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dosed and provided with signs notifying the citizens 

 that tlio water is not fit to drink. 



The inspectors of street cleaning are charged with 

 the inspection of everything which relates to the clean- 

 ing of the streets so that defects in street work of all 

 kinds may be plainly pointed out and set right. 



Of the workmen in the street-cleaning department, 

 sixty have been trained in the disinfection of dwellings 

 and are detailed, when required, to the city disin- 

 fecting establishment. Tn this way the danger of out- 

 breaks of epidemic disease is lessened. 



For the work of street cleaning the city is divided 

 into eight cleaning districts. Each one of these has 

 a depot with office rooms and dwellings for 



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the district chiefs or inspectors, tool rooms, the city into 

 and shelter rooms for the laborers. These 

 shelters have been provided with arrangements for 

 heating and for cooking by gas so that the workmen 

 can rest here comfortably and cook their coffee. All 

 depots, including the depots of the transportation 

 department, are in telephonic communication with one 

 another by day and night. 



Five places have been provided in the suburbs for 

 the reception of refuse. These receive annually about 

 2,500,000 cubic yards of refuse. 



The force includes 1 superintendent, 15 overseers, 

 15 assistant overseers, 1 chief foreman for the wagons, 

 5 foremen, and 10 assistant foremen; 478 street cleaners 

 and 220 drivers. Of the latter 73 are employed for the 

 removal of house refuse. The total area of paved 

 streets in 1907 was 4,181,346 square yards divided as 

 follows: Asphalt, 209,365 square yards; wood pave- 

 ment, 7595 square yards; stone pavement, 2,616,242 



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