way of cleanliness, comfort, safety, and regularity. But, altliough 



by the Local Authority itself, I have by observation and rellcction, 

 been brought to think that the public would bo better served if 

 the Authoi-ity let this pai-t of town-scavenage to resjionsiblo nianu- 



them, if the change involved no increased charge ujioii the rntch. 

 The public would be better served l)ecauHO a c(nni).'inv would 

 neglect nothing to ensure success, and l)ecause if the contract 

 wei-e car-efuljy ilrawn the latter would be under the most perfect 

 and most easily exercised control in case of c(miplaint. For to 

 defend themselves they must conduct the whole business from 

 >)eginning to end with their ow^n staff, so as to avoid the risk of 

 failure involved hi divided responsibility ; they nmst arrang(! that 

 the work shall ])e done dui'ing some hours of daylight, because 

 they know very well that effective supervision during darkness is 

 practically impossible, and l)ecause they know also that house- 



i.ufulerraml. Lastly, to ren. 

 • lie contract would ensure n.;, 



.11 umler the headings ' econom 

 ,tlynH>rein»portant considera. 

 the suggested arrangement w.. 

 tate of unsewered districts. 



Xj;^'maker"cli.^;^sin'ev:r 



the drier Uh- \vf us^he' recAvel 



1 the less are his expenses. A 



It is nothing less than the ,- 

 eather those receptacles, in wli,- 

 acted, are little better than w.-l 

 more than dirty water; and 

 les of a manufacturer's contra,- 

 ^iml that pails shall b<. suhMJi 



