Show huge shovel h 14 purchased N by y cement co kitt by daisy crouch I 1 au 6 saturday evening at the inai ni PA of jac jack and in com him and sirs mrs with hopkin ni iii niland Lany any paid a visit to the ideal cement ompa nys plant to see the huge rok hlll ew cw electric shovel which just re antly had been purchased at a aalst of this machine the idest and largest of its kind was P weighted eig I 1 i ted to devils denis slide at a cost f bm 7 MH mr air hopkin operates this ex evator and he proudly explained hd demonstrated the working of ie e shovel the driver sits in a station about 4 by 22 feet the windows of aich ich are plastic glass from his hat a t at the controls all the switch inger 6 including nl the steering is at his anger tips and lie can operate the i da hovel without moving from his lair ir ile he is completely cut off 0 om in the machinery and the cab Is is s a ventilating fan and is dust lit at the i rear ear of the shovel is is a in contains 20 tons of bal L r 1 st there are seven motors all the of the ma chinery being exposed at all is art of the huge cable p D it is air conditioned throughout hd the air is filtered the mahine had bad been in use for a short thile yet there was no dust to bo be ten en anywhere in the interior of te be shovel the dipper is capable of moving our ur cubic yards ot 0 limestone in ne scoop the tripping of the dip iber er is accomplished by simply pres n ng a lever on the hoist controller adle egl 1 and a back geared torque ator motor with cable winding drum oes es all the work ti 13 one could imagine that the daiv t would have a hard bard time opeia oceia Z ng this gigantic machine but ir hopkin assured me that it as as easy to run as the latest touring r ng car and much more in cu I 1 s t i n g |