MODERN METHODS OF STREET CLEANING 



There are about 4000 warehouses, 3600 shops, and 

 523 manufactories. 



The street cleaning is in charge of an engineering 

 bureau of the Public Health Department of the Cor- 

 poration. This department reports to a 

 over street Committee on Improvements and Finance of 

 the Common Council and the Committee in 

 turn reports to the Mayor. 



Street cleaning is but one of many lines of work 

 attended to by this Committee, their powers and duties 

 scope of gi ym g them supervision over practically all 

 Work the physical conditions which have to do 



with the thoroughfares except the regulation of traffic. 

 The subjects which receive their attention include the 

 widening of streets, the laying and repair of pavements, 

 the construction and care of sewers, and supervision of 

 all wires, pipes, and conduits which pass overhead or 

 underground, the care of fire hydrants, street lighting, 

 and the maintenance of public comfort stations. 



The engineer has under his orders a superintendent 

 of street cleaning, who has active charge of the work 

 of keeping the thoroughfares clean. The Corporation 

 of London owns its own street-cleaning apparatus, 

 horses, wharf, and refuse destructor. It purchases 

 supplies only by contract or after public advertising. 



For the use of water, regular bills are rendered at 

 the rate of about 12 cents per 1000 gallons, the quanti- 

 costof ties being determined by meters or by special 

 water inspectors from the Water Board, who mark 

 the time during which the hydrants are turned on and 

 note the circumstances of their use. In the year 1905, 

 about $22,000 were spent for water, of which about 

 $10,000 went for water used in washing the surfaces 



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