MODERN METHODS OF STREET CLEANING 



bring. The salary of the mayor of Berlin is about 

 $7500 and that of the paid magistrates about $6200. 

 Cooperation exists to a remarkably efficient degree 

 between the magistrates and councillors. 



Berlin has been made a sanitary city in spite of, 

 and not because of, natural conditions. The situation 

 unfavorable was peculiarly unfavorable for drainage. 

 sftuaSnof Berlin lies in a low sandy plain traversed by 

 Berlin sluggish streams. A great deal of pumping 



is required to supply the city with water and to carry 

 off the sewage. The drinking-water is pumped and 

 filtered and delivered under pressure from a consider- 

 able distance in the suburbs. The sewage is collected 

 from different parts of the city into a dozen central 

 districts. It is then pumped long distances into the 

 country where it is used to irrigate farm lands owned 

 by the municipality. The lands acquired for the dis- 

 posal of the sewage cover an area greater than the area 

 of Berlin itself. Because of this property Berlin is one 

 of the most extensive owners of rural real estate in 

 Germany. The work of extending the sewerage and 

 sewage disposal works is still continuing and will last 

 as long as the city continues to grow. 



In such works as the construction of streets, sewerage 

 and water-supply systems, the German plan is to keep 

 steadily ahead of the demands so that the city may 

 never outgrow its sanitary requirements. This is in 

 direct contrast to American practice and is the more 

 remarkable in the case of Berlin, for, since its remark- 

 able transformation beginning forty years ago. the 

 city has more than doubled in population. 



The streets of Berlin are long, straight, wide, well 

 designed, and generally well paved. The most famous 



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