. Engineering and Contracting . s now been reconstructed with a heavybrick arch and concrete cradle lined with granite block, sup-ported on a concrete base laid on a soil of sufficient bearingvalue for the loads required to be supported. The last archwas completed Dec. 24, 1918, and the refilling of the trench,which was commenced as soon as work permitted, was con-tinued with an increased force. A further examination was made of the Wiingohockingsewer and its tributary branches early in the month of Sep-tember, and it was found that at the intersection of 15th Belfield Ave., the Vi-it.
. Engineering and Contracting . s now been reconstructed with a heavybrick arch and concrete cradle lined with granite block, sup-ported on a concrete base laid on a soil of sufficient bearingvalue for the loads required to be supported. The last archwas completed Dec. 24, 1918, and the refilling of the trench,which was commenced as soon as work permitted, was con-tinued with an increased force. A further examination was made of the Wiingohockingsewer and its tributary branches early in the month of Sep-tember, and it was found that at the intersection of 15th Belfield Ave., the Vi-it. diameter section was broken fora length of about 35 ft. The supporting cradle and invert ofthe sewer were entirely gone and the arch, while intact, wasin danger of collapse. Catch Basin Cleaning Machine The Public Works Department of Detroit, Mich., has re-cently placed in service a portable pumping apparatus espe-cially designed for cleaning sewer catch basins, guUeys andother indenture. With this equipment the contents of the. Catch Basin Cleaning Outfit,catch basins are pumped directly into a large water-tighttank on a truck. The machine requires two men for itsoperation and is claimed to do as much work in one dayas would be accomplished in three or four days by the handmethod of cleaning. In addition the cleaning is done in asanitary manner and the necessity for piles of filth on thestreet, so common under the old hand-cleaning method, isobviated. The equipment described above was obtainedfrom the Springfield Engineering Co., Springfield, Ohio. Itconsists of a Seco portable pumping apparatus, manufac-tured by the above-mentioned firm, mounted on a Spring-field-Kelly 5-ton truck. News Letter St. Louis Items Li. J. Smith, president of the li. J. Smith Construction Co.,Kansas City, who has been under tlie weather for a while, is upand around again. Was with us a day last week. Nothing new. Plans for extensive improvements between Council Bluffs andBrunswick are being made by
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