. Water & sewage works . MOTOR TRUCK AS SNOW PLOW, did Iht uurk uf two hundrrd men. July 19U MOTOR TRUCKS IN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTING 3S. LOW BED GARBAGE TRUCK hauled to dump bij Knox-Martin tnirl,,,\ Horses haulthe rear bed from house to house for collection of garbage uhich when full isexchanged for an empty one brought by the tractor. Exchange easily made by}acki7ig up front end of bed. Power trucks are assisting in the solu-tion of the quick and economical removalof ashes, garbage and snow by the streetdepartments of a number of cities. TheNew York street cleaning department re-cently began e
. Water & sewage works . MOTOR TRUCK AS SNOW PLOW, did Iht uurk uf two hundrrd men. July 19U MOTOR TRUCKS IN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTING 3S. LOW BED GARBAGE TRUCK hauled to dump bij Knox-Martin tnirl,,,\ Horses haulthe rear bed from house to house for collection of garbage uhich when full isexchanged for an empty one brought by the tractor. Exchange easily made by}acki7ig up front end of bed. Power trucks are assisting in the solu-tion of the quick and economical removalof ashes, garbage and snow by the streetdepartments of a number of cities. TheNew York street cleaning department re-cently began experiments to determinethe adaptability of trucks to this service,and has succeeded in getting a type oftruck body that permits of dumping theload off the end of the dock into scowsin the river without any danger of over-turning the truck, as will be seen fromthe photograph. A unique plan that has been tried isthe collection of garbage from house tohouse with a huge truck drawn by horseswhich, upon being filled, is left at a pre-arranged point to be hauled to the dumpby a motor tractor. The front end ofthe body is jacked up and
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