EUROPEAN METHODS OF STREET ru-: A. VINCI 



a prompt and competent execution of his orders. These 

 officers are in turn above foremen and working foremen 

 who come in dose touch with the actual day and night 

 work. It was pleasing to see that there was fre- 

 quently not only a great deal of esprit de corps among 

 the men, but that the individuals frequently took 

 great pride in the cleanliness of the pavements en- 

 trust ex 1 to their care. 



It is customary for the workingmen of the street- 

 cleaning department in large cities to wear uniforms, 

 but these are invariably quiet and inconspicuous, as 

 compared with those in New York which were pur- 

 posely designed by their inventor, Colonel Waring, to 

 be as conspicuous as possible. 



In the cities which have the cleanest streets thfcre 

 are usually two divisions of the work of cleaning- 

 day and night work. The efforts in the day- Methods of 



, , , . , , n Street Clean- 



tnne are usually directed chieny toward re- ing 

 moving refuse which, when scattered about, make 

 streets appear disordered and dirty. The work of 

 more careful cleansing is done at night. 



There are here, it is to be noted, two distinct un- 

 dertakings: The rapid collection of relatively coarse 

 material in the daytime and the slower process of re- 

 moving finer mud- and dust-producing material at 

 night. 



The day work is accomplished chiefly by orderlies 

 and single sweepers assigned to regular posts or beats. 

 The orderlies confine their attention chiefly to remov- 

 ing horse droppings and papers before they become 

 scattered. The sweepers act under general instruc- 

 tions which give them much latitude as to their 

 operations. On the advent of rain or other circum- 



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