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Broom and Tool Holder,-:lt t,l~o last, meeting of the Znsditute. there was exhibited a simple ;intl ingenic)us cant rivance for the above purpose, devised by Mr. .Jolrn G. I’owt?lI, and manufactured by Frank S. Judd & Co., of tllis c,ity. It consists ot‘ n soit metal socket, cast upon an ordinary wood screw, with a piece of steel wire so bent and inserted as to clasp and hold securely any object, such as a broom or tool-handle, pressed into its grasp. The manner in which tllc wire, by a series of bends, is made to fulfil the various ofices of securing itsell’ in the socket, grasping the handle, and springing sufficiently to clasp objects of various size, is deserving of high commendation, as also is the structure of the mould in which the sockets are cast, which involves several important f;:atures or’ ad,justment. The accompanying cut shows one of these holders in position, with a handle of a clothesbe supposed brush in it. It must not, however, that a depression in the handle is requisite. It will hold a stmight wooden broom-handle just as well.
Proposed Iron Bridge over the Schuylkill River at Fairmount.-By
a reso.lut’ion of Councils, premiums were of&red for designs for an iron bl’idge at Fairmount, and the City Engineer was instructed to advertise for plans and estimates. The design illustrated in this number of the Journal, was submitted by J. H. Linville, C. E., Philadelphia, to whom was awarded the first premium. The bridge will occupy the site of the present Suspension bridge, the lower roadway accomodating the. travel on Callowhill and I.Iaverford streets. The upper roadway will be approached on the west by an iron viaduct on columns, in accordance with designs prepared by the Chief Engineer of the City, carrying the traffic from Bridge Street over the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. A similar viaduct at the eastern approach will be continued through the Reservoir enclosure, and terminate in Spring Garden Street. The clear span of the bridge is 340 feet, total width 50 feet, and height11 of truss over all, 36 feet. The sidewalks are each 8 feet in width. VOL. LVJII.-THIRD
SERIES.--NO. I.-JVLY,
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Broom and Tool Holder,-:lt t,l~o last, meeting of the Znsditute. there was exhibited a simple ;intl ingenic)us cant rivance for the above purpose, devised by Mr. .Jolrn G. I’owt?lI, and manufactured by Frank S. Judd & Co., of tllis c,ity. It consists ot‘ n soit metal socket, cast upon an ordinary wood screw, with a piece of steel wire so bent and inserted as to clasp and hold securely any object, such as a broom or tool-handle, pressed into its grasp. The manner in which tllc wire, by a series of bends, is made to fulfil the various ofices of securing itsell’ in the socket, grasping the handle, and springing sufficiently to clasp objects of various size, is deserving of high commendation, as also is the structure of the mould in which the sockets are cast, which involves several important f;:atures or’ ad,justment. The accompanying cut shows one of these holders in position, with a handle of a clothesbe supposed brush in it. It must not, however, that a depression in the handle is requisite. It will hold a stmight wooden broom-handle just as well.
Proposed Iron Bridge over the Schuylkill River at Fairmount.-By
a reso.lut’ion of Councils, premiums were of&red for designs for an iron bl’idge at Fairmount, and the City Engineer was instructed to advertise for plans and estimates. The design illustrated in this number of the Journal, was submitted by J. H. Linville, C. E., Philadelphia, to whom was awarded the first premium. The bridge will occupy the site of the present Suspension bridge, the lower roadway accomodating the. travel on Callowhill and I.Iaverford streets. The upper roadway will be approached on the west by an iron viaduct on columns, in accordance with designs prepared by the Chief Engineer of the City, carrying the traffic from Bridge Street over the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. A similar viaduct at the eastern approach will be continued through the Reservoir enclosure, and terminate in Spring Garden Street. The clear span of the bridge is 340 feet, total width 50 feet, and height11 of truss over all, 36 feet. The sidewalks are each 8 feet in width. VOL. LVJII.-THIRD
SERIES.--NO. I.-JVLY,
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