. Public works . F(jrX].VTIUN READV FOR BRICK. 658 MUNICIPAL JOURNAL Vol. XXXVII, No. 19. curbing 6 inches wide and 6 inches high is put on bya special gang. Forms for this curb are made from2-inch by 6-inch planks. Stone, gravel and sand are brought to the mixer inbarrows. In order to facilitate the handling of the bar-rows and to allow a larger load to be carried, a barrowpath, made of strips of ^-inch iron 18 inches wide andten feet long, is laid from the stone and sand piles tothe mixer. As the mixer moves along, the strips arepulled back out of the Twenty-nine men are needed to run
. Public works . F(jrX].VTIUN READV FOR BRICK. 658 MUNICIPAL JOURNAL Vol. XXXVII, No. 19. curbing 6 inches wide and 6 inches high is put on bya special gang. Forms for this curb are made from2-inch by 6-inch planks. Stone, gravel and sand are brought to the mixer inbarrows. In order to facilitate the handling of the bar-rows and to allow a larger load to be carried, a barrowpath, made of strips of ^-inch iron 18 inches wide andten feet long, is laid from the stone and sand piles tothe mixer. As the mixer moves along, the strips arepulled back out of the Twenty-nine men are needed to run the mixer, keepit supplied with stone, sand and cement, spread the con-crete and build the edging. They are: One foreman, 1engineer, 1 fireman, 2 form men, 2 men for edging andtemplates, 2 finishing edgers, 2 spreaders, 2 cement men(carrying cement to mixer and dumping it in hopper),6 stone shovelers, 2 sand shovelers, 6 stone barrow menand 2 sand barrow men. Rakes are used for spreadingconcrete and the surface is smoothed off solely by meansof the template, no floater or trowel being used. r-*,-
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