The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-01-03

a share. A sharp lookout Is kept by the bIl
l,ntl. % see that they don't sccrete any, an,
woe uctdc them II caught; It not handed owe
to the law, Instant dismissal is the result ant
"a forfeit of what j. due her as waycs-nu
much, because IN most yards they ply nightly
but they never gtt IA Chhucc t. return 10 In
yard. All they iidd IN trlnkrts, etc, OUTSIDE
OF plate or jcwc,ry, Is theirs, HHd many are Tin
ICuriuus articles 10 be- seen in Their homes
Gdorning their mnutel.hcyc, or ,jlc.bpuuds
some quite ruyc and Saluabtr. The last thin.
she picks out is all the coal, winch is her, I,
slo full Of her basket all over belonging (,
IsubcOnlrictOr. Tins done str cmptics tn,
lLuncr, IN another basket and is ready tor al
| other shOvcl'I, and 50 sac goes on. She gcls
four pence load, and j. supposed To sifI abou
three Il day of many bushels. One shilling
a day, with furI, IS their earnings. They art
.uuI.ct to ,hat, and when done can go, bu
they hardly ever get done NCiorc night that l.
six O'Clock, when they all leave of, whether
lth"Y bl'o Sliled the quantity or not, but thoSt
VINO do not soon yet spotted and are DIS
IChargcd. They want the quantity done, u,
The nilrr-ln Is paid by the day, rs l. also the
hoy 900" to Every six womcn) to carry away
The full baskets and supply them with others
THE suh,cOnlractur gets four pence load
wha' he pays HE wOmcn--trOn The contractor
Tor sizing: and hNs 10 pay his filters, boys and
lothcrs also hHding ~tcvcs, shOvcls, rates, picks
etc, ont Of the marketable articles that are
IplCkcd out Of the dust. 1t seems almost in.
credible, but is t'Ie fact, that many of these
men make a good living and even compeien
C cs oIt Of it, Now | Will show you how
Come with me into the shed. Here is another
busy scene. Here are men sorting and ar.
rasglng the metals, which amount to Il con.
siderable quantity in the course of IA week
tI..r 4
sizing bottles and walls. The are all sold to
doclers and druggists. Here is another party
sorting rags. The white ones are all picked
out and carefully washed by machine,
bringing the best price rs best white rags
| Here is wOOllen cloth. silk ticking, mating,
| Dil.cloth etc, all converted into money. Here
n|so are the bones which amount to tons in
the course Of a week, and the waste paper,
bagtul after bagful, amounting also to tons,
and the old boots and shoes-the best of which
are bought by what are called rcnOvalcs, and
worked up again, the refuse 10y some peculiar
process being converted IN size. In tact, there
IS nothing scarcely used In domestic or com.
mcrclal life but what finds its ways some time
or other into the dust yard. OF course, the
greater quantity comes from the houses of the
Weather portion of the community, who
when moving, if anything IS broken or nearly
worn out or damaged, or they are tired of it,
ii 10 thrown INTO the dust BIN and from thence
TO the yard there being little chance of its be.
ing abducted by the collector or dustman on
the rOai, the man being watched by the look
oGt man, hence it is that you can get almost
anything secondhand there, each yard having
la perfect museum Of articles, which are sold
At rctal! when wanted, the sub.contraCtor de
pending upon his regular weekly collections
and sales for his expense. OF these rags form
the greatest item, being as much rs all the
rest bones and papers come next metals and
other things following in rotation so that from
all sources the average weekly receipts
amount to about sixty pounds (SG0) that be
ing sufficient to pay all his employees and
lcav\p handsome residue for himself knew
one these men who saved enough to emf
crate u America; go out west and buy large
farm, where | believe he is now living and
prosperous, well, but" say you, latter all
this, what is left for the contractor, who can
afford 10 give so much for the collecting, the
large number of men the clerks, the houses,
the plant, etc, all to he kept and PAID for out
Of what" | will explain that The ashes
are valuable in mixing with clay for bricks,
with which the houses are built in London
and they say they are the best made, and when
building is brisk the demand is great, and
consequently the ashes go up in price. of
'oulsc II varies, OUT EcncThlIy IL averages lour
shilllngs load Ct so many bushels. One
hundred women sift three hundred loads,
which gives sixty pounds Il day Cinders,
which are used to burn the bricks, about the
same quantity at onc.third of the prlcc, 500
more In fact their returns average about
tl0O day or about 100000 per annum
Hence it Is that they can afford to give large
sum for the privilege of the contract, keep
large stall OF clerks men, horses, and plant of
the hes. quality, besides there is another
source of profit. These men contract for the
raising of slop, mud and dust off the streets at
very little extra expense with the great plant
they have, and they get well paid for that, and
also get the value of 1t for manure 1t is not
much IN price it Is true, but the quantity pays
and thus 1t is they make fortunes out of a Lon.
don dust yard,