MODERN METHODS OF STREET 

 CLEANING 



CHAPTER I 



THE USE AND ABUSE OF CITY STREETS 



THE student of municipal conditions can find much 

 in every European city which is distinctly modern. 

 The cities of the Old World have long since thrown off 

 their marks of medievalism and are often more pro- 

 gressive than American cities. Municipal progress in 

 Europe is rapid and substantial. A deliberate inten- 

 tion exists to develop and control the growth of cities 

 along lines which make for order, convenience, comfort, 

 safety, health, and beauty. 



In no direction has greater progress been made than 

 in sanitation. Sanitation, although long delayed, when 

 it came, came like a revolution to continental cities. 

 The filthy labyrinths which for centuries passed for 

 highways and byways in foreign cities gave way to broad, 

 handsome streets. Congested districts which thirty 

 years ago were a reproach to civilization have been 

 entirely eliminated. In place of over-concentration of 

 population within the limits of military fortifications, 

 most great continental cities now cover large, roomy 

 areas in which the needs of public health and welfare 

 are provided for as nowhere else in the world. 



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