MODERN METHODS OF STREET CLEANING 



Parisian streets. The population of Paris in 1901 was 

 2,714,068. 



The street-cleaning authorities of Paris are charged 



with the construction and maintenance of streets and 



sidewalks as well as with sweeping the streets 



Scope of 



street ciean- and sidewalks, sprinkling the roadways, re- 

 ing Work . , . 



moving house refuse and removing dirt, ice, 

 and snow from the streets. 



The work is done by a branch of the Department of 

 Public Works. The technical skill required is drawn 

 from the national government's Corps des Fonts et 

 Chaussees and from a corps of engineers belonging to 

 the city service. Many of the streets are parts of 

 national highways. In consequence of this, the total 

 cost of maintaining and cleaning the streets is largely 

 borne by the government. 



The street-cleaning operations are performed by the 

 city with certain exceptions: The drivers of carts, of 

 sweeping-machines and of sprinkling-wagons with the 

 horses employed in these operations, are furnished by 

 contractors, but the apparatus belongs to the city. 

 The horses, carts, and drivers of the refuse carts arc 1 

 furnished by contractors. The material collected belongs 

 to the contractors. 



The personnel of the force engaged in sweeping and 

 cleaning the streets was composed on Jan- 



Personnel ,, ,, 



uary 1, 1907, as follows: 



Division superintendents 51 



Section foremen 174 



Section men 1782 



Workmen 1477 



Total 3484 



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