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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

line 5 ; to omit “ by wires 318 and 319,” line 5 ; to substitute “ passing over controller rails at ” for “ entering,” line 6 ; to insert “ said ” before “ stop,” and “ and relative indicator ” after “ stop,” line 7 ; to omit “ and ” after “ non-conductors,” line 8 ; to alter “ entering ” to “ passing over controller-rails at,” line 11 ; to omit “ rear,” line 16 ; to insert “ and relative indicator ” after “ stop,” line 16 ; to alter “ 315 ” to “ 317,” line 16 ; to omit “ and 317,” line 17 ; to alter “ entering D ” to “ passing over controller-rails at G,” line 18 ; to omit “ rear,” line 18 ; to insert “ at 317 ” after “ rails,” line 19 ; to alter “ entering ” to “ passing over,” line 21 ; to omit “ on,” line 22 ; to insert “ with relative indicator-rails ” after “ rails,” line 23 ; to alter “ a conductor ” to “ conductors,” line 23 ; to insert “ by wires 318 and 319 ” after “ will,” line 24 ; to insert “ passing over controller-rails ” after “ when,” line 24 ; to omit “ entering,” line 25 ; and to omit the words from “ The train ” down to “ rear stop ” inclusive, lines 25 to 34.

(17.) On page 28—to omit the words from “ rails ” down to “ described,” lines 1 to 6 inclusive ; to omit “ referring to,” line 7 ; to alter “ and ” to “ intended to be,” line 8 ; to alter “ 11 ” to “ 17,” line 9 ; to alter “ with the exception that ” to “ and also in addition,” lines 9 and 10 ; to alter “ place ” to “ point,” line 12 ; to insert “ are ” after “ thereof,” line 12 ; to alter “ point ” to “ letter,” line 15 ; to alter “ purpose ” to “ purposes,” line 16 ; to omit the words from “ The stop-rail ” down to “ usual manner,” lines 17 to 24 inclusive, and to insert instead the following : “ A train on the up-track, before arriving at T on passing over the controller-rails 359 and 360, will send a current by wires 361 and 362, and render the stop-rails with relative indicator-rails on the down crossing-track rearwardly of S conductors, and at the same time by wires 363 and 364 render the stop-rails with relative indicator-rails on the up-crossing track rearwardly of R conductors. A train on the up main track passing over the controller-rails 365 and 366 near U, by wires 367, 368, 369, and 370, will in turn render said stop and relative indicator rails rearwardly of S and R respectively non-conductors. A train on the down main track operates in a similar manner on the crossing-track, and similarly a train on the down and up crossing-track respectively operates on the down and up main track as hereinbefore mentioned, and as shown in Fig. 25.” To insert “ places ” instead of “ points,” lines 27, 28, and 31 ; to omit “ and ” before “ has,” line 29 ; to omit “ points Z, T, N, and M,” line 29, and to insert instead “ places Q, P, and N ” ; to insert “ intended to be ” before “ fitted,” line 30 ; to omit “ 14,” line 30 ; to insert after “ figure,” line 30, “ 16 and also ” ; to insert “ outer ” before “ controller,” line 31 ; after “ rails,” line 31, to insert the following—“ beyond the fixed place N and inner controller-rails between the fixed places P and Q, and also inner controller-rails both marked 296 between the fixed places C and D, also between the fixed place B and the crossing-line are inner controller-rails 297 and 300, and outer controller-rails between the fixed place C and the crossing-line, and between the fixed place N and the main line are inner controller-rails, and between P and the main line are outer controller-rails ” ; to omit the words “ between points ” down to “ line point ” inclusive, lines 32 to 34.

(18.) On page 29—to omit the words from “ B ” to “ 300,” lines 1 and 2 inclusive ; to alter “ A ” to “ The,” line 3 ; to insert “ with relative indicator-rails ” after “ stop-rails,” line 5 ; to alter “ points ” to “ places,” line 5 ; to insert instead of “ points,” line 6, the words “ and also beyond the place ” ; to omit “ N and M,” line 6 ; to insert after “ 295,” line 7, the following : “ and on passing over the outer controller-rails 297 and 300 nearer C will render non-conductors the said rails at places 292 and 294 by wires 298 and 299. Similarly a train coming in the opposite direction when passing over inner controller-rails 296, not far from letter D, will also render stop-rails and relative indicator-rails situated at places 292 and 294 conductors, and on passing over inner controller-rails 297 and 300 nearer B will render the said stop-rails and relative indicator-rails non-conductors. A train running on the cross-line will, on passing over controller-rails, similarly render stop and relative indicator rails on the main line between A and B, C and D at places 301 and 302 conductors and non-conductors as indicated in Fig. 24, and hereinbefore described.” To alter “ the ” to “ a,” line 8 ; to alter “ and ” to “ intended to be,” line 9 ; to insert “ including stop-rails 42 and 042 with solenoids in boxes 49 ” after “ manner,” line 10 ; to alter “ points ” to “ the letter,” line 11 ; to alter “ point ” to “ the letter,” line 17 ; to alter “ entering ” to “ arriving at,” line 18 ; to insert “ (return wire 333) ” after “ 332,” line 20 ; to insert “ branch ” before “ down,” line 21 ; to insert “ the said ” before “ rails,” line 21 ; and “ and relative indicator-rails ” after “ rails,” line 21 ; and after “ conductors,” line 21, the following : “ thus enabling the train to proceed to the letter V on the main line, and when passing over the controller-rails 334

