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Show HAS AN AUTOMATIC SWITCH Iowa Han's Device of Great Importance Impor-tance to Hallway Men Exhibited Exhibit-ed In St. Louis, St Lotus William H. Smith, of Council BluiTa, In., Is exhibiting In St. Louia the model of an automatic railroad rail-road switch, which was patented on January 7 by Wlntherllch, Lund-gard Lund-gard & Smith. Tho Idea worked out by the threo was conceived by Hans J. Wlntherllch, a Dano, now residing nt Council Bluffs. The switch 1b thrown automatically by tho flanges of tho car wheels pressing press-ing upon an extra rail, about 30 feet In length, Intondcd to be placed between be-tween tho other rails at points convenient conven-ient to stations. Whon tho train In ntan'llng ono wheel of n coach Js hum'' o rest uroa tlih rail, nnd it would be impossible- for tho'swllch to be thrown "so that anothT train could corns In on that track. The flangoa of the wheels by tho Bamo raethol would throw n signal showing that tho particular partic-ular track 1b occuplod. Tho In vontlon so far Is perfected for uso only at stations, but Wlntherllch has nearly completed tho model of an Improvement designed to mako tho Invention In-vention applicable to tho block system sys-tem on evory mllo of railway. . |