Show TAKES CHARGE Of BLOCK SIGNALS I EW E Newcomb Heads New Department Installed by Oregon Short Line LineAN LineAN AN IMPORTANT INNOVATION HARRIMAN LINES WELL EQUIP EQUIPPED RED PED WITH NEW SYSTEM A signal department nt has been created mn in connection with the operation and maintenance ot of the tho block System lit In use by the Oro Oregon on Short Line ino According to the tho terms ot or tho circular Issued E W V mb Is appointed sl sig nal imi engineer with at Ogden Is to chur charge o ot of all matters per taming to the tho department reporting to the tho chief c engineer r on ne construction and to the gt u on maintenance und and operation Ever since the advent or of the block Ss sy tern In modern railroading the Oregon Sh Short lt Lipe has been on one of the exponents ot of tho advantages arising from It greater grenter pArt of the thc are alo equipped with It an and t fur ther addItions are beIng made It luis bus been Iv ly tl t the use of oC tho bloCK s system stem tends teneIl materially to towards towards wards safety coupled with f patch In the tho operation of oC and In railroad d circles It Is generally felt that It Js Ja only a ques tion ot of time when practically all lines wIll be equipped with ilia device The creation of n a separate department having control ot of the systemS system and directly for tor Its itc pr proper per op oration Indicate the tho importance of the now new arrangement |