Engineering and Contracting . Riker Being Fitted Vy/ith Flanged Steel Rims. devices have been invented to facilitate loading opera-tions. The accompanying illustration shows one of par-ticular interest to contractors. This is the LightningLoader Skip, manufactured by the Heltzel Steel Form &Iron Co., Warren, O. This skip is easily and quickly at-. piece and sawed apart at the bolt lugs. The inside fitsthe rubber tire exactly. To put them on, the car is jackedup, the flanges placed over the rubber tires and poundedinto place with a mawl, and the bolts inserted and drawnup tight. With two
Engineering and Contracting . Riker Being Fitted Vy/ith Flanged Steel Rims. devices have been invented to facilitate loading opera-tions. The accompanying illustration shows one of par-ticular interest to contractors. This is the LightningLoader Skip, manufactured by the Heltzel Steel Form &Iron Co., Warren, O. This skip is easily and quickly at-. piece and sawed apart at the bolt lugs. The inside fitsthe rubber tire exactly. To put them on, the car is jackedup, the flanges placed over the rubber tires and poundedinto place with a mawl, and the bolts inserted and drawnup tight. With two men working at each wheel the com-plete set of flanged rims can be put on or removed in from10 to 15 minutes. The Heiskel Lightninj Loader Skip. tached to a steel or wooden railroad car. The height isadjustable—it is applicable to a high or low car. Theangle of dump is controlled by means of a lever. Thegate opens by gravity, retarding materials and preventing METHODS FOR DETERMINING SUBSIDENCE ANDSHRINKAGE IN EARTHEN EMBANKMENT. Some interesting methods are being used by the Boardof Levee Commissioners of the Orleans Levee Districtfor determining the subsidence and shrinkage in earthenembankments now being constructed in the district. Forthis purpose 2-in. and 3-in. test pipes are placed, theirdistance apart depending entirely on ground condi
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