THE LAYING OF STJBMAKINE CABLES. 



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the outside of the cable adhering to and clogging the wheels, 

 and blocking up the V grooves ; so much so, in fact, that the 



cable at times ran out 

 without check and necessi- 

 tated stoppages. 



The brake on the paying- 

 out drum is shown in 

 detail in Fig. 66. This is 

 an elevation of one of the 

 brake wheels only, each 

 of which (on the same shaft) has brake straps of stout 

 iron carrying hard wood blocks which bear truly on the 



