MODERN METHODS OF STREET CLEANING 



Stone 6,764 ? 000sq.yds. 



Macadam 1,415,000 " 



Asphalt '.. 500,000 " 



Wood 2,396,000 " 



Sidewalks and alleys 8,581,000 " 



Total 19,656,000 " 



cost of For the year 1906, the cost of cleansing, in- 



eluding the cost of removing house refuse was 



Wages $338,051 



Material. 245,087 



Total $583,138 



This total applied to a road surface approximating 

 11,000,000 square yards of street pavements gives 

 53 cents as the cost per square yard of street pavement 

 cleaned per year. 



The cost of removing refuse amounted in 1906 to 

 about $175,600. The number of cubic yards of refuse 

 removed amounted to 1,721,000. The price per cubic 

 yard was, therefore, about 10 cents. 



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