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Show Trunks by Wire. If everything goes as Stephen Fowler Fow-ler of London desires and Amorlcan railroads adopt his scheme, tho profane, pro-fane, picturesque Yankeo baggage smasher will pass Into history and tho trunk of tho traveler will stand a fighting chanco with an hydraulic conveyer. con-veyer. Mr. Fowler said recently: "The London & Southwestern has recently re-cently put In operation an aerial transmitter. trans-mitter. Iron towers havo beon erected, erect-ed, and from each run four cables. These aro placed along tho tracks: and run Into tho station. Attached to tho transmitter Is a cago In which the trunk Is deposited. Tho baggage agent puts a trunk In tho cage, pulls a lovr, and In a minute tho trunk Is by tko baggago car ready to bo taken In, Tho prlnciplo Is that of tho morchan dlso carriers In American dry gocli stores." |
