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Show HOTEL ELEVATORS STOPPED BY SNAILS " CINCINNATI, Feb. 23. Snails and then more snails, in fact, thousands of them not onlv beat the hydraulic elevators ele-vators in the Rand hotel, but put them entirely out.of commission. For several months the elevators have not been working property, and they have been repeatedly overhauled and repacked. They continued, however, to refuse to move rapidly and at times almost stopped, though the water gauge showed the requisite pressure. A leak in one of the pipes which partially par-tially flooded the cellar solved the mystery. mys-tery. In seeking the broken place employees em-ployees of the city waterworks traced the supply pipe to the elevator and had it shut down. In the pipes and valves they found enough fresh water snails and snail shells to fill a gallon measure. After they were removed the elevator and entire water service of the house returned to normal conditions. |