The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09
TRYSQUEEGEES
DIX. WOODBURY'S FORCE EXPERT
MEMS on THE ASPHALT.
Swabs Didn't Fit the Diuowy Surface
Yer, We'll and Arc 10 he Adjusted 10
DO s0-Weli Get the Asphalt Clean
somehow. Says the Commissioner.

Travellers along Fifth avenue in the
no, rhbor10ni of the Wa!dorf-Astoria, were
oon ,.,!craby mystihed mt 7:3O O'Clock yes
;er'!ay morning. There were four white
wing and "A section captain on the block
between ILir,y-third and Thirty-fourth
streets. Two OF tho comparatively new
stv.a watering carts that use compressed
air, sorrrh pact ographers and half-a-dozen
gss, !o,Dating men On the sidewalks.
4 steam automobile drove up and out
OF II stepped Street Cleaning Com missioner
John Mo(iaw Woodbury.. Then two more
automobiles arrived, ono containing hesi'
lent \. Il. Shst,ucil Of the Automobile Club
and tho o,hcr paII II, Dcming The COM
pressed air .lrnklsrs went to work and
flushed tae surface dirt into the gutter
.or Two b!oili.. from Thirtyseoond street
30 fhi"v."a.rth Behind them were driven
three g. IL. Commissioner original squec-
gees They were simply tNo-horse snow
scrau"r, with tNo-inch lip OF rubber
pro'radtns Lcow the under edg" OF tho
Snap!ng b'ado
r. ,,!sa OF tic whole performance was
"ie .! Commissioner Woodburys. He
wa.,'d 20 demonstrate to automobilists.
d',Ta:s, tho Aldermen and the public
0St'''''f INV W
20 ~ .nsdp cafe The Aldermen wero the
oniy Sues not represented at the exhibition.
ftc a:uosyeos wsr" made on Friday for
tie ttinI They ~ers al right. but did not
IL tie uuiuiatius surface. II u,ey had
worked properly hey you'd have scraped
Al It" g1maly sli-nc from tho surface, ard
ls!t - h!r. :ootlrs for horses and II good
traction ,uriac" :or rubber tires As it
gas tnsy only touched the nigh places.
Cayiigh: Vac visible Under tie greater
part oi .h.G The carts orking with SIDE
spray dndcr comprr ssed air did ,rry
vel, however,. nnd H.. asphalt was cleaned
80 taI; IL vas not 81 slippery as Usual.
This 'ra e,uomohi ats asieed upon after
t,yitE Surr, !Iiu: 20 -" now much they
shiG"rt y caUur Who vent past, though.
"lrl a.~'i pv ~ CoiUin!sslorer with re
query az" j. ~ was ungraCious enoUgh
TO gov! No better than ctor.'
From Th!rty--acord st,sc. .hc Commits
oloner ara ;he experimenting party went
down 10 Twenty-i.rst street and tried the
AUTOMOBILES on asphal, that had been
simply sprinklcd instead OF flushed and
scurcgeed. There Il was very slippery
.Wr"i tia rear wheels slued about IN
half a circle.
After the tests Commiss ioner Woodbury.
said 20 q reporter Of TH Sun:
W nave .ehLc(i IA lc" tIuES ABOUT
esphnIt his morning. although the results
have not boon very Impressive. II was IS
degrees at O'Clock this morning and that
q only three degrees above the impossible.
A. 3. degrees this could not DO done at ull
Thrie Is no radiation this morning ard the
merits q! the method cannot DO shown to
advantage We win got The streets clean
though. nralIy, no matter what We have
to do. The sGuocaees nre improvised
and are not suitable.
Tho squcogsc. q board With rubber
voil IL ~ old "a a ships deck. but n horse
drawn squcege~ ~, 80 far rs I know. my
own iien. have thought Of plan 10 meet
the trouble. I! :ho asphalt Is wavy. We
will make the squee geo wayy and run them
IN series. orc behind tho other on the
same machine. Al that IN" hole which ono
docs not touch the other will In doing
this I will make them more flexible with the
rubber four inches long instead Of two
inches
Tho air pressure OF the patent waterin &
carts used Is Obtained automatically. The
water barrel Oh the cart Is air tight with a
chamber forward for storing the air that is
forced into II and compressed by the normal
water pressure a. II PUSHES into the water
barrel