Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-26
LAS A REFINED .WHEELBARROW
Another Evidence that Human Intel
Iect IL Able to Overcome
DimcuIties.

One would suppose that there was nothing
new to be discoYered In regard to wheel
barrows People seem to have always had
wheelbarrows; that plain, unpretentious and
useful Irish wagon" Even in China there
are wheelbarrows, and, for that matter,
they are the prevailing style of carriage
there.
But out in the little town of slickton,
some four miles from here, there lives a
mechanical genius of the name of Siever
Spellacy, who has invented and patented
most remarkable improvement in wheel
barrows, doing away with defect that has
existed most prominently in them since the
day when the first one was made and which
has given sorrow and trouble to everyone
who ever used a wheelbarrow for work or
pleasure
The constitutional defect and difficulty
which Mr., Spellacy has met, grappled with
and overcome lies, as it has always lain, in
the legs of the wheelbarrow, those useful
but obstreperous members of its anatomy
Everyone knows how the legs of a wheel
| barrow act. When wheelbarrow is loaded
up the person holding 1t always stacks up
the burden on the theory that as 1t is
stacked so II must ride, and there was
never a proposition laid down more base
less than this, for the exact opposite is the
only means OF truth.
The load is all right as long as the bar
row is standing STILL but when we lift up
the legs so that we can trundle it away we
must, of necessity, tip the barrow far
enough forward 80 that the troublesome
legs will clear the ground and let US pro-
coed, and the moment we do so the care
fully piled load, distributed as to its SIT
uation in regard to the horizon. falls for
ward off the 'front.' side of the wheelbar-
| row onto the ground in front OF the wheel
| and must be loaded on again; that Is, all
that part Of it that will go and not fall
| on again, for the second time we so pile
| that load on we have remembered the
characteristics Of the wheelbarrow and
leave quite a large part Of the load on.
! Now. the invention Of Mr.. spellacy does
away with all this
The legs OF his wheelbarrow are hinged
to the body Of the barrow and capable OF
being turned forward and up against the
under side Of the body, out Of the way. so
that the barrow can be trundled along with
entire disregard of its legs and on the
| same level that It stood on when the load
| was piled up with the result that we are
not taken in and deceived and can regulate
to an exact nicely how large a pile OF
freight me barrow will stand withou tip
ping part Of it on on the journey.
There is a combination OF strong springs
and other mechanism just at the point
where the legs Of the barrow Join the
body, so arranged that when the barrow
is loaded-and II takes load as heavy as
twenty-five pounds to work the machinery
the springs are set ready for action, and
there is a connection running from tbs
springs to the handles OF the wheelbarroW
and ending with some Buttons, or thumb
pieces on the handles that come just If
front OF the thumbs when ones hAndi
grasp the handles
When the barrow Is lifted just enough L
ease the weight from the legs, the thumbs
are pressed against the buttons, or thumb
pieces. and with cheerful snap the spring
do their work and slap the legs OF tn
{ barrow up against the lower side Of tn
body. entirely out OF the way, and then
again, when you are ready to set the bar
row down, either because you want 70 rest
or because you have reached the end o
! | your journey. there Is Just enough powe
left IN the springs 50 that when you touel
the buttons again with the end Of you