Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1918 — MOVE CAR BY HAND [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MOVE CAR BY HAND

Device Has Clamp That Firmly Grips Wheel When Lowered. LEVER IS OUTSIDE OF TRACK By Use of Device Shown in Photograph One Man Can Move Heaviest of .Cars —Slippery Rails Do Not Hinder Operator. With a toll such as that Invented by Charles McCarter of Decatur, 111., any a rallxoad car by hand. It has .a clamp that firmly grips the car wheel when a lever (shown in the hands of the man in the photograph) is lowered. The lever has its end secured to a crank pivoted on a triangular wheeled frame, the wheels of which always rest on the track rail. -X When the lever is raised cranks re-lease-the clamp from its grip on the car wheel. As the lever is arranged outside of the track it may be operated

without any hindrance where two cars are coupled, for there Will be ample room to move the lever. The car wheel is rolled three inches at one stroke of the lever. When the car wheel moves, the car mover rolls on the rail and they both travel together. One man can move the heaviest loaded car on any kind gs track. Slippery rails do' not hinder the operation, and there is nbt the least danger of the operator getting his fingers or toes mashed or being hurt in any way. The tool and its frame are light enough to be easily carried where needed. It is especially useful where a car switched on a siding has come to a stop a few feet short of the desired, place for loading or unloading. With the mover the car can be placed exactly where it is needed in a few minute’ time and without requiring the services of more than one man.—Popular Science Monthly.

Moving Heavily-Loaded Car.