MODERN METHODS OF STREET CLEANING 



the other hand tar macadam is regarded with much 

 approval. 



There is usually a lack of system and method about 

 the whole undertaking of street cleaning in American 

 cities. When a contract for collecting and disposing of 

 house refuse is drawn, few people know what can justly 

 be required or what the work should cost. If the city 

 contemplates doing the work itself the various plans 

 available for final disposal are not sufficiently under- 

 stood. The possibility of reducing this important work 

 to an orderly and economical system is not known, 

 because there are so few examples of good scavenging. 

 As a rule, contracts are let for too short a time to enable 

 the contractor to feel justified in investing the sum of 

 money necessary for a sufficient plant. The contractor 

 is often suspected of wielding, or being subservient to, 

 political influence. He labors under the disadvantage 

 of attending to what the public regards as the most 

 unpleasant work in the whole city. 



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