Public works . with the Wisconsinstate highway department. Layton, W. A., has been appointed citymanager of Salina, Kansas. Pharr, Leroy, has been appointed citymanager of Eastman. Ga. Saddler, C. Webb, has been appointedcity manager of Sandusky, Ohio. Magley, Frank, has been appointeddrainage commissioner of Whitleycounty, Ind. Brown, Norman E., has resigned asdirector of public works of Pittsburgh,Pa., to become vice-president of theDravo Contracting Co. of Pittsburgh. Wills. E. Harold, Mount Holly, N. J.,has been appointed county engineer tosucceed James Logan who resigned. Bradshaw. H. J.,
Public works . with the Wisconsinstate highway department. Layton, W. A., has been appointed citymanager of Salina, Kansas. Pharr, Leroy, has been appointed citymanager of Eastman. Ga. Saddler, C. Webb, has been appointedcity manager of Sandusky, Ohio. Magley, Frank, has been appointeddrainage commissioner of Whitleycounty, Ind. Brown, Norman E., has resigned asdirector of public works of Pittsburgh,Pa., to become vice-president of theDravo Contracting Co. of Pittsburgh. Wills. E. Harold, Mount Holly, N. J.,has been appointed county engineer tosucceed James Logan who resigned. Bradshaw. H. J., present city engineerof Stamford. Tex., will assume the dutiesof city manager to succeed Homer who has resigned. .Ackerman. J. Walter, formerly cityengineer of Auburn, N. Y., has beenappointed city manager of Y., succeeding C. A. Bingham, re-signed. 96 PUBLIC WORKS Vol. 52, No. 5 New Appliances New Machinery, Apparatus, Materials and Methods and Recent Interesting Installations. GASOLINE OPERATED SHOVEL, WITH QUICK REVERSAL. ANDPOWERFULi THRUST A gasoline operated shovel with noengines, motors, shafts, chains or gearson the boom and Jet with an actualdigging power greater than a steamshovel of the same size is a new de-velopment in the manufacture of ex-cavating machinery that has recentlybeen announced by the Bucyrus Com-pany. This machine, known as the Bucyrus30-B gasoline shovel, overcomes theserious difficulties of efficient trans-mission of power to the thrust withoutexcessive complications in design, andthe obtaining of digging power com-mensurate with that of a steam ma-chine of similar size. The manufac-turers have also succeeded in obtain-ing in this new machine the digging;characteristics of the steam shovelwith its quick reversals, its powerfulthrust of the dipper and its depend-ability. Before being put on the market, thisshovel was successfully used for aperiod of six months for overcast-ing and loading dump cars in stickyclay, for
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