MODERN METHODS OF STREET CLEANING 



southern parts of the city are depots with stable 

 room for 30 horses each and the necessary appur- 

 tenances. 



The transportation bureau affords accommodation 

 for the horses used by the fire department, sprinkling- 

 wagons, sweeping machines, wagons for street and 

 house refuse, mud wagons, and wagons for the removal 

 of snow and market refuse. This bureau carries the 

 coal, coke, and wood for all city institutions: schools, 

 government buildings, hospitals, and municipal water 

 and electric-light works; it hauls building materials 

 and stone for the pavement. 



While this work is accomplished by the regular men 

 of the department, this force does riot suffice when 

 much building work is being done by the city. Under 

 these circumstances the transportation bureau increases 

 its means of conveyance. 



The calculation of all details of cost of the work of 

 transportation and the settling of accounts with city 

 institutions takes place monthly or quarterly by the 

 transportation bureau. 



The street-cleaning bureau in cooperation with the 



trucking bureau does the following work: Sweeping; 



removal of street refuse; removal of house 



Work of the 



street ciean- refuse ; cleaning of markets, including the 

 removal of market refuse; cleaning of sewer 

 catch basins; cleaning of the property of institutions; 

 cleansing of carriageways, and especially of narrow 

 streets and corners of houses exposed to soiling; sprink- 

 ling of streets; removal of snow. 



Street wells and pumps are under the control of the 

 street-cleaning department. The water of many of 

 the wells is dangerously polluted and these wells are 



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