. Electric railway journal . Crcss-ArmWasher A NEW 6-TON CHAIN HOIST ASSEMBLY In handling weights of more than 1 ton or 2 tons witha portable chain hoist the users have met much troubleand inconvenience in suspending the hoist. The ordinary 6-ton hoist, for ex-ample, weighs 400lb., so that eitheranother hoist orspecial scaffolding isrequired to put it overcome thisdrawback, theWright Manufactur-ing Company, Lis-bon, Ohio, has de-signed a 6-ton hoistany part of whichcan be carried up aladder and sus-pended from thetrack. This hoist isshown in the ac-companying illustra-tions. To install t
. Electric railway journal . Crcss-ArmWasher A NEW 6-TON CHAIN HOIST ASSEMBLY In handling weights of more than 1 ton or 2 tons witha portable chain hoist the users have met much troubleand inconvenience in suspending the hoist. The ordinary 6-ton hoist, for ex-ample, weighs 400lb., so that eitheranother hoist orspecial scaffolding isrequired to put it overcome thisdrawback, theWright Manufactur-ing Company, Lis-bon, Ohio, has de-signed a 6-ton hoistany part of whichcan be carried up aladder and sus-pended from thetrack. This hoist isshown in the ac-companying illustra-tions. To install the de-vice the chain is runoff the power part of the hoist, thereby leaving less than150 lb. to lift. Next the idler blocks are put up and thenthe load chain is run back on the hoist. This design maybe used as a 2-ton hoist if employed without either idler,or as a 4-ton hoist if the top idler and hook are Six-Ton Hoist Arranged for LowerCapacities September 20, 1913.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 469 News of Electric Railways Unsuccessful Attempt to Precipitate Strike in Indianapolis Following the failure of the strike on the Indiana inter-urban lines, an attempt was made to organize the men onthe city lines of the Indianapolis Traction & TerminalCompany, Indianapolis, with a view to calling a strikeduring State Fair week, Sept. 8 to 13. John I). Fingen-felter was arrested on Aug. 30, following an investigationof the cutting of feed wires on the Brazil and Danvilledivisions of the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Trac-tion Company during the attempted strike on the inter-urhan lines, and the organizers who were at work amongthe men on the Indianapolis city lines left the city. Theleaders of organized labor in Indianapolis stated early inSeptember that W. 1). Mahon, of the Amalgamated asso-ciation, had placed the work of organizing the men of thelocal city lines in the hands of t
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