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afternoon. The contractor's foremen are also required 

 t.. visit the office at <>::>() A.M. To facilitate the speedy 

 removal of refuse between I) and 10 A.M. a number of 

 ilushers :'iul Hushing sweepers are required to stop 

 their flushing operations at 6 A.M. to assist in loading 

 the refuse wagons. 



The contractors who remove the refuse are also 

 required to dispose of it. Where city labor is em- 

 ployed the refuse is taken from the city by pinal Di ^ 

 barging under a barging contract and by position of 

 burning at a destructor at Shot Tower wharf, 

 Waterloo Bridge, S.E. The residue on burning amounts 

 to about 25 per cent of the original refuse. It is car- 

 ried away by a further barging contract. The price 

 for the removal of this residue is about 36 cents per 

 ton of 2240 pounds. In 1905-6 there were 6613 tons 

 of residue removed. 



The destructor is of the Horsefall, direct-tip type, 

 of six cells, and has a capacity of between 60 and 70 

 tons of refuse per day. In addition to this refuse de- 

 structor, there are four dumping places where barges 

 are loaded with refuse. The contract price for barging 

 the refuse is about 52 cents per ton from any of the 

 dumping places. The house refuse is removed from a 

 large part of the city between 7 P.M. and 10 A.M. 



The sewers are cleansed and detritus disposed of 

 partly by the city of West minster and partly by the 

 London County Council. So far as the work Sewer 

 done by the city is concerned, the cleansing cleaning 

 is carried out under the supervision of a sewer inspec- 

 tor. This person has control, subject to supervision by 

 the Assistant City Engineer and Assistant Superin- 

 tendent of the Highways Department, of a staff of 



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