New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-29
ARMY EQUIPMENT
FOR ROAD BUILDING


machinery to supplies for the en-
gineering end and the office.
No figures can yet be given OF the
total that the state will eventually re-
ceive. Important equipment has al
ready arrived, more is already on the
way, much more is ready for ship
ment, and further selections are un-
der consideration. The following
summary at the present stage of
proceedings will no doubt be of gen.
eral interest
Among the larger supplies received
are six caterpillars tractors, 80
trucks and three Ford touring cars
Included in this are twelve Peerless
three ton trucks, weight three tons :;
weight four ton; sixteen Vele three
ton trucks OF the heavy. aviation
type; and two 81 ton Kelly Spring
field trucks
The following is a partial list of
equipment that has been allotted
and is either on the way or ready to
be shipped.
One carload of 3l5 tents has been
shipped from Atlanta Georgia
These are badly needed at the pres.
ent time. This will save the depart
ment more than 100000 at the pres
ent prices of tents.
695 so pounds of TINT" has been
allotted and the first shipment or
dered. 1t is presumed that the state
may draw on the big supply of TINT"
stored at Ft. Wingate.
A large assortment of spare parts
for Nash trucks has been allotted
More than one thousand different
classes of parts are included with
large supply of each class Enough
parts are included to rebuild these
trucks
Another big assortment of trucks
and tractors are available, there be-
ing already 239 more trucks, IS trac.
tors, and "a passenger cars coming.
In this list are II Nash trucks, 20
two ton miscellaneous, 20 three ton
miscellaneous, one five ton Hurlburt.
SIX light delivery, seven 3-4 tons G. /
M. l., twenty-five two tons Pierce
arrow, fourteen light aviation model,
eleven three ton Pierce Arrow
thirty-two three ton Packards, hhir-
teen heavy aviation models, two two
ton International, nine three ton
Moreland, two three ton Federal;
line supply OF trucks for a starter.
And more remain to be allotted it
has been reported
Notice has also been received that
fifty 5 ton tractors and Twenty-Five
ton 10 ton tractors are coming.
Among other heavy road machin-
cry are included one heavy road
machine, fifty dump wagons, ten
road rollers, twenty-five concrete
mixers, five elevating graders, one
sprlnkling wagon, five derricks, one
pile driver, ten rock crushers, TWEEN.
ty tive road plows, ten narrow guage
locomotives, seventY-five dump cars,
one steam shovel, five hosting en-
gines, ten gasoline engines, one mar
row guage locomotive tender, twen-
ty-frve electric motors, ten contri-
iuga pumps, and ten diaphragm
pumps.
The eating end of the construction
business is also remembered, there
being ten kitchen trailers with kit
chens complete.
In the allotment are fifty IL to
two ton trailers, fifty ton trailers
and six 5 ton trailers.
a large assortment OF motorcycles
was Offered, but the highway depart !
ment could see no special use for ,
them and so far has not accepted ,
any of these /,
The office work is also benefited ,
there being one office desk, twelve ,
tIeld desks, six office stools, eight !
corona and three other typewriters ,
included. !
The engineering end gets levels, =,
transits, and variety of other 4,
SUPPLIES. d
There arc 200 blankets, 200 buskets, r
900 mattocks, twenty-seven picks, ,
So4 saw blades, ninety wood chisels, =
thirty carpenters aprons, 200 sets of I
first class work harness, l20 laterns, !,
one forge and blower, 100 portable g
forges. 1900 iron fence posts, and {
variety of other things. :,
The highway department is still =
studying the long list and accepting !,
further allotments as it is found :
necessary.
Extensive and varied as is the y
above list of equipment that has al
-eady been received or on the way
Dr. ready to be shipped to the high
way department, the following list
is of still greater interest. The a
assortment will give the department h
plenty of variety from mules to c,
and grindstones. This u
ist has just been sent to the war Il
department. and remains to be acttd d y
ipon by the department q
| Automotive crane. q
10 Tape mending outfits. Il
IL ~
10 Aneroid barometers. IL
800 yards drafting paper. H.
500 Engineers note books. II
900 Yards tracing cloth. lc'
; Photographs. al
10 Universal drafting machines. IN
z Blue print machines m
so Assorted outfits Of drafting Il
supplies. tr
p Stadia hand transits. al
10 Pedometers
so Wire brushes. R
| Machine shop outfit.
Wood working machine shop
outfit
100 Lin. #. drill steel 3-4 inch TO ia
one inch. ar
10 Sets of pipe dies and stocks We
"a inch TO 215 inch. ci
10 Sets of taps and dies for bolts W
and nuts th
20 Sets of carpenters tools and ia
chests. m
900 Horses and mules. tn
10 Elevating graders. ce
6 Road oilers.
5 Derricks. bi
5 Steam pumps. bt
10 Each buckets. orange peel. clam co