Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress . rriers may be increased byadding trays along the carrier Carrier To CapiToe.—The carrier to the Capitol consistsof a small, flexible, endless wire cable running over largesheaves at either extremity of the route, and having attachedto it at opposite ends of the loop grooved trolleys which runbetween a pair of rails parallel to each other and to the cablethroughout the whole course of a quarter of a mile, includ-ing that over and under the sheaves. To each of the twotrolleys is hung a carrier large enough to hold a bound vol-ume of news
Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress . rriers may be increased byadding trays along the carrier Carrier To CapiToe.—The carrier to the Capitol consistsof a small, flexible, endless wire cable running over largesheaves at either extremity of the route, and having attachedto it at opposite ends of the loop grooved trolleys which runbetween a pair of rails parallel to each other and to the cablethroughout the whole course of a quarter of a mile, includ-ing that over and under the sheaves. To each of the twotrolleys is hung a carrier large enough to hold a bound vol-ume of newspapers, or a leather pouch, of similar shape andcapacity, for smaller books and other matter. The carriersconsist of a set of deep parallel hooks similar to the hanginghuman hand with the fingers turned upward nearly to thetop. Being hung from the top like a pendulum, it travelsalways in an upright position. Its loads are therefore takenon by passing upward through a corresponding toothedtrough, and delivered by passing downward through a.
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