Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1898 — New Automatic Elevator. [ARTICLE]

New Automatic Elevator.

An elevator that can be run without an attendant is being put on the market by the Blektron Manufacturing Company of Springfield, Mass. It Is operated by pressing a buttonwood setting a pointer at a figure on a dial, which indicates the number of tbe floor to which the passenger wishes to be carried. The door to tbe well can be opened only when the elevator la at that landing, so that no one can walk Into the well, or be hit by a descending elevator while looking Into the well. The elevator cannot be operated If a single door is unlatched. The elevator Is called by pressing a button near the door, but It will come only If It Is not In use.