One of the most welcomed services provided first by the company and then by the
homes associations was winter snow removal. Prior to the 1920s this was done
almost exclusively with mule-drawn and homemade equipment as shown here.
The plows consisted of reinforced wooden V's that could be attached to mule
teams and pulled throughout the district. The city of Kansas City did not then
supply snow removal in residential areas; this service proved to be a major selling
point with many prospective buyers, even though as time went on they paid for it
themselves through homes association assessments. KC54n19.