. The street railway review . Denver Consolidated Tramw;iy ((>mi)iiny has three distincttypes of plows which are mounted on ciir trucks. Snpcrlnl-nd-ent C K. Diirliiii sl;ilcs lh:il (;ii-li nl llirsr |,Ii,ms Ii;i- >mpany Isvery complete and Intended for clearInK the tracks of snow driftsof any depth. In \\g. 11 may b^- sifcn a small plow which Ispushed by a sweeper, clearing the track on thi- .Mountain line(■f tlie company. Fl(f. 12 in from a pbotograpn of the swwper andplow as tliey are retiinilnp after cli-anlng the track on the Outre-mont brunch. Mount Hoyal Park Is in llic backifroun
. The street railway review . Denver Consolidated Tramw;iy ((>mi)iiny has three distincttypes of plows which are mounted on ciir trucks. Snpcrlnl-nd-ent C K. Diirliiii sl;ilcs lh:il (;ii-li nl llirsr |,Ii,ms Ii;i- >mpany Isvery complete and Intended for clearInK the tracks of snow driftsof any depth. In \\g. 11 may b^- sifcn a small plow which Ispushed by a sweeper, clearing the track on thi- .Mountain line(■f tlie company. Fl(f. 12 in from a pbotograpn of the swwper andplow as tliey are retiinilnp after cli-anlng the track on the Outre-mont brunch. Mount Hoyal Park Is in llic backifround. Thework is evidently very thon)U|{lily done, as the rails show cleanami free from snow. The view represented in Flff. 13 speaks volume* for the ofTee-the wtirk of this eiiuljiment. At this point the track was covered. SXdW PLOWS ANI> SCRAPI:RS-l>tCXVER CONSOLIDATKI) TRAMWAY COMPANY. service. The type shown hi Iig. 1 aiul I^ig. 2 is especially suitedfor the heaviest snows that come to Denver. The plow shearsare raised and lowered by means of a lever on the platform, asshown in Pig. 2. The plows, shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, are some-what dififewnt iu construction. The wings of these are so ar-ranged with springs that tJiey will turn under in case any ob-struction is encountered, such as a paving block or high plank. In Fig. C may ho seen another style of plow which has doneexcellent work, handling sis inches of snow without great objection to the V-shaped plow is that it piles up snowbetween the tracks which has to be removed by a plow similar,to the one shown in Figs. 7 and S. The company lias six plowsof this kind of its own <iesign and construction. The plow, shownin Figs. 9 and 10, is used on tlie suburban linos ;ind in high this equipment tiie Consolidated Com
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