Managing roadway snow and ice control operations
Seven of the cities and counties reported using flags, while four counties and cities use plow lights. A snow plow marker was developed and tested by SHRP ...

The American city
TTie Department is investigating the possibility of rotary snow-plows, and possibly some such equipment will be tried out this coming winter. ...

Public works
1 dirt cart, 6 snow plows . Equipment Preferred for Use on Each Kind of Pavement Kind of Pavement Equipment Preferred Bit., cone, wood Macadam Flushers ...

The Railway age
Large orders for machine tools and other equipment have also been placed. ... The Russell Snow Plow Company of Boston, Mass.. have recently received orders ...

Trains and Technology: Cars
These were miniplows that were usually part of the main snowplow equipment but sometimes mounted on a separate car. The Central Pacific used a flat car ...

Volume 2 of Trains and Technology is devoted to railroad cars of nineteenth-century America. Since the variety of cars used during the nineteenth century was huge, the book is divided into three sections -- passenger, freight, and nonrevenue cars. The easily understood, jargon-free discussions and explanations throughout the book are accompanied by over 225 illustrations and accurate scale drawings of the various equipment.

Streets, sidewalks to get new leader

The person in charge of the crews that maintain streets, fix potholes, plow away snow and tackle other jobs to keep Alexandria’s traffic flowing smoothly, is stepping down.

Bryan Bjorgaard, public works coordinator for the city of Alexandria for the last five years, submitted his resignation, effective June 27, to the Alexandria City Council Monday night.

He’s moving to Idaho Falls where his wife recently landed a job.

“Thank you for letting me be a servant for this great city for the last few years,” Bjorgaard wrote in his letter of resignation. “The motto is true: Alexandria is easy to get to but very hard to leave.”

The council accepted his resignation with regret and directed staff to send a letter to Bjorgaard thanking him for his service. “We are going to miss you,” said Mayor Dan Ness.

The city’s budget committee recommended creating a new position that combines the city engineer and public works coordinator jobs. The monthly pay would range from $4,925 to $6,664.

Source: Alexandria Echo Press

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