EUROPEAN Mi: I lloDS OF STREET CLEANING 



For the most part the snow is removed by cartl 

 somewhat after the method followed in New York City. 

 I'sr is made of snow ploughs, however, and of small 

 hand-carts in clearing the principal thoroughfares. It 

 is not uncommon to dump the snow in parks and other 

 open spaces until a thaw, when it is carried away or 

 allowed to melt and run into the sewers. 



Much use is made of salt. The salt is used to melt 

 the snow as it falls, the object being to prevent an 

 accumulation, rather than to remove the snow after 

 it has become deep. 



In London on the approach of a snow storm whether 

 by day or night, the street cleaners, who have been 

 supplied with instructions in advance and only need 

 to exercise a little judgment in knowing when to apply 

 their directions, scatter salt of the color and consistency 

 of coarse sand over the streets. When the snow falls 

 upon this saline bed, it melts and runs to the sewers. 

 If the fall is too rapid or the weather too cold for the 

 snow to melt, and slush is formed, the latter is flushed 

 away into the sewers, with water from a hose and the 

 pavements squeegeed as soon as this is possible. The 

 quantity of salt used for a given area depends upon 

 the depth of snow. In Paris 4J ounces of salt per 

 square yard have been used for a fall of two inches. 

 This is much more than is used in London. Much 

 snow is emptied into sewers. 



An important part of the work of all street-cleaning 

 departments is the removal and disposal of house refuse. 

 It is an almost universal custom to collect ihecoiiec- 

 this refuse in a mixed condition, but the D s n p^J of 

 component parts of the mixture vary in House RefU8e 

 different cities and at different seasons of the year. 



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