CONTENTS 



CHAlTl.i; IX 



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PARIS 'J3 



The Keeonst ruction of the Street-; Scope of Street 

 Cleaning \York; Personnel; Methods and Hours of Street 

 Cleaning; Gutter Flushing; Vacat'ons and Sick Pay; The 

 Work of Horse Brooms; Muehine Combining Broom and 

 Scraper; Motors; Sprinkling-carts; Hose Sprinkling; Collec- 

 tion of House Refuse; Rag-pickers; Carts used for the 

 Collection of lief use; Snow; Pavements; Cost of Cleaning. 



CHAPTER X 



BERLIN 107 



Unfavorable Sanitary Situation of Berlin ; Character of 

 Streets; Military Character of Organization of Street Clean- 

 ing Force; Street Clean ng Force ; Rewards and Sick Allow- 

 ances; Length and Area of Streets; Use of Sweeping 

 Machines; Snow; Sprinkling; The Hiring of Horses; Day 

 Washing of Asphalt Streets; Types of Carts; Absence of 

 Flushing; Work of Orderlies; Temporary Pits for Street 

 Dirt; House Refuse; Cost. 



HAMBURG.. 119 



The Regeneration of Hamburg; The Hygienic Institute; 

 Attractive Appearance of the City; Scope of Street Cleaning 

 Work; Organization; Night and Day Cleaning; Asphalt; 

 Work of Orderlies; Underground Pits for Street Refuse; 

 Posts for the Orderlies; The Sand Used on the Pavements; 

 Sprinkling; Snow; Final Disposition of Street Refuse; 

 Removal of House Refuse; The Hamburg Incinerator; 

 Arrangement of Refuse Burning Works; The Incinerator 

 Cells; Management of Draught in the Furnaces; Exhaust 

 Products from Burning the Refuse; Generation of Power 

 from the Refuse; The Use of Ashes and Clinker; Quantities 

 of Refuse Burned; Labor Required; Care of Laborers; 

 Extra Work done by Street Cleaning Department; Cost of 

 Horses; Quantities and Cost of Labor; Plant. 



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