“It had been a snowy winter, and the annual appropriation of $1200 for snow removal had been exceeded by almost $2250. At the town meeting the snow budget was increased to $2500. The voters also agreed to spend an additional $1500 to lease a tractor plough for removing snow from the town’s roads. The lease of the machine would prove to be money wisely spent. The total cost for snow removal during the winter of 1927-28 would be about $650 under budget. At the next annual town meeting in 1928, the voters would respond by agreeing to buy the tractor plow outright for $3600. The machine was saving the town money, but it also was a significant step towards ending the traditional system of breaking out the roads with hand labor. Unfortunately, a source of income was eliminated for men who supported their families or supplemented their income by working on the town’s roads.”
Joyce Butler in “Kennebunkport, The Evolution of An American Town”