PARK SANITATION 



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vicinity of refreshment stands, picnic grounds, kitchens and dining rooms 

 of camps, inns and clubhouses. Garbage should be collected in galvanized 

 iron cans or buckets having well-fitting covers. Ordinarily, it is advisable 

 to separate the edible from the non-edible garbage, placing the former in 

 one can while such material as papers, coffee grounds, egg shells, etc., are 

 deposited in another can. 



Each garbage can should have a painted label stating the kind of 

 garbage to be deposited therein. Garbage cans may be painted white, 

 but should not be whitewashed. 

 The cans should be placed on 

 stands (Plate 349), and where a 

 large number of cans are used, 

 or where flies are prevalent, these 

 stands should be within a screened 

 inclosure. Garbage cans should 

 be emptied daily, or at least 

 three times a week. The con- 

 tents should not be removed 

 from the cans at the stand, but 

 the full cans should be hauled to 

 the place of disposal and there 

 emptied so as to avoid spilling 

 the garbage near the places 

 where it was produced. If gar- 

 bage wagons are used they 

 should be water-tight to obviate 

 leakage, and any garbage spilled 

 on the ground while the cans 



are being" emDtied should be The debris and part of the grease is retained by the straw, 



gravel and sand in the upper compartments. The soil, straw, 



immediately removed . Wlien gravel and sand can be removed at intervals and replaced with 

 , . 1111 clean material. 



emptied the cans should be 



thoroughly washed and either scalded or scrubbed with water containing lye. 



Incineration. Incineration offers the most practical method by which 

 garbage can be destroyed. A large number of garbage incinerators have 

 been devised, the principal object being that of obtaining as much heat as 

 possible with a small amount of fuel. 



The Williamson Multiple Shelf Incinerator. The Williamson Multiple 

 Shelf Incinerator renders satisfactory service with a minimum amount of 

 fuel (Plate 350). It is made of sixteen-inch gauge black sheet iron and is 

 about five feet high by two or two and a half feet square. Inside is a grate 

 over an ash pit, and above the grate are six shelves arranged as shown in 



PLATE No. 348. SOAKAGE PIT FOR THE DISPOSAL 

 OF KITCHEN WASTES 



