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ive water park occupying a place of honor such a 

 ordinarily given only to pleasure grounds of conven- 

 tional design. This body of water, surrounded on three 

 sides by busy city districts, is continually traversed l>v 

 picturesque pleasure craft ranging from small sailboats 

 and rowing-shells to steamers. Flocks of swans make 

 their home here. With this central object of the Alster- 

 Basiu to stimulate the aesthetic and sanitary attention 

 of the people, it is not strange that a large amount of 

 care should be bestowed upon the city streets. The 

 streets are, many of them, handsomely built, well paved, 

 and very well kept. 



The streets have been cleaned, since 1886, by the city. 

 Formerly this work was done by the individual property 

 holders and later by contractors under the supervision 

 of the police. It is now a part of the work of an Engi- 

 neering Bureau of the Department of Public Works. 



The work of the street -cleaning department includes 

 the cleaning of all public streets and sidewalks inside 

 of the city limits, the watering of streets, the 



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removal of snow and ice, supervision over the street ciean- 

 removal of street and house refuse, removal 

 of refuse from steamers and docks, removal of refuse 

 from city parks, and the cleaning and maintaining of 

 public comfort stations. 



The city is divided into twelve districts, in each 

 of which is a centrally located depot where the 

 employees assemble and in which the neces- 



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sary machines and other apparatus are kept. 

 There is a supply of ordinary tools at each depot 

 and a special supply for the removal of snow and 

 ice is kept at the main depot of the street-cleaning 

 department. At this point also are workshops for 



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