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Show vrrltfhla rrolshl lara. Tlio etldent comrnlcnco to trafflo depirtmrnts ot Ix-Inj ablo to readily dcti nulno tho wclglit of a freight car a la ling has led to Iho working out ot n new IJca In this eonnettion An In xentor iiropore. Instead ot running enrsovrr a track scale to naeeitaln tho wrlght of their contents, to placo a system of aealo lexers l neith tho lloor of each ear. When It Is desired to welsh tho contents ot n car tho fill crams of tho aealo loxcrs are lifted by four hydraulic Jwks, so that tho weight of tho car body Is carried on tho sialo lexers. Tlio gross wilght Is then (crn on the snalo beam placed at tho cinterof tho car. 'When tho tcaloU not In un tho weight doc not como on tlio scale lexers, so tho knlfd rdgtsdo not become worn Whatoicr may 1 the pnutlciibllltyof thla devlco Its coat may jmulbly mllltila agaliut It gent rid iulo lluu Now ork Comiucrilal Ad xcrtlscr. |