Public works . missioner of °s been appointed to highway com-missioner to succeed Louis F. Sadler,recently deceased. Mr. Biles has been inthe Pennsylvania State Highway De-partment since 1905 and in 1913 becamemaintenance engineer and organized thepresent maintenance division in chargeof all of the streets completed Biles has announced his policy ofconnecting, during the coming season, asmany of the already constructed con-structions of primary highways as thedepartments researches will permit, Johnson, George E., state engineer ofNebraska, secretary of the board of
Public works . missioner of °s been appointed to highway com-missioner to succeed Louis F. Sadler,recently deceased. Mr. Biles has been inthe Pennsylvania State Highway De-partment since 1905 and in 1913 becamemaintenance engineer and organized thepresent maintenance division in chargeof all of the streets completed Biles has announced his policy ofconnecting, during the coming season, asmany of the already constructed con-structions of primary highways as thedepartments researches will permit, Johnson, George E., state engineer ofNebraska, secretary of the board of pub-lic works and chairman of the CapitolCommission, has tendered his resigna-tion, effective January, 1923. Brown, R. C, has been appointed act-ing state highway engineer of SouthCarolina, to South Carolina, to succeedCharles H. Moorefield, resigned. March 18, 1922 PUBLIC WORKS 203 New Appliances Deiicrlblnc; New Machinery, Apparatna, Hnterlala nnd Method* and Recent Intereatlngr Inatnllatlonn fi^ m ^^^__^_^. REDUCED SIZE AVERY COMPANYS ONE-MAN ROAD RAZZER, SHOWING BLADE IN UP AND IN DOWN POSITIONS. NEW SIZE ROAD-RAZER In order to provide a machine formaking a smooth surface on narrowrough roads, the Avery Company hasjust put on the market a new reducedsize one-man road-razer with a three-section blade, 10 feet 3 inches long,that cuts an area 7 feet wide and is in-tended to operate successfully on nar-row roads and streets without inter-fering with traffic. The design is likethat of the original Road-Razer, ex-cept for the reduced dimensions and itis of simple, sturdy construction, cal-culated for durability, efficient serv-ice, and small maintenance cost. Itis operated by the driver seated inthe rear over the cutting blade, is pro-vided with spring adjustments, and iseasily steered through a mitre gear,swinging the castor-like single frontwheel. METAFORM ROAD The Metaform Road Rails, manu-factured by the Metal Form Corp.,Milwaukee, are stiflE tubular forms forconcret
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