Popular Science Monildy 

 for the k Have 



A Platform on Wheels 

 Lamp Repairer 



THE work of kce]>iiig the 

 i-loctric lamps along 



M i r li i ga ii A vcn ue , 



Chicago, in shajie ha 



been greatly facilitated 



by the use of a frame 



platform on wheels 



for the convenience 



and safety of the 



repairman. It con- 

 sists of a frame-work 



of steel tubing l)uilt 



on a three-wheel 



base and supporting 



a small platform at 



proper lieight for a 



man upon it to reach 



the lights. There is 



a rail for the protec- 

 tion of the operator. 

 The platform 



gives the man plenty 



of room in which to 



work and has its 



advantages o^•er a 



ladder, in giving a 



space for placing 



globes and other 

 parts within eas\- reach. The apparatus 

 can also be used for painting the posts. 

 When the work on any one post is done, 

 the entire apparatus, which is on rubber- 

 tired wheels, is pulled away to the next one. 

 The platform can be placed close against 

 the post, as there is a groove on the top to 

 fit the center into the middle. Underneath 

 it is firmly attached to the post b\' means (jf 

 bolts. This ser\es to give stability to the 

 platform as well as to bring the workman 

 close up to the lamps. The lamp-post 

 braces the floor, just as the three 

 steel tubes of the frame-work 

 brace the rim and sides. The 

 complete structure is strong 

 enough to instill confidence 

 into the worker and he is 

 able to do his repairing and 

 cleaning without inconven- 

 ience or danger. This appa- 

 ratus is said to be more con- 

 venient for the workers than 

 raised platforms on motor- 

 trucks. The fact that the 

 grooved platform enables the 

 men to work close up to the 

 lamps instead of reaching for 

 them is its chief ad\antage. 



885 

 Horse ( 



A groove is provided in the center of the pkit- 

 form into which the lamp-post fits closely 



You Ever Seen a 

 Wearing Trousers? 

 ()^iI•:ll()\\■ the horse in the 

 picture below looks 

 ashamed. Perhaps he feels 

 conscious of the liagging 

 of his trousers. Evi- 

 dently they are not a 

 perfect fit. Or per- 

 haps he has ne\'er 

 worn them before 

 and he is simply 

 tr\ing to get a good 

 look at them. For 

 all the work-horses 

 in Nice, France, 

 where the photo- 

 graph was taken, do 

 not go trousered. It 

 is only when they 

 are called upon to 

 do special work that 

 they don the panta- 

 loons. 



Trousers serve to 

 l^rotect the animal's 

 liide when the wagon 

 behind him is 

 spreading tar over 

 thestreets. Acurtain 

 is suspentled between the cart and the 

 horse, but the trousers alTord evidence of 

 the extra care that is taken to prc\ent the 

 discomfort and disfigurement which the hot 

 tar might cause to the animal. However, 

 France is not the only country that can 

 boast of trousered horses. In South America 

 a carnival is never complete without its 

 trousered horses and sheep. Xot only are 



they trousered 

 but they are 

 fullv dressed. 



The trousers protect the animal's hide from the hot tar 

 which is being spread on the streets from tlie cart behind 



