MODERN METHODS OF STREET CLEANING 



wastes is greater and where the work of picking 

 can be carried on under more advantageous circum- 

 stances. 



The carts for collecting the refuse are very large, 

 high, open, and built after the common French cus- 

 cartsused torn with two wheels and provision for horses 

 edition of harnessed tandem. Two or three men ac- 

 Refuse company each cart, one remaining inside 

 and the others throwing the receptacles in to him 

 to overturn and empty. Even here there is some 

 picking done, desirable matters being placed in sepa- 

 rate bags or baskets hanging to the outside of the 

 cart. The men are rough and noisy and use the 

 receptacles with little care. The refuse is hauled to 

 boats and to depots on the outskirts of the city to be 

 burned or taken to the country to be used as 

 fertilizer. 



The collections are made by contractors aided by 

 city workmen. The contractors are charged with re- 

 moving the refuse to depots in the northeast, northwest, 

 southeast, and southwest of Paris. The material is 

 the property of the companies which collect it. After 

 the glass, iron, and other mineral matters are picked 

 out of the refuse at the depots, the residue is ground up 

 for fertilizer or burned. 



The sidewalks and streets of Paris in time of snow 



are cleared and the gutters kept free by the city. At 



times of snowfall the administration enlarges 



its force by the employment of temporary 



laborers, an arrangement which has to be made each 



year. 



Since 1880 salt has been used to facilitate the dis- 

 posal of the snow. The salt used is an anhydrous 



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