Popular Science Monilily 



223 



A Machine to Pull up old 

 Telegraph Poles 



ONE of the most difficult tasks fall- 

 ing to the lot of the telephone or 

 telegraph lineman is that of removing a 

 pole which has been firmly 

 embedded in the ground for 

 a number of years. It is 

 often necessary to dig the 

 post out of its bed. 



A Chicago concern has 

 recently placed on the mar- 

 ket a jack which is said to 

 be able to accomplish this 

 task in a few minutes. The 

 device is very similar to an 

 ordinary automobile jack, 

 but is larger and many times 

 as powerful. In the illus- 

 tration is shown a pole 

 which was fixed five feet in 

 the ground, and which had 

 been embedded for eight 

 years. It took the jack nine- 

 teen minutes to pull the pole 

 from the ground. 



A chain, with a grab 

 hook attached, is fixed to 

 the Hft of the jack, and is 

 passed once about the pole. 

 The lift extends two feet; 

 then it may be lowered and 

 the chain given a new grip. 

 The capacity of the jack is fifteen tons, 

 large enough, it is claimed, to uproot 

 the most stubborn pole. The amount of 

 time and labor saved by this machine are 

 worth considerine. 



A Racing Car Built of Tires 



A 



CLEVERLY constructed racing 

 car, built of tires, tubes and car- 

 tons containing parts is showai in this 

 photograph of a Houston. Texas, tire 



A show-window racer built of tires, tire boxes, and tire 

 repair accessories 



A pole was embedded five feet in the ground. It was 



removed by a powerful jack in four and one-half 



minutes exactly 



dealer's show-window. The vehicle is 

 composed mainly of outer cases, which 

 range in size from twenty-eight by three 

 up to thirty-seven by four and one-half 

 inches and are set upon a frame of light 

 timbers. The seat is formed 

 of cartons containing' inner 

 tubes; the dash is made of 

 cardboard, on which are fast- 

 ened patches and repair ma- 

 terial tins to imitate speedom- 

 eter and lighting systems ; the 

 exhaust is composed of a 

 tube, stiflfened within by card- 

 l)oard to keep it rounded. In 

 the seat is a driver who gives 

 the final racing touch by grip- 

 ])ing the famous Barney (^Id- 

 liold cigar in the comer of his 

 mouth. As yet, no one has 

 tried to buy this car. though 

 it will undoubtedly be sold 

 piece by piece. 



