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Title: The New York coach-maker's magazine
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Stratton, Ezra M., 1809-1883 Houghton, G. W. W. (George Washington Wright), 1850-1891
Subjects: Carriage and wagon making Carriage industry
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : E.M. Stratton
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ould be framed about nine inches fromthe body, not over three-quarters of an inch square, andneatly chamfered, leaving a place between the front andmiddle knee for a step-plate. There is no need of loadingdown the sleigh with iron work; the T-plates, with theunder braces, should be solid, and a plain brace from therunner to the knee, allowing the back one to run up to thebody at a point a little below the seat, also a brace fromeach knee to the fender, are all that are required. A seat-brace should be run from the front knee to the runner, onwhich should be welded an eye for the thill-coupling; careshould be taken to get the eye at a point, so that when thethills are on and lifted to their proper height the runnerswill run level. For shoes use the best cast-steel; it paysin the end. The track varies from three feet to three feetsix inches, or even three feet eight inches on the heaviersleighs. A very pretty style of painting is to use lake on the 116 THE NEW YORK COACH-MAKERS MAGAZINE
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families, and to force the observance of the rulesthereof by acts of violence, when such acts wereconsidered necessary. That in order to preventany recurrence of similar acts of violence, and topromote the well-being of all the inhabitants ofthe borough, it is essentially requisite that theartisans should have restored to them the samepower of lawfully enforcing obedience to theirrules, for the good government of their trades,which they possessed in 1565, 1596, and 1624, asherein rehearsed. That a copy of these resolu-tions be sent to the Right Hon. the Earl ofDerby. The resolutions found a seconder, Mr.Woodcock, and there was a chorus of condemna-tion of them. One member pointed out that thetown had gained nothing in reputation by thelate commission, and that it was not well justnow to court another commission—to wit, oflunacy. Another thought the Council was humil-iated by being asked to consider the resolutionsat all, and said there was not a man in Englandbeside Mr. Ironside who

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