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Rapid Lamp Lighting

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Parent Issue
Day
17
Month
August
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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Passengers on the bridge cars in the early evening have noticed the taü, lanky individual who filis and lights the oil lamps in the cars. He stands about 6 feet 2 inches high and is very thin. His height is valuable to him in his present occupation in reaching for the lamps. This he does with the aid of a small box, while a shorter man wonld need a ladder. The swiftness with which he works is marvelous. He says it coinés of long practice. He will board a train coming in at the Brooklyn station before the last passenger has left the cars and vrill then busy himself with his oil can and box. In each bridge car there are at least eight lamps, while sorne carry ten. This makes at least 32 lamps in a train of four cars. The lamplighter must fill every lamp in each car in the short time it takes to switch the train from one track to the other. He does not even have time to extinguish the light, but must pour the oil in while the lamp is burning. This lightninglike work must be continued until every car is illuminated. He no sooner gets through with one train than another demands his attention, but he gets them all lighted

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News