. Water & sewage works . e hookand ladder truck, carrying from a 60-footextension ladder down to 12-foot first consideration in getting motorapparatus is to get the necessarystrength in all parts in proportion to thestrength in horsepower. For instance,if you should purchase a ma-chine, you should see that the transmis-sion, differential, frame and all parts arebuilt sufficiently strong to withstand theshock to which a motor wouldsubject them. If this precaution is notfollowed results may follow sucli as areexperienced when we hitch a team ofdraft horses to a light
. Water & sewage works . e hookand ladder truck, carrying from a 60-footextension ladder down to 12-foot first consideration in getting motorapparatus is to get the necessarystrength in all parts in proportion to thestrength in horsepower. For instance,if you should purchase a ma-chine, you should see that the transmis-sion, differential, frame and all parts arebuilt sufficiently strong to withstand theshock to which a motor wouldsubject them. If this precaution is notfollowed results may follow sucli as areexperienced when we hitch a team ofdraft horses to a light vehicle and getstuck in the mud. The team is toostrong for the vehicle, and you will soonhear something break. I expect this fall to install a motorcity service truck and also a pumpingengine. This pump will be purchasedafter the convention at New York. Wewant the best, therefore will inspect thepumping engines at Xew York and placeorder for the pump that makes the bestshowing. September, I91S MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING TSTBC. THIS SHIPPING PACKAGESAVES YOU MONEY By its use we deliver asphalt with atare of only 2%. That means approximately 1,960 netpounds of asphalt to each gross tonshipped. The drum is easily removed andthe asphalt does not stick. Hence—no waste. Write for proofs of how this pack-age puts money in your pocket. Standard Asphalt & Rubber Co., 137 SO. LA SALLE ST. CHICAGO. 300 MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING Resurfacing Bituminous Pavements By Capt. Brook. V. S. Assistatit Engi-neer Commissioner, Washington, D. C. The sum of $425,000 was appropriatedfor 1912 for resurfacing of old pavementsand repairs to improved roadway pave-ments. This was an increase of $25,000over the appropriation for the precedingyear. The area of sheet asphalt pave-ments in the District of Columbia is about3,343,978 square yards, and of asphaltblock square yards, which is prob-ably a greater area than any other city inthe world with the population of the Dis-trict of Columbia. During 1912 1
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