MODERN METHODS OF STREET CLEANING 



superintendent, a superintendent of final disposition, 

 an assistant superintendent of final disposition, a master 

 mechanic, forty clerks, and the laboring force. The 

 commissioner receives a salary of $7500 per year. 



There is one deputy commissioner for each of the three 

 city boroughs which are under the jurisdiction of this 

 department. Under the deputies are district superin- 

 tendents and beneath these foremen. For purposes of 

 administration the city is divided into 22 street-clean- 

 ing districts, each of which has its own headquarters. 

 Theoretically, the district superintendent is the directing 

 head of the district, but practically the foremen direct 

 the work and the superintendent acts as an inspector. 

 There are sweepers, cart drivers, stablemen, hostlers, 

 mechanics, clerks, and other employees. The total 

 laboring force in the department on July 31, 1907, con- 

 sisted of 5129 men. The total cost of this department 

 in 1907 was $9,381,592. 



The members of the force, except the commissioner 

 and his deputies, are under the protection of civil 

 service laws; that is, they are appointed and promoted 

 only after competitive examinations and cannot be 

 discharged except on proved charges. The working 

 force is uniformed. The street sweepers wear helmets 

 and white duck suits, which they are required to keep 

 clean. The men engaged upon the carts and in other 

 operations concerned in the removal of refuse wear brown 

 uniforms. The foremen and superintendents wear gray. 



The work of the Street Cleaning Department includes 

 the collection, removal, and final disposition of refuse 

 Duties and from the pavements of the streets, kitchen 

 wastes, ashes and rubbish from private dwell- 

 ings and snow from the principal thorough-fares. 



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