he leading idea being to attach B, giving them such form and suspending them in such both ends of the lever to the stump. The inventor manner as to cause them to act promptly and efficiently gives the following as suitable dimensions for the several when in contact, and yet, when desired to stop… … wide, 6 inches thick, and 4 be 80 feet wide, giving, feet long. with the width of the piers Movable posts, + 4, 3 and abutments, a length of The clutch illustrated by the annexed cuts consists of inches by 34 inches, and resting in a loose shoulder several hundred feet. The road-way will be 28 feet…
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