NEW YOKK 



TABLE II. MILEAGE AND AREA OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF 

 PAVEMENT IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1907 



about 75 miles of streets are washed each day in summer. 

 The water is applied in large quantity upon the direct 

 surface of the pavement; the dirt is not previously 

 moistened and lubricated. 



Most of the refuse which is collected from the streets 

 is taken to city barges at the water-front and ulti- 

 mately conveyed to low-lying land usually within the 

 city limits. 



Householders are required to separate their refuse 

 into three receptacles. One receptacle contains garbage, 

 kitchen waste or swill, as it is variously termed 

 in America. Another contains ashes. A third 

 receptacle contains what is locally called "rubbish:" 

 bits of paper, cloth, bottles, metals, and similar refuse. 

 This separation causes no great inconvenience to 

 the housekeeper and greatly facilitates the final dis- 

 position of the wastes. Yet in some parts of the city 



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