Deseret Evening News | 1907-05-23 | Page 2 | What is Spent to Make Roads Safe

q I WHAT WHA T IS SPENT TO TOMAKE TOMAKE MAKE ROADS SAfE Twelve Million Dollars in Appliances Appl Appliances ances Laid Out by Union and Southern Pacific STATISTICS JUST COMPILED By ly of nr MUM Will Wi 11 1700 Ilc of ur SI III Tarrying CarryIng Carll out n a I policy polky of every ocr wilt will wi add add to 10 tho the Fate cute cutely PICC ly t of their hInes Inep the tho and Ind Union tiara have spent nearly to figures jUst JUHl compiled Jn In JI the tho olca of ur tho thu director r of and and operation This sum mm hM has nil idl 11 boon hwn expended od on safety appliances tar for roadway and equipment since the present enl management took chargo of or the tho th two t wo properties Southern PacIfic alon alone baa haa expend expended pell ed 01 more moro than for tor black siu nals Interlocking plants crossing bells and rates Kates nod and Ind distant switch signals BI nals nil all ni these beIng b for or the tho safety of ot th the tho roadway For Tor or safety on cars eRr anti and all engines the Southern c chO has hO made an 11 outlay out of o The Th Union Pacific lies has spent nearly lurl a J amilon million milon fur for automatic couplers air brakes high speed IP attachments train trai signals acetylene head lights and alt oth other er Cr rr equipment devices s For Por safety ap up appliances IP on roadway this system t elusive cluIe of tIne the Oregon Ore on lines Ines has hl made mudo madean an outlay of DC nearly nearl two millions Th Tb ThOre Oregon Ore on lines add cm on fl account of safety sMut devices on roadway and Ind CIO 00 for equipment devices sis II lr nals nala alone on all al the tho lines lne have cost Ot air brakes high epe attachments and ld automatic couplers nearly nearl two millions milons By fly n tine Iw end of the tho year r the tho various lines of o tho tim Union and Southern Pacific wilt will have hae 70 miles mies of ot track protected d by h l au HI automatic HIto to malc signals II The exact totals of or the safely equip equipment equipment equipment ment outlay are lr 4 for fol on signals and antI other roadway appliances and for tor equipment improvements u a grand total of at