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public transport Inand food supplies when roads are blocked with snow was one of the topics discussed at the autumn meeting of the Scottish Centre of the Institute of Public Cleansing, at Largs, Ayrshire. Mr. William Alexander, director of public cleansing, Aberdeen, and chairman of the Scottish Centre, presided. Discussion on snow clearing was opened by Mr. Thomas Young, deputy director of public cleansing, Aberdeen, who held that the best method devised so far to clear snow was the use of rakes and ploughs. One of the greatest assets would be some mechanical means for loading snow and clearing it away.
Mr. Gavin C. M'Arthur, director of public cleansing, Glasgow, said that to overcome the dislocation caused by a snowstorm it was imperative in cities that every detail of a general plan of attack should be worked out carefully well in advance of the danger period, so that personnel and equipment could move into action right away, like a modern fire brigade.