Modern Gasworks Practice

THE MECHANICAL HANDLING OF MATERIALS 327 trically from a fixed station. Continental practice favours the automatic principle, and abroad the man-handled telpher is looked upon as somewhat old-fashioned and wasteful; on the othcr hånd, the automatic plant introduces electrical complications Fxa. 241.— Intebiok of Retort House fitted with Telpheb, Plant for Hot-Coke Handling. which are, perhaps, Best avoided in conditions such as obtain on gasworks. Much. more skilied attention is required, and when a breakdown occurs it is usually more difficult to locate and to deal with.