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Lifting Street Cars with a Powerful 

 Electric Hoist 



THE lifting of street and 

 intoriirban cars with- 

 out the use of a hoist or 

 crane is tedious and expen- 

 sive. A dozen men or more 

 are required, and the 

 task consumes much 

 time. The hoist shown 

 in the accompanying il- 

 lustration does its work 

 with practically no 

 human aid and cars are 

 lifted and removed from 

 railroad Hat-cars in five 

 minutes. 



The hoist can be ustnl 

 for loading as well as for 

 unloading cars, the oper- 

 ation being about the 

 same. Four long lifting- 

 chains, after passing over the chain- 

 sheaves, are wound on right and left 

 hand-drums situated at the 

 top and center of the hoist. 

 The shaft on which both 

 drums are mounted carries 

 an ordinar\' railway gear. 

 Lifting power is supplied 

 by a motor. 



It takes but five minutes 

 to remove a car with the 

 hoist. The railroad fiat-car 

 on which the street car is 

 loaded is run under the 

 hoist. After the chains 

 have been secured to blocks, 

 which have been put under 

 the car to be lifted, the car 

 is hoisted high enough so 

 that the fiat-car can be 

 pulled out from beneath it. 

 The street car is then 

 K)wered to the rails. 



The electric hoist does 

 not confine its usefulness 

 to the lifting of street cars 

 alone. It has been used 

 successfully in unloading 

 heavy motor-trucks from 

 railroad fiat-cars and for 

 temporarily suspending 

 automobiles and othcr 

 NX'hides. 



Its advantage is that it 

 obviates the use of a pit. 



With practically no human aid the electric hoist lifts and 

 removes street cars from railroad flat-cars in five minutes 



Getting Drunk with a Pair of 

 Ordinary Opera Glasses 



THE same sensations, 

 minus the alcohol, ex- 

 perienced by an intoxicated 

 person who is trying to 

 walk in a straight line or on 

 a narrow sidewalk which is 

 only thirty feet wide, can 

 be had b\- anyone who 

 lakes the trouble to draw a 

 straight line on the fioor 

 and then look at the line 

 through a pair of opera 

 glasses in a reversed po- 

 sition. 



After the glasses are 

 focused tn,- to walk on the 

 line. You will fintl it im- 

 possible to follow it closely. 

 The line will look like an 

 ink scratch on a surface 

 miles away and the closer 

 you look and try to follow 

 the line the more vexed 

 your vision becomes and as 

 a result \our feet wander 

 from side to side, getting 

 farther away from the line 

 all the time. 



Even with the naked eye 

 it is difficult to "walk the 

 chalk " for any distance 

 without growing dizzy and 

 staggering suspiciously. 



Reverse the opera glasses and 

 walk on the line if you can 



