TRAMS TO CARRY JACKS
ALLAYING APPREHENSION TRANSPORT BOARD’S DECISION To allay public apprehension, the Transport Board decided this morning that jacks should henceforth be carried on tramcars for use in case of accident. The Question came up when a report by the engineer, Mr. F. E. de Guerrier, was under consideration. He said hydraulic jacks had been tried out. but were unsatisfactory. He knew of no electrical jacks, but, in any case, these would have to be operated from the i overhead -wire, carrying 500 volts, and might be the means of electrocuting somebody. If jacks were to be carried on cars, 119 new jacks would be necessary, in addition to those kept in jack stations. The cost would be £750, including telescopic crowbars. The chairman of the board. Mr. .T. A. C. Allum, said he believed the absence of jacks from cars had very little effect on the speed with which persons could be extricated. A number of accident cases had been inquired into, and it was found that jacks could be quickly obtained from stations, which were never more than a quarter of a mile distant. However, to allay public apprehension, he would move that a jack and a crowbar be carried on cars in future. The board unanimously agreed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 758, 3 September 1929, Page 1
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212TRAMS TO CARRY JACKS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 758, 3 September 1929, Page 1
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