T h e A u t o m a t ic A ge
89
A Recent Consolidation
Steam
Shovel
Is Great
Money
Getter
The “ Miniature Steam Shovel” is a
duplicate o f the real thing, operating
on the same principle, picking up
candies and novelties. The operator
regulates the position at which the
bucket drops by a handle protruding
from the aluminum front plate. Rain
bow nuts are mostly used, with a
sprinkling o f slum fo r attraction.
The operating cost is about 10 per
cent. It absolutely does not conflict
with any machine on the market,
thereby getting the money that other
wise would be lost to you. Young
and old play this machine repeatedly.
It is claimed b y all owners to be
the biggest money-maker on the
market. P ro o f o f the above is that
every arcade in New Y ork and B rook
lyn and surrounding beaches have one.
or more machines. These men cer
tainly know what they are doing as
they all have large rents to pay and
therefore must get the besl money
making machines possible. An arcade
proprietor at Midland Beach, L. I.,
paid his- rent the past two seasons
from it.
© International Arcade Museum
Attention is directed to the an
nouncement on one o f the advertising'
pages o f the consolidation o f two
well-known New York concerns, R e
liable Peanut Company o f 21 Des
brosses street and Fitzgibbons Spe
cialties of 354 W . 44th street. The
consolidated concern will be known
as Reliable Peanut Company, Inc.,
with main office and factory at 21
Desbrosses street, New York, the up
town office now discontinued.
Our old friend John A. Fitzgibbons
“ More Reliable Than E ver" will be
active in the sales department, with
a full line o f vending machine sup
plies, parts, glass globes, post cards,
chocolate bars, ball gum, etc., at at
tractive prices.
American Chicle
Profits Increase
The American Chicle Company,
Long Island City, N. Y., maker o f
Adams chewing gum, Chiclets, etc.,
reports a net profit, after charges o f
$293,900 fo r the quarter ended March
31, 1926. This compares with $256,
367 fo r the corresponding part o f
_ Colored prisoners in the county
jail at Milwaukee have been found
using raw potatoes, lump sugar, and
cubes o f salt in games o f “ African
g olf,”
Street traffic may impress vibra
tions o f sound on the air amounting
to a force over a plate-glass store
window o f several pounds.
The term “ bits” comes from the
frontier practice o f hacking Spanish
dollars into eight pieces or bits to
provide change, as small minted coins
usually were lacking.
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