MODERN METHODS OF STREET CLEANING 



The removal of household refuse begins at 11 o'clock 

 in the evening and must be finished by 7 o'clock in 

 the morning. In special districts as well as in dealing 

 with the public hospitals, this removal takes place 

 seven times a week, but under most circumstances it is 

 removed three times, and sometimes only twice a week. 



In removing this house refuse from certain parts cf 

 the city containing about 356,000 inhabitants, covered 

 wooden wagons are used, holding about 8.2 cubic yards. 

 The material removed is the property of the contractor 

 and must be destroyed at once under penalty of fine. 

 It is strictly forbidden to pick over this refuse. In 

 other parts of the city with about 457,000 inhabitants, 

 the refuse is removed in iron wagons of 4.8 cubic yards 

 capacity to refuse destructors and there burned. The 

 refuse collected at public markets is also burned. 



To prevent the transmission of infectious diseases by 

 rats, refuse from the docks is collected in special iron 

 wagons fitted with locks. This material is burned 

 twice or three times a week. The collection of these 

 matters produced on steamers is conveyed by elec- 

 tric boats to the burning plant. A special descrip- 

 tion of this plant is given in a book called "Die Stad- 

 tische Verbrennungsantalt fur Abfallstoffe am Baller- 

 deich in Hamburg," by F. Andrew Meyer, the late 

 Chief Engineer, published by Friedr. Wieweg & Sohn, 

 in Braunschweig, April, 1901, second edition. 



There are not many refuse burning works on the 



Continent and, as the works at Hamburg are among 



the best as well as the largest in the world, 



SS^SS"* a few words of description may be of interest 



concerning them. The process is essentially 



the same as that frequently seen in England, although 



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