MODERN METHODS OF STREET CLEANING 



inspector is responsible for the work of the divisions 

 under his charge and is required to aid and direct his 

 subordinate inspectors in the details of their operations. 

 He has authority to exercise disciplinary powers for 

 small offenses. 



All the men from foremen down wear uniforms and 

 have been soldiers. The uniform consists of a long, 

 black, shabby-looking blouse, white trousers, black 

 boots, and a cap the latter of the unvarying type of 

 Prussia. The uniforms are supplied to the men gratis. 

 The chief and his head inspectors are provided with 

 motor cars of small but convenient design. 



The working force consists of 133 foremen, 1414 

 workmen, and 509 boys, making a total of 2056 em- 

 street-ciean- ployees. In addition there are about 100 men 

 ing Force anc j women employed about the yards and at 

 the 82 public comfort stations. The wages paid appears 

 ridiculously small as compared with the wages paid in 

 America for similar work, and the difference appears 

 greater when the greater energy of the German work- 

 man is taken into account. The foremen receive $1.07- 

 $1.13, according to the length of time they have spent 

 in the service. Common laborers get $.83 to $1.01, 

 and the boys $.54 per day of eight hours. The total 

 expenditure for labor was $622,000 in 1906. 



Workmen who are taken sick are allowed full wages 



for six weeks or longer in case of accident or sickness 



incurred in the performance of their duty. 



Rewards and 



sick Allow- Pensions are provided for workmen grown old 

 in the service and for the widows and orphans 

 of members or former members of the force. In 1906 

 there were 126.8 cases of sickness aggregating 19,454 

 days of absence among the men. 



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