Public works . ks ofUtica, N. Y. Hanson, Conrad, has been appomtedhighway commissioner for DouglasCounty, Wise. Doucet, A. E., director of publicworks, Montreal, Quebec, has re-signed, effective Feb. 1. McDougald, W. L., of Montreal, hasbeen appointed chairman of the har-bor commission of Montreal. Coyne, Thomas, has been reappointedsuperintendent of streets of Marlboro,Mass. Thomas, O. P., of Johnstown, Pa., hasbeen elected borough engineer of Cone-maugh. Pa. Colony, J. I., has been elected borougnengineer of Renovo, Pa. LEWIS S. SADLER Lewis S. Sadler, Pennsylvania StateCommissioner, died at
Public works . ks ofUtica, N. Y. Hanson, Conrad, has been appomtedhighway commissioner for DouglasCounty, Wise. Doucet, A. E., director of publicworks, Montreal, Quebec, has re-signed, effective Feb. 1. McDougald, W. L., of Montreal, hasbeen appointed chairman of the har-bor commission of Montreal. Coyne, Thomas, has been reappointedsuperintendent of streets of Marlboro,Mass. Thomas, O. P., of Johnstown, Pa., hasbeen elected borough engineer of Cone-maugh. Pa. Colony, J. I., has been elected borougnengineer of Renovo, Pa. LEWIS S. SADLER Lewis S. Sadler, Pennsylvania StateCommissioner, died at his home in Car-lisle, Pa., January 20- He was forty-eight years old, and had been ill a week. Ut Sadler was prominently mentionedin the recent discussion of candidatesto succeed the late Senator Boies Pen-rose, and for nomination next fall tosucceed Governor Sproul. Febrtarv 11, 1922 PUBLIC WORKS 111 New Appliances Describing Nen- Machinery, ApparntuN, Materials and Methodfi and Recent IntercNting InHtallatiu. MAXON CONCRETE UOAD FIMSHER This machine, built by the MaxonCompany, is provided with a 9-horsepower gasoline engine and has two de-mountable rear wheels to transfer it fromplace to place. It has no cast iron, allcastings are the finest grade of semi-steel, malleable iron or cast steel andall gears are cut. Among the valuablefeatures reported are the divided strike-oflfs that insure perfectly balancedmotion and minimum reaction on theforms; a pneumatic tamper with adjust-able scoop and crusher; slow moving,long stroke adjustable belt float; com-pletely enclosed transmissions; allmetal, durable strike-off and tamper;independence of the different operations;absence of vibration; and central posi-tion of operator. The tamper extendsacross the full width of the road and isoperated by compressed air. The sprockets are of alloy steel withopenings between the teeth which permitthe dirt to fall through, and is a patentedconstruction of the Bates Steel Mule.
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