mail crane

mail crane
An upright post planted close to a railroad track with an arm which, when not in use, hangs by the side of the post, but when in use is extended horizontally toward the track, and from which a suspended mail sack may be taken while the train is in motion by means of an iron hook or "mail catcher" attached to the door of the mail car and operated by the mail clerk. International & Great Northern Railway Co. v Stephenson, 22 Tex Civ App 220, 222.

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