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Show r.lertrio I.lu-hta on a Itailroail Track. The lineof the Pennsylvania railroad, ! from Krankford creek on the south to requesting creek on tho north, at Torres-dale, Torres-dale, a distance of nearly seven miles, is soon to bo lighted by electric lights ranged along at intervals, so that for that distance the tracks will bo aa light as Chestnut street. The contract for this latest great, feat In modern railroad management for tho security of th lives of passengers and employes, and tho avoidance of loss by tlie smashing up of freight trains, has been awarded. The stretch of railroad to bo lighted is through a populous district, and has long been noted for the frequency of accidents ac-cidents on it. Thero is little doubt that tho electric lighting will greatly reduce or iilmost entirely do away with this danger. It is understood that in time the electric elec-tric lighting system will be extended along the railroad, and may in time extend ex-tend all the way between Philadelphia ami New York. In this way the track would be made almost as bright us day. Philadelphia Record. |