City snow removal operations continued today in downtown and Campustown business sections. Above, the blower-loader works on Main street just after 8 a.m. The snow was so fine a smoke-like cloud surrounded the machines. Most removal on Main street was done Sunday but it was necessary to go over the area again today to pick up drifted snow and that shoveled from sidewalks.
Presenting the "Sno-Flyr," new rotary snow plow used [last year] for the first time by the city: The plow is attached to the loader arms of the Case tractor purchased earlier by the city so no additional new equipment was needed to run the plow. It can be used as a loader or blower, when the latter method is not objectionable. Melvin Manion, city engineer, reports that the new plow picks up snow much faster than old methods. The "Sno-Flyr" can load a truck in 30 seconds. Above, it is scooping snow which has been graded onto the middle of the road and elevating it into a city truck for hauling away. At right is Manion. The man on the tractor is Harold Tice, street superintendent; driver of the truck is John Hereim.
This snow removal scene is at the east end of Main Street. Notice the Capitol Theater is for sale. Hoyt's Shoe Repair and Stover's Lounge are visible to the right of the theater. - more about The Capitol and other Ames Theaters
Icy, gusty, northwest arctic winds roared across Iowa over the weekend pushing temperatures from a high of 42 at 2 p.m. Saturday to minus readings in Ames this morning. Three inches of snow accompanied the blast but contained only .22 inches of moisture for the parched soil of central Iowa.
Ames accidents reported to police from Saturday afternoon through Sunday afternoon were:
Saturday, 1:40 p.m. - Lincoln Way near Stanton, collision of a 1955 Mercury driven by Barbara Jean Sunberg, 20, 211 S. Kellogg, and a 1954 Plymouth driven by Thomas R. Kennedy, 26, Jefferson. Damage was about $75 to the Mercury, about $350 to the Plymouth.
Saturday, 11:30 p.m. - Lincoln Way and Kellogg, a 1956 Lincoln driven by Peter H. Frangos, 67, 816 Grand, skidded and hit a light pole. Damage was about $150 to the car.
Sunday, 12:20 a.m. - Richardson Court and Wallace Road, collision of a 1952 Ford driven by Richard S. Perrin, 24, 325 Ash, and a 1948 Ford driven by Oliver D. Bohning, 20, 810 Hodge. Damage was about $100 to the first car, $50 to the other.
Sunday, 12:30 p.m. - Lincoln Way near Russell, collision of a 1950 Ford driven by Gordon M. Irving, 19, route 2; a 1950 Oldsmobile driven by Carl F. Anderson, 24, 1211 N. Second; and a 1955 Ford driven by Francis Hoffman, 34, 1002 Pammel Court. Damage was about $75 to the 1950 Ford, about $75 to the Oldsmobile, and about $25 to the 1955 Ford.
City engineer Melvin Manion said [snow] removal was also scheduled for Lincoln Way, Welch and Hayward in Campustown. No plowing was done in residential areas over the weekend, he said but would be done probably north of 12th street and in the 4th Ward sometime today.
