Popular science monthly . ust as the railroads do inLondon and the express companies dohere. Already a proposition to cstal)-lish a terminal at Bayonne similar tothe Bush Terminal is being might become the transfer pointand terminus of such a bclt-linerailroad. How Do You Sit? A (HAIR is like a shoe, doctors saynowadays. It is comfortable onlywhen it fits the body. And they alsosay that the ordinary chair does notfit the body, no matter how much up-holstering or padding it may have. So they have gone to work and built achair that fits the body to a T. See that hump in the back in
Popular science monthly . ust as the railroads do inLondon and the express companies dohere. Already a proposition to cstal)-lish a terminal at Bayonne similar tothe Bush Terminal is being might become the transfer pointand terminus of such a bclt-linerailroad. How Do You Sit? A (HAIR is like a shoe, doctors saynowadays. It is comfortable onlywhen it fits the body. And they alsosay that the ordinary chair does notfit the body, no matter how much up-holstering or padding it may have. So they have gone to work and built achair that fits the body to a T. See that hump in the back in the ac-companying illustration The purposeof this is to fit into the bend of the backin such a way as to alTord support to theback and thus allow the muscles to relaxand rest. In the case of the ordinary chair thehump is not in the chair, but in theperson sitting down. His shoulderssloop forward, his body slumps down,the abdomen is thrown forward and theabdominal organs get out of place. Thenew chair corrects this The hump in the chair fits the bend in the backin such a way as to afford perfect support Ten Millions to Save Four Miles I.\ the tanadian Rock\- iMmintaiiis is agiant mass of rork, towL-riin; f>,.S4()feet and known as Mount lies on the route of the CanadianPacific Railway. Between Mount Mc-Donald on the right and Mount Tupperon the left, the road enters what is knownas Rogers Pass. To reach the other sideof the Rockies, the trains had to climbtwo long spiral loojjs. If they were totunnel through the mountains the rt)utev,()uld he shortened only about fourmiles, but the grades would be reduced,with the result that much time wouldbe sa\xxl as well as wear and tear 0:1rolling stock. Besides, the expense andclanger of maintaining and operatingfour and one-half miles of snowshedswould also be eliminated. Consideringlliese factors, as well as the amazingincrease in traffic, an increase whichinvolved double-tracking, it was decidedto tunnel Mount McD
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