Show I BLOCK SYSTEM FROM OGDEN TO ZION I Announcement was made matle by J M It I DavIs general superintendent of the tho thoI Oregon Short Line railroad Tue Tuesday da I that the installation of the he block nah nal system beL between wen Ogden and Salt SaIL SaILI Lake will be completed today loda anti and I placed Into commission tonight For ForI I some time lime nast the tho system has been J between Ogden and Woods Wood Cross Cress Tuesday a gang or of men completed tho thoI installation of the tho apparatus from rom the tho I stock yards ards In the northern part of i Salt lale City to the Union station and tonight the system will be In sere ser service I vice ice between Ogden and Zion I Within the few weeks the block will be Installed as far faras faras as Saudy Saud the terminus or of the Oregon Short Line ards The system is also alsoto alsoto to bo be installed bel between Ogden and Cache Cach Junction The procedure or of the theof installation of the block system between boo be tween Nampa and Ida a 1119 Lance LancG ot of two miles and be between tween Bliss und and Pocatello Ida a dis distance I tance of miles has also been au an Whole System Protected I When these Hal gaps are arc closed up upI i I practically the entire Oregon Short Line will be protected with the th block I signal system as Is the Union Pacific antI and the Southern Pacific When the stretch between Ogden and Cache JunctIon Is completed there will be a aI I continuous tine line of block signals be between between tween Salt Lake and Portland Ore Oro the Ore Oregon Railroad and NavIgation company lines being under the I lion tion of the signal system at the pres present present I ent Lin LinI time I Tho Installation of the block sig signal nal system I Is costing the Oregon Short Line Railroad company and In addition to this Initial expense it Il costs the tho company a sear ar per pr mIle for Of this annual Zill Is for labor anti and the oth other r rIU I IU 30 for fOI recharging electric batteries and other repairs The of the block nig nal system involves a big expense for forthe the railroads adopting It but is con concede conceded I ceded cede h by experts to be the only means of protecting the lr travel travelIng el elIn Ing In public and the installation or of the system on the 01 Oregon gon Short Line I is In line with tho improvements bein being made on tho Harriman road throughout the country I |