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Show patebTTTetters I FOR OGJN U J. A Browning has just received from Washington, D. C ,. tho patent papers pa-pers on a safety railroad appliance In I the form of an automatic deraller. Tho Invention has been pronounced by railroad rail-road mon to bo very acceptable and t should prove a great guard against accidents of a very common nature. The automatic deraller operates in connection with tho main-line switches When the switch is open tho deraller la not effective, but when tho switch is closed the main line is at onco protected pro-tected by tho derail, preventing caru on the siding from being shunted out onto tho main lino by tho wind or pther force. Dorallore ore In use to-I to-I day, but thoy must be operated independent inde-pendent of the switch stands. |