. Water & sewage works . It has a speed forward ofa mile and one-half per hour and a re-verse motion of one mile per hour. Therear axle is made of 4-inch cold rolled top frame. The incline over which theloader travels is also constructed of 6-inch channels braced with 3-inch angles. The power plant, which is located un-der the inclined tracks of the loader andis completely covered with a metal hous-ing, consists of a very high duty 45 engine of the auto type. This machine is arranged for an enddischarge. Special attention is called tothe various means of distribution whichcan be f
. Water & sewage works . It has a speed forward ofa mile and one-half per hour and a re-verse motion of one mile per hour. Therear axle is made of 4-inch cold rolled top frame. The incline over which theloader travels is also constructed of 6-inch channels braced with 3-inch angles. The power plant, which is located un-der the inclined tracks of the loader andis completely covered with a metal hous-ing, consists of a very high duty 45 engine of the auto type. This machine is arranged for an enddischarge. Special attention is called tothe various means of distribution whichcan be furnished with this outfit to meetthe several conditions which contractorsare called upon to solve, as follows: Outfit No. 1 consists of mixer properequipped with a storage bin at the endof the mixer to hold a batch of mixedconcrete. Outfit No. 2 consists of mixer properequipped with a steel boom swinging at aradius of 180 degrees. A drop bottombucket of 1 yard capacity is so arranged August, 191S MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING 35. Chestnut Street, tjewicltley. Pa. Resurfaced with Taj-via X. Sewickleys Experience with Tarvia The Borough of Sewickley, Pa.,has used Tarvia A as a surfacetreatment on its macadam roads forseveral years. Some of these werelast treated in 1909 and all are stillin excellent condition. Chestnut Street has been resur-faced and other heavily-traveledthoroughfares have been constructedwith Tarvia X as a binder. Thelocal authorities report that they arewell pleased with the results. In December, 1912, M. M. Baker,Borough Engineer, wrote:— During the past few years the Boroughof Sewickley has used Tarvia X andTarvia A in the construction of newdriveways on some of the most heavily Booklets traveled streets, and for resurfacing of anumber of streets situated in the resi-dence section. Both of these paving materials havestood the test well and we are glad tohave the opportunity of expressing oursatisfaction with the way in which theyhave made good,* and to recommendth
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