. Engineering and Contracting . ity of cars. It was found neces-sary to employ a traffic man who reported twice daily to thepurchasing agent in the Portland office of the companj,, re-garding car movemects. The work was done under the direction of the Oregon StateHighway Commission, Herbert Nunn being State Highway En-gineer. In direct charge were C. W. Wanzer, District En-gineer; C. A. Reiter, Resident Engineer and J. E. Smith, ChiefInspector. Mr. R. W. Smith was Resident Superintendent incharge for A. Guthrie & Co., Inc. Device for Finishing Concrete Curb andGutter A time and labor saving de
. Engineering and Contracting . ity of cars. It was found neces-sary to employ a traffic man who reported twice daily to thepurchasing agent in the Portland office of the companj,, re-garding car movemects. The work was done under the direction of the Oregon StateHighway Commission, Herbert Nunn being State Highway En-gineer. In direct charge were C. W. Wanzer, District En-gineer; C. A. Reiter, Resident Engineer and J. E. Smith, ChiefInspector. Mr. R. W. Smith was Resident Superintendent incharge for A. Guthrie & Co., Inc. Device for Finishing Concrete Curb andGutter A time and labor saving device tor finishing combinationconcrete curb and gutter was employed the past season byHanlon & Okes, Contractors, Minneapolis, Minn. The accom-panying sketches reproduced from the January ContractorsAtlas, show the arrangement. The front and back forms for 1 fO, ^<sy ^if/f ex/e/f£/j / ^/TiZ/j /giWfc^S^^, • I <^/eff/ /raAT /irt:/ffir ^/- ^// 1 ^-/=^/r/ /f7/ ( j/^ / /ra/f ejc/i:^ycF/-r^t -A .-Jtix/ (T/e^r^. Curb and Gutter Finishing Sled Used by Hanlon & Okes on Workat Worthington, Minn. the combination curb and gutter are set up as usual, the gut-ter base laid and a portable curb face form clamped in placeand the concrete for the curbing tamped in. This face formis then removed and mortar spread roughly over the entiresurface of the gutter and curb. The finishing sled, riding onthe side forms and guided by a %-in. metal projection, whichis kept snugly against the curb form, is then pushed over thesurface, producing a uniform finish that requires no floatingand very little troweling. -<\ days los.«—Sundays and days loss—Shortage of days loss-—Due o Ioiler trouble. Pennsylvania Highway Department to Have ConstructionCrews.—The state of Pennsylvania during the IH-O seasonwill have construction crews of its own at work, building im-portant stretches of state highways on the primary only v. ill the state highway department
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