Municipal housecleaning : $b the methods and experiences of American cities in collecting and disposing of their municipal wastes—ashes, rubbish, garbage, manure, sewage, and street refuseCapes, William Parr
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Municipal housecleaning : $b the methods and experiences of American cities in collecting and disposing of their municipal wastes—ashes, rubbish, garbage, manure, sewage, and street refuse
Capes, William Parr
Refuse and refuse disposal
Character of pavement a factor 17
Rates per man 17
Number of men required in gang 16
Unit cost according to character and kinds of
pavement 17
Sprinkling 17
Bureau of Municipal Research, Milwaukee,
Wis., Cost data 19
Dust prevention 17
Effect on pavement 18
Experts, opinions of 18–19
Ordinances and regulations 20
Practices in various cities 21
Sprinkling by railway companies 20
Methods 22
Patrol system 22
Area a sweeper can clean 22
Philadelphia’s system 24
Machine Sweeping 24
Cost 26
Experts, opinions of 25
Los Angeles, Cal., report 28
Oakland, Cal., experience of 27
Pomona, Cal. 28
Flushing 29
Atlanta Sanitary Dept., report of 29
Bureau of Municipal Research, Milwaukee,
Wis., report of cost data 31–32
Experts, opinion of 29–30
Effect on pavement 31
Machine 30–31
Railway car flushing 32
Hose Flushing 33
New York City, experience of 33–34
Squeegeeing 34
Horse drawn squeegees, cost of operation 35
Methods 34
Milwaukee, report of 35
Motor drawn squeegees 35–36
Square yards per day cleaned 37
Combination of methods 37–38
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