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same kind of ability and training as is found in and 

 developed by transportation companies and other grout 

 corporations employing large bodies of men. Theproblem 

 h- technical details are comparatively simple one of or 8 n - 

 and require no extended knowledge of en- Admini"tr- 

 gineering or other science. There is doubt- tl 

 less room for improvement in the mechanical ap- 

 pliances now employed and an alert commissioner will 

 watch the progress of invention in such appliances, 

 experiment with them and adopt such as are useful. 

 But in the main it is a question of the judicious employ- 

 ment of a large body of laborers." Just what was 

 meant by the term " judicious" the commission did 

 not explain. Persons familiar with municipal condi- 

 tions in America may form their own opinion. All will 

 agivo that the practical details of running a city depart- 

 ment and a commercial corporation are, unfortunately, 

 very different. 



Up to the present time there has been but one head 

 of the Department of Street Cleaning who has had 

 previous sanitary training or experience in directing 

 a large force of men. This was Colonel George E. 

 Waring, who was appointed in 1895 and served for 

 three years. The organization and technical methods 

 in use to-day are substantially those outlined by inves- 

 tigating commissions or introduced in practical form 

 by Waring. 



The official at the head of the Street Cleaning Depart- 

 ment is called a Commissioner and is appointed by 

 the mayor for a term which is generally under- 

 stood to be the same as the mayor's term of g 7^!tio r 

 office. The commissioner in turn appoints 

 three deputies, a general superintendent, an assistant 



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