CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAQB 



THE USE AND ABUSE OF CITY STREETS 1 



Origin of City Streets; Uses of City Streets; City Dust; 

 Streets as Receptacles for Refuse; The Main Sources of 

 Street Dirt; Reasons for Extravagance and Inefficiency 

 in Street Cleaning. 



CHAPTER II 



FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES APPLICABLE TO STREET CLEANING . . 15 



The Aim of Sanitation; Sanitary Ordinances and the 

 Police; Duty of Magistrates; Necessity of Cooperation in 

 Preventive Work; Cooperation with Householders; 

 Preventable and Unavoidable Littering; Public Recepta- 

 cles for Refuse. 



CHAPTER III 



THE CLEANING OF PAVEMENTS 21 



Physical Properties of Street Dirt; Chemical and Mi- 

 crobic Ingredients of Street Dirt; Methods of Street Clean- 

 ing; Pavements; General Methods of Street Sweeping ; The 

 Use of Water in Cleansing Pavements; Comparative Cost of 

 Different Methods of Street Cleaning in New York; Cleansing 

 with Rubber Scrapers; Sprinkling. 



CHAPTER IV 



THE DISPOSAL OF REFUSE 29 



Theory of Economical Utilization; Value of City Wastes; 

 The Management of Dumps; Composition and Disposi ion 

 of Refuse, Rubbish, and Garbage; Private Recep acles; 

 Wagons and Length of Haul; Garbage Reduction; Use 



