Public works . d the sandwere delivered at a point about one-half mile fromthe center of the job where cement also was un-loaded from cars on an adjacent siding. Both ce-ment and aggregate were delivered by Mack andWhite trucks to the 21-E Foote mixer, that wasserved by a Koehring loader, and supplied withwater from the city service. Sometimes as manyas 15 trucks were occupied in delivering cementand aggregate. The brick was delivered by five flattop Packard trucks hauling it almost continuouslyas fast as space could be cleared for the bricks tobe piled. Difficulty was experienced in deliverin
Public works . d the sandwere delivered at a point about one-half mile fromthe center of the job where cement also was un-loaded from cars on an adjacent siding. Both ce-ment and aggregate were delivered by Mack andWhite trucks to the 21-E Foote mixer, that wasserved by a Koehring loader, and supplied withwater from the city service. Sometimes as manyas 15 trucks were occupied in delivering cementand aggregate. The brick was delivered by five flattop Packard trucks hauling it almost continuouslyas fast as space could be cleared for the bricks tobe piled. Difficulty was experienced in deliveringmaterials on the south side of the street on accountof the necessity of dumping them over the suburbancar tracks. At first there was trouble in securing a smoothsurface of the brick pavement, but as the stone curbdid not offer satisfactory support, it was impossibleto use a finishing machine until the contractors en-gineer devised for it a special track on top of the MP^^^^^^^^^ii^v^^Bi^^^^^^l^^^^^HE^^i^^:^^^^. curb and also designed a special counter weighted tamper, both >>i which were entirely satisfactory from tlu outset. 1 he use of tin-finishing machine enabled the con-tractor to dispense with considerable-labor of the pick-up. Although the pre?- ence of the machine in the rear of the brick droppers had a stimulating efifect upon them, the best effort did not enablethem to keep up with the full capacity of the ma-chine although an average progress of about 50rfeet per day was achieved. The brick droppers werealways kept within 40 feet of the concrete mixer,which at no time was pushed to its capacity. Preliminary work was commenced in June lastand construction was suspended on November 1stafter the completion of about 4 miles of 2 miles that will be finished in the excavating, grading, paving, concreting, grout-ing and installation of drains required an averageforce of about 60 men for each contractor. Justbefore the work was suspended la
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