. The Street railway journal . AUTOHATIC LOWERING JACKNO. FOR Electric and Cable Cars* The Barrett Jacks are undoubtedly theBEST because they are powerful, light, quickand positive, and are the only Jacks with anautomatic lowering device, by which any loadcan be gradually lowered by the same move-ment of the lever as in raising. One of the Barrett Jacks should be inat least every other street car, so that in caseof derailment, the Jack would be instantly athand and the line would not be blocked andthe passengers inconvenienced. Just one ex-perience of this kind would more than paythe cost
. The Street railway journal . AUTOHATIC LOWERING JACKNO. FOR Electric and Cable Cars* The Barrett Jacks are undoubtedly theBEST because they are powerful, light, quickand positive, and are the only Jacks with anautomatic lowering device, by which any loadcan be gradually lowered by the same move-ment of the lever as in raising. One of the Barrett Jacks should be inat least every other street car, so that in caseof derailment, the Jack would be instantly athand and the line would not be blocked andthe passengers inconvenienced. Just one ex-perience of this kind would more than paythe cost of Jack in the fares saved. One caroff the track stops all others. The Barrett Jack reduces such risks to a minimum and ina years traffic will save thousands of dollars.
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