. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 286 TELPHERAGE. to the railway station or the wharf for shipment, and for conveying refuse away from the factory. In this connection we might mention the conveying of ashes or slag to the dump heap. Telpherage may also be extensively used for handling coal. It serves to reduce greatly the cost of transportation on plantations and farms and may be economically used for handling coffee, sugar cane, tobacco, fruits, and hay and other like prod
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 286 TELPHERAGE. to the railway station or the wharf for shipment, and for conveying refuse away from the factory. In this connection we might mention the conveying of ashes or slag to the dump heap. Telpherage may also be extensively used for handling coal. It serves to reduce greatly the cost of transportation on plantations and farms and may be economically used for handling coffee, sugar cane, tobacco, fruits, and hay and other like products. In general, it nia}- l)e $aid that wherever material is to be carried to a, distance there is no power so flexible, so economical in first cost of installation, costing so little for power or the expense of maintenance, and with such great capacit}^ as telpherage. It may, therefore, be designated a material transportation by an immaterial fluid, and may well be called one of the most important of the many adaptations of electricity. If time, floor space, or labor is being consumed in the conveying of. Fig. 10.—Excavating and leveling in preparing roadbeds for railroads. The function of the telpher is tr) transport the hoist, bucket, and load. The hoist does the excavating and elevating. The hoist automatically brakes itself either upon the girder rail or grips the cable as soon as there is any longitudinal strain. Used also for scooping and transporting earth, sand, ashes, or coal. any kind of material in any plant, plantation, or mine, each can be saved by the installation of telpherage. Any condition at any manu- facturing establishment which presents a requirement for hauling by man or team, whether in transmission of product during the various stages of manufacture, the movement of materials by which the prod- uct is to be treated, or the handling of fuel and ashes or other waste, is a logical opening for the installation of telpherage. When you install telpherage y
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