. The New York coach-maker's magazine. inting, $: Recovering dash, $12; body-lining, $40;leathering shafts, $7 ; whip socket, including pat. fasten-ings, $3 ; check-straps, $; oil-cloth carpet, $2; vel-vet carpet, $4. PIANO-BOX ROAD on Plae favor makes this description of buggy alwayssalable, and therefore a safe vehicle to have on hand inthe repository for callers. Width of seat, 36 inches ;wheels, 3 feet 11 inches and 4 feet 1 inch high, with otherproportions; the costs of making the parts, and theprices for repairs, about the same as for the coal-b
. The New York coach-maker's magazine. inting, $: Recovering dash, $12; body-lining, $40;leathering shafts, $7 ; whip socket, including pat. fasten-ings, $3 ; check-straps, $; oil-cloth carpet, $2; vel-vet carpet, $4. PIANO-BOX ROAD on Plae favor makes this description of buggy alwayssalable, and therefore a safe vehicle to have on hand inthe repository for callers. Width of seat, 36 inches ;wheels, 3 feet 11 inches and 4 feet 1 inch high, with otherproportions; the costs of making the parts, and theprices for repairs, about the same as for the coal-box givenon the same plate. Manufacturers price for buggy, $465. ft Iculs from tfje ^nbil HEIDENS IMPROVEMENT IN THE FORE-CARRIAGES OF improvement, for which a patent Avas obtainedby John Heiden, of New York city, February 2d, 1869,has for its object, the construction of such fore-carriagesas are used in vehicles running without a perch, wherebythe same may be made much lighter, cheaper and strong-er than heretofore BIRD S-EYE VIEW OF HEIDEN S PATENT FORE-CARRIAGE. In the diagram, A shows the fifth-wheel; M the fur-chell-bed, with the place for the king-bolt at B ; II thefurchells; K the the draw-bar, and D the semicircularbow, which, with the traverse bar E, constitute thechief features of this improvement. It will thus be seen THE NEW YORK COACH-MAKERS MAGAZINE June, that the platform D E constitutes the chief support of thesuperstructure AMI, and therefore these parts will beequally as strong when made much lighter than whenmade after the old plan, besides doing away eutirely withthe furchell stays of iron usually employed, essential-ly lessening the expense of building. The manner inwhich this platform is secured to the front springs may beseen at N. The platform joint at E is joined by a tenonand mortise, and the entire platform afterwards encircledwith iron in the same way wheels are hooped, by heatingand shrinking, thereby rendering the whole compact
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