. Public works . CAN WITH PATENT LID. which are illustrated here, are in useby garbage contractors, the first beingadopted in New York. These wagonsare made by the Watson Wagon Co.,Canastota, N. Y. WATSON DUMP WAGON. MESCO SANITARY CANS. A rather novel method of can cover-ing is found in the Mesco SanitaryCan, an iron strip can for garbage,ashes and refuse. The cover cannotbe separated from the can being at-tached to it by means of two strongsprings. These compression springshold the cover always in place so thatopening, filling and closing the canare made very simple and unaccompa-nied by the
. Public works . CAN WITH PATENT LID. which are illustrated here, are in useby garbage contractors, the first beingadopted in New York. These wagonsare made by the Watson Wagon Co.,Canastota, N. Y. WATSON DUMP WAGON. MESCO SANITARY CANS. A rather novel method of can cover-ing is found in the Mesco SanitaryCan, an iron strip can for garbage,ashes and refuse. The cover cannotbe separated from the can being at-tached to it by means of two strongsprings. These compression springshold the cover always in place so thatopening, filling and closing the canare made very simple and unaccompa-nied by the usual annoyances. Thesecans are made in various forms andsizes. Some are made of heavy gaugeiron with strong strips and others withgalvanized, heavy, double ribbed steelstaves riveted to top and bottomhoops. All cans are soldered water-tight. They are made in sizes 15x26, 866 MUNICIPAL JOURNAL Vol. XXXVII, No. 24. 17x26 and 18x26, holding 17i^, 225-^and 25 gallons, respectively. The Mesco cans, one type of which
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