. Public works . ed at 15tbPlace, the width of which is sixty-six feet. This streetlies betvieen two elevated steam roads and a sidetrackabove is provided to facilitate unloading into storagebins along the wall. This wall is about seventeen feethigh. An elevator along side of .this wall is used to raiseor lower material from the side track. All entrances tothe plant are paved with granite block, and a sewerthrough this street takes care of the drainage of road-ways as well as of the pits around the plant. .\11 tanksare put underground where practical. The plant force is composed as follows:1 f
. Public works . ed at 15tbPlace, the width of which is sixty-six feet. This streetlies betvieen two elevated steam roads and a sidetrackabove is provided to facilitate unloading into storagebins along the wall. This wall is about seventeen feethigh. An elevator along side of .this wall is used to raiseor lower material from the side track. All entrances tothe plant are paved with granite block, and a sewerthrough this street takes care of the drainage of road-ways as well as of the pits around the plant. .\11 tanksare put underground where practical. The plant force is composed as follows:1 foreman of asphalt plant; 1 foreman of drum men; 2 drum men; 3 kettle men;1 mixer man; laborers: 1 chemist:, 1 assistant chemist: 2 watchmen. 164 MUNICIPAL JOURNAL Vol. XXXVII, No. 6 The street repair gangs are two to five in number andare composed of: 1 foreman of asphalt repairs;1 foreman of cut-outs;3 rakers;3 smoothers;3 tampers;30 helpers; 1 roller man; 2 watchman. Sufficient teams to handle the OFFICE AND FRONT OF ASPHALT PLANT. This year the Bureau of Streets purchased from War-ren Brothers a one-car railroad plant. This plant canbe moved around on the outskirts of the city where itis proposed to re-surface macadam roads with a bitumi-nous top. It is practically impossible to do this workfrom the stationary plant, since the long haul would runthe cost up to a very high figure. This railroad planthas a capacity of two thousand square yards of two-inchtop per day of eight hours. It is expected that the forcerequired to operate this plant will consist of: 1 foreman; 2 drum men;2 kettle men;1 mixer man; 1 engineer;IS laborers; 2 watchmen. The bureau is considering the use of two five-ton autotrucks to handle the material from this plant to the material to be used will be received on a track be-side the plant and can be used as required. Specifications are now on file for a portable plant toutilize old asphalt top. In all repair work considerableold asph
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