. Cassier's magazine. ship tothe cars in thoroughly good order, re- sults in the saving of a notable amountof labour. At Boston, New York, Philadelphiaand other seaboard cities, a large num-ber of hoists, particularly designed fordischarging coal from vessels, are drivenby electric motors. Nearly all Ameri-can battleships and cruisers use electri-cally operated ammunition, coal and ashhoists (Fig. 5), while in many cases theboats are handled at the davits by sim-ilar means. Many merchant vessels arenow provided with electric lightingplants, and, when so equipped, the useof motor-driven windlas
. Cassier's magazine. ship tothe cars in thoroughly good order, re- sults in the saving of a notable amountof labour. At Boston, New York, Philadelphiaand other seaboard cities, a large num-ber of hoists, particularly designed fordischarging coal from vessels, are drivenby electric motors. Nearly all Ameri-can battleships and cruisers use electri-cally operated ammunition, coal and ashhoists (Fig. 5), while in many cases theboats are handled at the davits by sim-ilar means. Many merchant vessels arenow provided with electric lightingplants, and, when so equipped, the useof motor-driven windlasses for servingcargo booms and deck hoists is quitegeneral. At Norfolk, where many oysters arereceived, it was formerly customary toemploy either a horse or two or threelabourers to whip up the bivalves fromthe holds of the oyster boats. Withinthe past two years a number of oysteroperators have equipped their dockswith back-geared electric motors, theback-gear shaft carrying a niggerhead or winch; this arrangement en-. -AUTOMATIC BAND SAW SHARPENER DRIVEN BY A MOTOR MADE BY THE CROCKER-WHEELER COMPANY, AMPERE, N. J. 4~3 298 CASSIERS MAGAZINE
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