| Show chinese women pue pile drivers piles are being driven in one of th thi i new buildings for a foundation for a punch they were eight inches in diameter and fourteen feet long the staging was bamboo and so was the frame for the hammer which was a round piece of cast iron with a hole in the center tor for a guide rod says cashiers cassiers Cas Cass fers magazine attached to the hammer block were twenty seven ropes carried up to the top of the franie frame and down on the outside looking very much like the old fashioned maypoles may poles twenty seven women had hold of the en ends and with singsong sing song all together pulled down up the rod tour four feet traveled the hammer bammer then at 4 scream all let go and down it carne came on top the pile which was unprotected by a band or ring the womer were paid 20 cents in gold per day this maypole driver la Is in general use throughout japan and china |
