e workmen were ‘‘ day” upon which it is traveling. able that in an age so mechanical as the present, at- All parts of the engine, with the exception of the laborers, entirely ignorant of the nature of the task, tempts would be made to substitute steam power for who had to be watched incessantly.… … it was several months. The cable was ARMORED WAGON, OPEN TO RECEIVE A FIELD GUN. tirely on laminated springs, with an ar- over a mile long, and when laid was reeled rangement of suspending levers, etc., off from the end of a large ‘‘ broadbow” which enables the engine to attain a high rate of…
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