. Water & sewage works . cles. Self-propelledsprinklers have been in use in a number of American and European cities foryears. The simple gravity system wasfirst used, but recently this has beenvastly improved upon by fitting powerpumps which force the water far out oneither side, so that the entire width of astreet can be sprinkled at one trip. Thecity of Denver operates one of these mo-tor sprinklers that waters an SO-footstreet from curb to curb in one opera-tion. The tank has a capacity of 1,400gallons. According to Superintendent ofStreets Geary, this machine saves thecity $2G a day. or a
. Water & sewage works . cles. Self-propelledsprinklers have been in use in a number of American and European cities foryears. The simple gravity system wasfirst used, but recently this has beenvastly improved upon by fitting powerpumps which force the water far out oneither side, so that the entire width of astreet can be sprinkled at one trip. Thecity of Denver operates one of these mo-tor sprinklers that waters an SO-footstreet from curb to curb in one opera-tion. The tank has a capacity of 1,400gallons. According to Superintendent ofStreets Geary, this machine saves thecity $2G a day. or about $5,000 a yearover horse-drawn sprinklers. It coversnearly fifty miles of streets in an eight-hour day. As shown in the photograph,the nozzles are in front instead of at therear. The company that has the contract forsprinkling the streets of St. Louis haspurchased twelve Smith-Milwaukee motorsprinkling trucks, which are doing thework formerly done by fifty horses andwhich will do all the sprinkling for thewhole MOTOR TRUCK AS SNOW PLOW, did Iht uurk uf two hundrrd men. July 19U MOTOR TRUCKS IN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTING 3S
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