Show defies icy walks with a sand brake I 1 1 lp ea 0 f 1 1 0 A IR axt philadelphia D philadelphia LADELPHIA HI pa A rubber water 1 buttle filled with sand and strapped around his body with an attached gas hose leading down through devious channels that terminate under the instep of his bis shoes is the strange contrivance used by thomas brady north side fire alarm operator to sand his route homo home on icy mornings brady lives about six blocks from tho the old allegheny city hall the sand receptacle holds about two quarts and this is just sufficient nt for or the daily trip there is a continuous flow of the sand and icy sidewalks are rendered as pleasant as the wood lawns of ballam brosa in tho two previous winters brady slipped on the ice fee on his way homo home one time he was laid up seven weeks with a broken kneecap the other time he hurt his ankle and was laid up at home for over a month at the beginning of this winter he began to think of what possible thing he could do to protect himself this winter for a time he tried creepers but thesia these were not satisfactory then camo came the brilliant thought he took possession of the family water bottle and hunted up some old gas hose one difficulty was in getting the sand to fall at the right spot and also to adjust the flow finally he got a little plug this he could open with a string leading up to one pocket that allowed the sand to flow at regulated speed but the sand would fall by the wayside and not go under hie shoes brady Is a mechanic and made a little metallic thing he called a spreader this caused the sand to slip under the soles bolea of his shoes brady thinks he ought to bet a patent out on the sand spreader 00 |