Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-06-13 | Page 3 | Car Companies Are Greatly Worried

Car Companies Are Greatly Worried Plans Are Under Vay for Improved System of Safeguards Against Accidents. Special to Th Tribure. LOS A KG ELKS, Oal.. June 12. -Alarming fatalities and accidents on the street railway lines during the past year have aroused the Pacific Electric Railway company com-pany to the necessity of providing safeguards safe-guards to eliminate, as far ssj possible, the frequently recurring cedllslons. "Recently the Los Angeles Railway company com-pany provided signals at every crossing. rhe$e are red ci'osses painted on a white background and a station from the overhead over-head wires They are practically useless at night however. New System Plr.nned The Pacific Electric comp.'inv has In contemplation a signal system far sj-perlor sj-perlor to this Instead of painted signs globes of pr-- n suspended over the crossings cross-ings will automatical!) flash the signal thai a ear Is approaching Above the. globe will be a Vane painted green, which wdii point the direction of approaching cars and will be moved bv the same power that light the globes. From a high official It was learned that both of the street railway companies, presided over by H E. Huntington, are much wor-rled wor-rled over the long list of cnsualtle3 re-BUltlng re-BUltlng beth from carelessness of employees em-ployees and Inadeeiuate safeguards