Iron County Record | 1937-07-29 | Page 3 | Road Magnets Reap Curious Metal Crop

Road Magnets Reap Curious Metal Crop Washington Magnetic road sweepers or nail nall pickers pickers pickers pick pick- ers used on gravel roads pick up a curious assortment of potential puncture makers and Save the motorist a considerable considerable considerable con con- sum of tire tiro expense But Dut In addition to saving money and time this type of maintenance is 1 considered an Important safety These Theae magnets electro magnets will draw a nail through about three inches of loose and pick up as much as 81 12 pounds of metal metel per mile Here Is what one pound of metal is fl reported to have contained after the magnet marnet had passed palled over a North Dakota highway large nails nalls small mall nails 30 tacks tack 23 pieces of tin 8 brads brad 11 bottle caps S IJ washers 38 pieces of wire 2 screws B II garters 1 needle 1 hairpin hairpin hair hale pin 1 bolt and 1 razor blade