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Show 'CONVEYER BELTS WILL HAVE ! BIG FUTURE Manufacturers of conveyor belts looking into the future, see moving mov-ing sidewalks, underground transportation trans-portation systems and countless other uses for their product which will mean a growing postwar business. bus-iness. Such predictions are made with authority by men who have seen five and six-mile belt lines replace locomotives in mines, and who are now studying construction of a 35-mile 35-mile belt over hilly terrain. This belt would carry more than 3,000-000 3,000-000 tons of material a year at extremely ex-tremely low cost. Industry engineers are convinced convinc-ed that belt systems will be used in subways and shopping districts. They eye a commercial market for moving workers from parking lots to factories, passengers from waiting wait-ing rooms to trains, travelers from airport buildings to planes. |