Life Will Be Protected

LIFE WILL BE PROTECTED

THE NEW INTERLOCKER SWITCH AT ANN ARBOR CROSSING

It is Being Put in Today by a Force of Men at a Cost of $2000

A force of employees of Parish Bros., the signal contractors of Jackson, began work Monday putting in an interlocker switch at the Ann Arbor railroad crossing on Huron street. The work is being done for the D., Y., A. & J. electric line and will cost close to $2,000.

The new interlocker will serve as a protection both for the steam and electric roads. By means of an electric current it will have connections with semaphores placed at a distance of 75 feet north and south on the Ann Arbor Road and will also connect with a switch on the D., Y., A. A. & J. tracks. The latter switch will always be open until a car approaches and until the conductor throws the interlocker lever, closing the switch and allowing the car to pass over. By working another level the conductor of the electric car will also be able to turn the semaphores on the seam railroad tracks against approaching trains thus avoiding any possibility of a collision.

The most attractive point about the new improvement is its operation in connection with the D., Y., A. A. & J. railroad. It is an impossibility for a car to pass over the open rail, unless derailed, except the conductor of the car at the interlocker level by throwing down the latter allows his car to pass over the steam railroad tracks.

The system is a valuable protection against loss of life at the Huron street crossing.