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side steel dimensions, and is lined with 2 inch oak. It also is made of 
1o-gauge steel and is electrically welded. It is fitted with handles and 
has a hinged lid which locks with a padlock. 
It holds one full case of 30 foot caps with enough room to take 
care of a few extra cartons. It weighs about 160 pounds and costs less 
than $25. 
In use it is left near the dynamite magazine, the Standard Table 
of Distances, requiring that it be not less than 100 feet away. It can 
be chained to a tree or any other available anchor. 
Public liability insurance rates are comparable with those for 
workmen’s compensation. While I am quite sure the statistics on ac- 
cidents fail to reveal the reason for this, the insurance companies can 
hardly be blamed unless the sources of possible enormous losses are 
eliminated. From an economic and from a humane standpoint I urge 
the use of portable magazines. 
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