. Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry . herparallel tracks a car transfer is conveniently employed.The cars used for making such transfers are describedand illustrated in that section of this book describing thediflferent types of cars. Track Tools. For laying and xnaintaining track a num-ber of standard tools are practically essential. Those or-dinarily required are picks (plain, tamping and mattocks),shovels (round points, square point and tamping), axes(regular,
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. Material handling cyclopedia; a reference book covering definitions, descriptions, illustrations and methods of use of material handling machines employed in industry . herparallel tracks a car transfer is conveniently employed.The cars used for making such transfers are describedand illustrated in that section of this book describing thediflferent types of cars. Track Tools. For laying and xnaintaining track a num-ber of standard tools are practically essential. Those or-dinarily required are picks (plain, tamping and mattocks), shovels (round points, square point and tamping), axes(regular, double edge and adz), crow bars, pinch bars, tamping bars, spike pullers, sledge hammers, spike mauls, cold chisels, track winches, rail forks and carrying tongs;also track gages and track levels. Other tools which areneeded for roads of considerable size are track jacks, railsaws, rail drills and rail benders. HANDLING SYSTEMS Modern Methods of Handling and Storing Coal at Mines, Storage Points, Boiler Houses, Coal Yards, Locomotive Coaling Stations, Coaling and Loading Vessels, and Methods of Handling and Preparing Sand, Gravel, Stone and Lime. By HENRY J. EDSALL. Modern Methods of Handling and Storing Coal THE INDUSTRIES OF THE PRESENT DAY are more de-pendent upon coal than upon any other commodity.The amounts handled are enormous. The meth-ods of handling and storing it are, therefore, of thegreatest importance. Coal is the most important item offreight which has to be handled by rail and by water. Un-doubtedly the greatest factor in expediting its handling andin eliminating delays to the carriers is modem coal handlingmachinery. Systems of storing coal, by making it possible to handlethe coal to and from storage at a very low cost, are ofgreat value in stabilizing the rate of output in the coal in-dustry and also in enabling transportation companies toutilize their equipment to much better advantage, avoidingan overtax at one time and moire oir less idleness at anolher. The