given the piece. Mr.
O'Neill, however, is so closely identi
fied with the character of Edmond
Dantes that it seems impossible to
tell which was the greater drawing
card—the actor or the play. Follow
the fortunes of Edmond Dantes and it
is like skimming the pages of a fairy
tale yet all the emotions, feelings, am
bitions and sordid desires of man are
portrayed with a clear and striking
hand, and the lessons of life are
taught in unmistakable terms. In ad
dition to Mr. O'Neill, a strong support
ing coronary will be seen at the
Metropolitan theater, Tuesday eve
ning.
*MUT)K FEU T.­
Maude Fealy, the youngest dramatic
star on the American stage, is to be
seen at the Metropolitan theater on
Tuesday evening, October 24th, when
she will be presented by her man
ager, John Cort, in Martha Morton's
latest comedy, "The Illusion of Beat
rice," Miss Fealy has a part suited
to her girlish personality and pleas
ing and magnetic temperament. The
story of a foundling, reared in lux
ury. and led to believe that she is a
nrincess of roval blood, cives Miss
Fealy every chance to rttaolnv those
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Mr. Erickson will appear at the
Metropolitan on Friday eve.
The following notice appeared in
the Herald, Austin, Minn.:
We prevailed on Mr. Erickson to
give another concert.
He came and conquered and the
concert made us keenly aware of the
fact, we need a new opera house.
He played as no one ever played to
us or any other audience we are sure.
He certainly does unite his deceased
world-famous countryman Ole Bull's
soulful playing with Paganini's Virtu
osity. And it is good to the heart to
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PAGE THREE
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HARRT BERESFORI).
Harry Beresford will be at the
Metropolitan next Monday in David D.
Lloyd's clever comedy, "The Woman
Hater." His manager, J. J. Coleman,
has signed contracts with a well
known dramatist to furnish a modern
comedy for Mr. Beresford's use next
season. The first production of the
new piece will be in a Broadway the
ater after which it will be taken on
a tour.
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IM.l'STRATED SONG,
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Sung by Miss Agnes DeRoche.
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