Electricity For Switch Lights

The Union Pacific is contemplating introducing the electric light into their switch lamps along the system. Had not the snit for a separate receiver for the Short Line been commenced it it is understood that the Huntington yards would have been equipped with the Edison incandescent lamp, but the intention has beenr abandoned. It if argued that the yards in cities havir.g electric light plants could be equipfied with lights, a firm in Chicago having demonstrated that a light can be attached to the lower portion of a lamp without much cost, and would need less attention than the ordlnary oil lamp, svhile the resultant light would be mtreh greater. The yards at Omaha, Council Bluffs, Columbus and North Platte will probably be equipped with the electric light. Should suoh a departure be made the Union Pacific will be the first road in the United States equipping its switch lamps with electric lights, and the experiment will be watched with interest.