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Show Modern Saving of Labor Exemplified Progress nnd Improvement Is Shown in Work G-oing on Along South Temple. Modern paving of labor Is exemplified in tho work now In progress In tho Improvement Im-provement of South Temple street, east of Slate Timo was when tho mixing of concrete for fhe foundation was done by hand. A big mortar bed, or several of them, was placed in tho street and men with wheelbarrows would dump Ural a load of rock, then a lo.nl of sand and lastly a saok of cement wculd be spilled over tho rock and sand Then a man would ilip a bucket of wuWr tr.'in a convenient con-venient barrel and dash it ov. r the conglomeration, con-glomeration, while other men with long-handled long-handled hoes raked and pulled and stirred the mass into a pasty-like substance. Then other id n with shovels would dig up the pasty-Jtke substance, throw it on vhoclbarrows to bo hauled away and dumped on the ground, where It was Spread out to the accepted thickness and then left to dry In tho air. Much Has Been Changed. All this has not been changed, but a oir,.'.lMnlil r . r 1 1 1 1 ha- bc.-n and the operation op-eration Is Interesting; Now tho men with wheelbarrows simply dump tho rock, sand and cement Into a big revolving drum, which Is kept moving by an engine, en-gine, a Jet of wat. r Is turned on and thcro von ore Inside this big drum Is a scoop, operated bv a cnuik nnd chain, Which by S simple twist of tho wrist collects a bar- rowful of concrete, empties it Into the waiting wheelbarrow and off it goes to bo spread on the ground The drum keeps a constant supply of the concrete and there Is a Steady stream of wheelbarrows bearing it away Thee Is n delay ami the concrete is mlx.rl In just the right proportions and of Just the right moisture On Movable Track. The engine which runs tho drum la placed on a movable track so the whole in ichlne can be carried forward without trouble |