MODERN METHODS OF STREET CLEANING 



the workmen, clothing is provided for them at the 

 average cost of about $19.44 per man per annum. The 

 total expenditures of the Highways Committee was 

 estimated to be equal to a tax of about 2 per cent in 

 1906. The total expenditures of the department, less an 

 income of about $29,160 from rent and various sources, 

 amounted to about $573,500. The wages alone for 

 1906-7 included in this budget were, for the regular 

 staff, $273,097.98, and for extra labor, $9720 total 

 $282,817.98. 



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