New-York tribune., 1918-11-17

to to b. be solved at once and suce.,,.-
Tins is not war problem mjSsvsssisls Sns
tlvlty that has come to stav 'u' an a.
The state highway do.
must perform the work. I.psrtnela 7.
admitted that the work will must must h
properly done if left to ~. ~ never b
county or town agencies ~ o'alnag
would be of different standsas ne resula
all. N''s or not Al
"a system must be dev;.,
will so into effect immad;a.11l imd,se1 which
the appearance of snow and ',,s rs.nIg upon
the prompt removal of the nssaa assuls "a
amount of snow, such remors, ~e,eesssg
completed within reasonos1a TO be
time after the storm and asoiy ~ short
degree as will permit of tba w such q
OF the preponderant class Of passage
IN Connecticut, with an aalhc
winter, the total cost of snow ua! unusus!
for 1917'lS was approximatoT, atT removal
for 1000 miles of hirhwsrs sSo,See
with varying degrees of av.nd cleared
and OF varying depths of S~selsnes
TINS section of the country an aSser sst;sr.a n
ol $40 a mile year should he hbs','aais mai
where two lines of truck traits" ve msds
be accommodated and the snow snow sosl are to
promptly" INV" removed
George H. Biles, deputy st...r,
way commissioner of PenpsvlSn,lasin' nlsn'
stated that "snow removal 4wss,ssanla, wsrsa,
solves itself into snow 6gbt;n'a "O'a Fe.
the time the first snow metaa 'e non
pearance. Work begins s WIZ, u sp-
falls come by breaking isn neaVy
track with road drags or snsang m.ynagn
SNAPPED ploughs drawn by teams ms rb,,. =.
are followed by the road ms"S;,aa in'a
motor trucks with the snow lrgs nlonsh % q
tachments. p'Ough at
On improved roads evev es...
made 30 remove the snow wi.b;r inVft u
inches of the metal of the ,s'',x rn.. iev
oroer that no opportunity is civss IVAN ~ u
traffic to track What snow SCH r' !ns
that does not melt is removed er.;sA,N seaaans
TO keep the roads open under r.'s,leiy' eosG
tons similar to last winter 'u'u'
from $50 to 5000 a mile dsno'S1ss SSss
upon the location and other cond.;a.s dI.us
The records for the winter ~ i,,v,s latr ,,s
which covered the period from 'T1 no..r
Der to March, show twenty-five snsr suor
storms, varying in depth I'D to sirts', ,+s'
inches, with drifts averaging fonr ,,''s ~
/ six feet in depth. -'0' ="
1T should be no longer an ont;o,.
matter with the road officials in char,
OF our highways, for when we cons;ds.
the enormous winter traffic on cam.
OF our roads argument is unnecessar
AS an example, we have case on ~.
! ord OF one of our highways when N.
temperature was down to 25 depps.
below zero, and from actual trss,
census 1T showed that over 2O0N ".
hlcles passed over the road in twelvs
/ hours" ''
How They Do 1t in Canada
Captain j. A. Duchastel. city emf.
neer and manager of Outremont. Que.
bee. described in detail the satisfsrory
results he has secured by usi,r
rotary snow plough, which SCOOPS ID
the snow and throws it to the side q
the machine. Banks of snow six ies.
deep have been easily removed On
one long street the cost of removing
the snow with the rotary snow plough
was S211, while by usual methods Tia
cost would have been $685..
Edwin Duffy, Highway COMMISSIONS
OF the State of New York. stated thsi
the removal of snow on all Highways
except the route used by the Fedora
government, was under the jurisdiction
of the town superintendent Of high
ways, and that the Legislature had sp'
propriated $4,000 for snow removal
during the winter of 191S-19
Peter G. Ten Eyck, regional chair
man of the highways transport com
mittee, called attention to the necss
sity of keeping the highways unos
structed by snow if the efficiency d
the return loads bureaus and rur
motor express was to be maintainst
during the winter. He also pointed oEi
the advantages of building snow fences
and emphasized the problem of The
rural county and town highways, o.
which many farmers use sleighs. BE-
states that part of the work Of lis
highways transport committee is y
educate the people to utilize Wh'
they already have TO the greatest q.
tent possible by doubling their preSss
carrying capacity III loaulns
both ways ard by the use of highug,
every day during the year instea
only during the summer months va
Other speakers were Colonel W.
lam D. Sohier, chairman, Massseny;'
setts Highway Commission; Chansss e.. =
Upham, chief engineer, Delaware SsI
Highway Department, and Asynvs. "r,.
Beck. field engineer. Highways Irsn'
port Committee of the Counci O' "
tional Defence.