Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Society for Municipal Improvements: Convention Held at St. Louis, Mo., October 12, 13, 14, 15, 1920, Twenty-Seventh Year
By H S Richards, Superintendent of Maintenance and Repair Divi sion, South Park Commissioners, Chicago, Ill.
At the present time, when passenger automobiles and trucks are numerous in practically all parts of the country, the impor tance of keeping the roads and streets in shape for their use as avenues of communication at all times of the year is a vital one to every community. And this is especially necessary in the northern part Of our country, Where for several months each Winter traffic is impeded to a greater or less extent by snowfalls. In many districts a considerable part of the cross-country freight - carrying business is now done by auto-trucks instead of by the railroads, and any obstacle to their free movement from town to town is a serious detriment to the communities served by the trucks. When we consider the financial loss occasioned by a tie-up of but a day or two after a big storm, it soon becomes evident that the aggregate loss during an ordinary winter, due to snow-blocked roads, is a sum of large proportions.
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