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dunes. These, working eight hours, can sweep about 

 1 1.">,000 square yards. Since there are in the 12 depart- 

 ments, 26 sweeping machines, there are cleaned each 

 night about 2,990,000 square yards of pavements. 



The sweeping begins at 11 o'clock at night. If 

 necessary the streets are sprinkled with water to keep 

 down the dust. 



The street cleaning which is done in the daytime is 

 carried on by gangs of one foreman and four men. 

 The working hours are from 6 in the morning until 6 

 at night, with a rest of two hours. 



Squeegees are used a great deal in keeping asphalt 

 and sidewalks clean. They are of special 



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service in rainstorms, advantage being taken 



on such occasions to clean the sidewalks and flush the 



street dirt into the gutters. 



In cleaning asphalt under ordinary circumstances, a 

 large quantity of water is first sprinkled by wagons, 

 and later men with brooms and squeegees work ener- 

 getically to push the refuse into the gutters. 



The principal streets are sanded constantly by men 

 called orderlies who are especially assigned to picking 

 up refuse and sanding during the day. The work of 

 orderlies have small carts which they push with 

 one hand and with the other sprinkle the gravel with 

 short-handled shovels as they walk. The gravel is 

 large and as sharp as it is practicable to obtain. A 

 few minutes after the gravel has been sprinkled upon 

 the pavement, horses and vehicles crush the large 

 particles into small gritty circles which gradually expand 

 and cause the sharp pieces to spread over the street. 

 The fact that sand has recently been sprinkled upon 

 a street does not prevent the use of squeegees or brushes 



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