. Electric railway journal . and nipples, giving thepipe a 12-in. drop. The cost of the offset made in thismanner, including materials and labor, was $ Hadit been possible to make the offset with standard screwedfittings the job would have cost $ The branch on the opposite side of the main, how-ever, presented an altogether different problem. Adownward offset of exactly 5% in- was necessary toclear pipes above and below the proposed new flanged nor screwed standard fittings could beused, and an estimate was obtained on the cost of bend-ing the pipe for the required offs
. Electric railway journal . and nipples, giving thepipe a 12-in. drop. The cost of the offset made in thismanner, including materials and labor, was $ Hadit been possible to make the offset with standard screwedfittings the job would have cost $ The branch on the opposite side of the main, how-ever, presented an altogether different problem. Adownward offset of exactly 5% in- was necessary toclear pipes above and below the proposed new flanged nor screwed standard fittings could beused, and an estimate was obtained on the cost of bend-ing the pipe for the required offset. It was found thatthis would cost $, including labor and material,and would entail considerable delay. As a last resortoxy-acetylene welding was employed, and three shortsections of pipe, cut to the correct angles, were weldedtogether to give the desired offset. This was done at atotal cost of $, which represents considerable savingas compared with the $ flanged job and the $ for the bent SNOW REMOVERS IN LEWISTON, ME. Doing Away with Hand Shoveling inSnow Removal The Lisbon Falls Manufacturing Company, Boston,Mass., has lately been developing an equipment for theremoval of snow from the street which supersedes thehand shovel and dump cart method, with consequentsavings in time and cost of labor. The equipment con-sists of a sled carrying a wrought-iron scraper whichcan be raised and lowered from the drivers position, asnow container and a movable bottom which can beopened and closed by a lever, shown in the accompany-ing illustration. The device is designed to be drawn byone, two or four horses, the latter two rigs being mostserviceable. Depending upon the density of the snow,the capacity of the body varies from 1 cu. yd. with thesingle-horse outfit to cu. yd., with two horses, andfrom 2 cu. yd. to cu. yd. for the four-horse apparatus. The over-all length and width of the four-horse out-fit are 8 ft. x 7 ft. Oak is used in the wear
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