. Water & sewage works . ELECTRIC TRACTOR nscd in Springfield. formotorizing apparatus ivhich has heretofore beenhorse-dravm. Traetor manufactured hy the Couple-Oear Freight Wheel Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 318 MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING. HORSE-DRAWN water tower converted to motor apparatus by connecting a Knox-Martin tractor. will not be accepted. It has been foundthat the quality of the average gasolinewhich is being sold is growing steadilypoorer and that unless this matter is care-fully watched the department will beloaded up with inferior gasoline to thedetriment of its efficiency. High g
. Water & sewage works . ELECTRIC TRACTOR nscd in Springfield. formotorizing apparatus ivhich has heretofore beenhorse-dravm. Traetor manufactured hy the Couple-Oear Freight Wheel Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 318 MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING. HORSE-DRAWN water tower converted to motor apparatus by connecting a Knox-Martin tractor. will not be accepted. It has been foundthat the quality of the average gasolinewhich is being sold is growing steadilypoorer and that unless this matter is care-fully watched the department will beloaded up with inferior gasoline to thedetriment of its efficiency. High gradegasoline will start quicker and warm upquicker, which in cold weather will savemany seconds, perhaps minutes. It costsbut a fraction more, and its superior valuemore than pays the difference in the price. p XPERIENCE has proved that it is-L- test to keep motors operating atslow speed during freezing weather whencars are at fires. In freezing weather the engines are al-ways left running at low speed when at afire, it being found that this is the onlyway to prevent them freezing. This de-partment has tried alcohol in the waterwhich cooled the engine, and the enginepromptly froze up. It has also used air-cooled cars, which as pro
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