and 335 will send a current by wires 336 and 337 and render the said stop-rails at Q on the branch down line non-conductors. A train on the down line on arriving at Q will send a current from the adjacent controller-rails 344 and 345, and render the stop-rails and relative indicator-rails not far from V on the down main line conductors, also the stop-rails and relative indicator-rails situated rearwardly of U on the up main line will be rendered conductors, the current passing by wire 346 return wire 347, the train is then able to enter upon the main down line track, and when passing over controller-rails adjacent to the letter U on the main down line will render the stop-rails adjacent to the letter U and the stop-rails not far from the letter V on the down main line non-conductors in the usual manner.”

(19.) To omit the whole of pages 30 and 31.

(20.) On page 32—to omit the words from “ shown in Fig. 17 ” down to “ single track,” lines 1 to 8 inclusive; before the paragraph starting “ By the term ‘ train,’ ” line 9, to insert the following : “ It has been seen that each locomotive or train is adapted so that it may render rails placed as required on or about the railway-tracks conductors and non-conductors as desired, and it is intended by Figs. 22 to 25 inclusive of the drawings merely to indicate arrangements in which conductor-rails may be placed and electrical connections made. It will be seen on referring to the said figures that sets of conductor-rails and conductors not numbered are shown, as it is merely intended to indicate that the usual conductor-rails are intended to be placed numbered correspondingly, and used as shown in the figures referred to in the description relating to each figure of the drawings. The position of conductor-rails and the arrangement of the conductors or wires of necessity vary with varying parts of extensive railway systems, and I have therefore by these improvements sought to provide means which will enable trains adapted as herein described to safely run over the varying parts of a railway system. I seek to provide a series of factors of safety in fitting each locomotive with a number of generators of electricity so that in the event of failure of one generator another may carry on the work ; but each generator alone whilst duly generating the current when required suffices to effect the operations required, and the railway-track is also provided by the use of more than one electro-magnet, such as solenoids and in switches with factors of safety. It will be seen, according to these improvements, that the safety of trains against collisions with one another does not depend (save in part at a terminus, Fig. 21, and siding, Fig. 18) upon some one person placed in a signal-box or other place doing some act or acts, such as pulling a lever or pressing a button, or the like, in order to raise or lower a signal-arm, or contact or switch on or off a current or the like, or upon a driver obeying some signal, all of which acts involve or are dependent upon what may be termed the personal equation ; but these improvements being characterized by the fact that the power—i.e., generator of electricity—is carried on the train itself, by means of which power the necessary operations are effected, such as rails automatically rendered conductors and non-conductors, and also by means of which power trains are automatically warned of the approach or nearness of another train, and automatically stopped in the manner herein described ; thus the risk of personal equation, save as aforesaid, is eliminated, and the purposes for which these improvements were devised have been effected as herein described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.”

(21.) On page 33—to alter “ E ” to “ D,” line 26.

(22.) On page 36—to strike out the words “ the characteristic feature of the operations being,” lines 28 and 29, and to insert instead “ which method or means is characterized by the fact.”

(23.) On page 37—to strike out the words “ the characteristic feature of the operations being,” lines 11 and 12 and lines 26 and 27, and to insert instead “ which method or means is characterized by the fact.”

(24.) On page 38—to strike out the words “ the characteristic feature of the operations being,” lines 8 and 9, and to insert instead “ which method or means is characterized by the fact ” ; and to alter “ locomotive ” to “ train,” line 16.

(25.) On page 44—to alter “ such as magnets,” line 7, to “ having magnets such as ” ; and to omit the words “ magnets such as,” lines 7 and 8.

(26.) On page 45—to insert “ 182 ” after “ 181,” line 21.

(27.) On page 46—after the 33rd claim, to insert the two following claims : “ (33A.) In railway-trains, the combination and arrangement of one or more generators placed on a train, and contact-rods relating to outer and inner controller-rails with a reversing-gear switch and guide-blocks, and a reversing-lever for reversing the locomotive from the forward to backward gear as desired for the purposes set forth, substantially as herein described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings. (33B.) In railway-trains, the combination and arrangement of one or more generators placed on a train, with