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AN ENGLISH RAILWAY.

Fletcher, one of the Company's officials, has been recently introduced on the London and North-Western Railway, by means of which the whole of the apparatus shown in Fig. 13, viz., the indicating dials for both up and

Fig. 14 Fletcher's Combined Block Telegraph Apparatus and Bell

Fig. 14.
Fletcher's Combined Block Telegraph Apparatus and Bell.

down lines, and the bell, are combined in one instrument. (See Fig. 14.) The novelty lies, not so much in the combination, as in the mode of actuating the indicators, the advantages claimed for the invention being (1) a reduction in cost, and (2) considerable economy in