Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1912 — FIND PLEASURE ON COASTER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FIND PLEASURE ON COASTER

Vehicle Is Operated by Small Bey Pumping Vertical Handle—Won’t Qo Backwards. An improvement on boys’ coasters has been made by an Illinois man. This vehicle, like some other coasters, is operated by the rider pumping a vertical handle which moves back and forth and propels the car by each motion. In this coaster, however, there is no lost motion, and ' when coasting the handle, instead of banging about dangerously, is at rest Also, the mechanism Is so arranged that the wheels can not turn backward, thus preventing it from rolling backward down a steep hill if the boy gets exhausted pumping it up. If the

coaster gets along too fast down a hill when it is headed that way a very effective brake can be brought into play and stop it at once. The vehicle is designed to safeguard the boy, as well as give him pleasure.

Boys' New Coaster.