Show system a success A system capable ot handling three ton loads is in use on the wharf of a steamship line at rich mond va for transferring freight irom the vessels to the warehouses and cars and it Is said to operate much more economically and with greater facility than the hand propelled trucks formerly used for the purpose it consists of a pair of trolleys on an elevated runway carrying a tram with hoists for raising and lowering the merchandise dibe trucks the system Is electrically operated and the con arol is centered in a cab attached to the device in which the operator is located |