. American homes and gardens. s administration leaves such a buildingas one of its monuments. TURNTABLE FOR CARS IN the majority of garages there is verylittle room for the easy maneuvering ofautomobiles and a great deal of time iswasted in trying to turn a car about, par-ticularly if it has to make a right-angle turnto reach the elevator which will carry it tothe shop. Recently there have been con-structed forms of turntables adapted toovercome the necessity of tedious maneu-vering. The turntable is similar to thatused for locomotives. It may be rotated bya single man by using a bar to engage
. American homes and gardens. s administration leaves such a buildingas one of its monuments. TURNTABLE FOR CARS IN the majority of garages there is verylittle room for the easy maneuvering ofautomobiles and a great deal of time iswasted in trying to turn a car about, par-ticularly if it has to make a right-angle turnto reach the elevator which will carry it tothe shop. Recently there have been con-structed forms of turntables adapted toovercome the necessity of tedious maneu-vering. The turntable is similar to thatused for locomotives. It may be rotated bya single man by using a bar to engage anvone of the several small holes in the outeredge of the table. The table itself is builtof reinforced concrete, and hence is proofagainst water and fire. The diameter of thetable is fourteen feet, so that it will takethe largest touring car. It has been foundof great convenience when adjustments orrepairs must be made, for the car can beswung around without any toruble to thebest position to obtain all the available Modern Sleeping Porch fitted with Wilsons Blinds Practically makes an Outdoor room of the ordi-nary porch; a room at night, a porch by day. WILSONS VENETIANS for outside and inside of town and countryhouses; very durable, convenient and artistic SPECIAL OUTSIDE VENETIANS
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