From the east bank the city lights double themselves in the river, and on a snowing night the whole skyline goes soft at the edges. Beakon Plowing Services is awake for that — plowing driveways and lots, opening walks and entries, laying salt and sand down before the morning traffic finds the ice. East Hartford runs long and flat from the water out past Silver Lane, so a route here gets measured in miles and hours. The best moment comes near the end, when the sky lightens and everything behind the truck is open and passable. People will pull out at seven and never once wonder how the pavement got that way.