. The street railway review . UNLOADING LONG KAILS. llie gin poles, and also loading the rails on wagons. The rails werehauled by ordinary short coupled, two horse, lumber wagons, therail being first laid on its side, then raised up at one end by the sixmen and the wagon backed under until it supported from 1-3 to 2-5of the weight of the rail; the chain was then passed several timesaround the rail and the rear axle, the team hauling about half therail on the wagon and dragging the remainder. Of the total ofover 500 handled in this manner there was not a rail injured. Inunloading from the wagon
. The street railway review . UNLOADING LONG KAILS. llie gin poles, and also loading the rails on wagons. The rails werehauled by ordinary short coupled, two horse, lumber wagons, therail being first laid on its side, then raised up at one end by the sixmen and the wagon backed under until it supported from 1-3 to 2-5of the weight of the rail; the chain was then passed several timesaround the rail and the rear axle, the team hauling about half therail on the wagon and dragging the remainder. Of the total ofover 500 handled in this manner there was not a rail injured. Inunloading from the wagons the driver merely unhooked his chainfrom around the rail and drove the wagon out from under the rail,thus requiring no help in UNLOADING LONG RAILS. The apparatus required comprised two. pair oi tongs, similar toice hooks, two poles 6 in. square by 12 ft. long, two pair of doubleblf)cks large enough to carry Js-in. rope, and five guy lines as shownin the illustration. .■other point in connection with this method of handling longrails, which is worth considering is the -reduced liability of injuringany of the workinen. In the entire seasons work at Portsmouththere was not a man injured by this system. ORDER CONCERNING TRANSFERS. The Chicago City Railway Co., in order to put a stop to the abuseof transfers on its lines, has issued the following: SPECIAL NOTICE TO TRAINMENCONCERNING TRANSFERS. When a jjassenger to whom a transfer has been issued, (hsposcsof that transfer and remains on the car, the conductor will deny himthe right of further transportation, unless he pays anotlier cashfare, and will STOP his car and eject him from it. When newsboys board the cars and sell papers to persons whohave not yet pa
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