Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1913 — TO END BAGGAGE SMASHING [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TO END BAGGAGE SMASHING

Simple but Effective Device, It Is Be lleved, Will Save Trunks From Demolition.

Baggage smashing will soon become one of the lost arts if the simple and effective device shown in the accompanying illustration is put into general use. The cushion, or mat, upon which the trunk descends in unloading, recently was adopted by the Cumberland Valley railroad and that com-

pany reports that it has proved very efficacious. The photograph shows it in use at one of their stationb. The cushion is composed of four strips of hardwood to'which are 1%inch clout nails, driven through the stripe of wood and clinched to the hose by means of an iron rod inserted while the nails are being driven. The cushions are 22 M inches wide by 4 feet 4 Inches long.—Popular Mechanics.

Saves the Trunks.