Identifier: popularsciencemo89newyuoft (find matches)
Title: Popular science monthly
Year: 1872 (1870s)
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Subjects: Science
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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gasoline can in hand, taking- thecars as fast as they can be remo\ed fromthe express trucks. One express compan\- has emphtyedspecially constructed cars built with twoswinging doors that permit loading fromthe end. Automobiles can l)e put intothe cars under their own power on arising platform, or the\- can be pushedin, on the level platform. One of the largest trucks handled inan express car was a five-ton dum()ingcart, sent recently by a Los Angelesautomobile concern to a mining companyat Tucson, Arizona. On account of theiiigh prices paid for all kinds of mineral,the mine operators were working theirproperties night and day. Three hours after the order was re-ceived, the truck was loaded into an end-door express car by its own power andwent out on a train lea\-ing at 3 oclock.The next morning, it reached Tucson,with an express charge of S41K) attached.It was so badly needed th.it the firsttwents-four hours use of the truck paidfor the transportation expenses. When the Guns of Peace
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