The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-08

whether metalled or asphalt The mud
and dust gathered is left in long strings,
which, at the return OF the machine, arc
thrown nearer the sidewalk, and so on,
until il can be put in piles nearer the gut
ter, or thrown into the sewers. One ma
chine weighs 1860 pounds, requires only
ono horse, who works at walking pace,
and sweeps one and one-third acres hourll.
Either machine when new costs 500, and
requires $40 year for repairs, outside Of
renewal of brush roller, which costs $l4
per brush, which is seryiceable Tor 100 TO
$50 hours.
The annual total for cleaning the streets
OF Paris is 1884, 600
4. Removal Of all kinds Of Refuse. Ice
and Snow. The refuse Of the Paris streets
! is inferior as q fertilizer TO what It formerly
was, owing, firstly TO the disuse OF cutters
in the middle Of the streets and the adop-
| ton Of curved surfaces; next TO the con-
struction Of mcialled roads instead OF
| paved streets; and lastly, 10 tho spreading
OF sewerage and water distribution. Every
| day $40 carts and drivers and $50 horses
are required to remove this refuse. The
average amount Of all matter removed is
| 1928 cubic yards. The expense OF cart
| ago is in inverse ratio TO the richness OF
| The refuse. Before the scayenger's cart
| begins It's rounds, the rlg-plckers secure
paper, rags, bones, broken glass, etc, from
| the receptaclns left in the street. Rag
picking gives occupation 10 1900 licensed
persons and as many non-liccnsed ones,
| their earnings varying from francs 20 2
and francs a day The yearly total thus
made amounts TO 100000 or 100000
| francs
Removal OF Ice and snow.-Tho area
| from which snow must DO removed is
4, go acres, and depth OF four inches Of
snow represents volume oil over ,O6l 900
cubic yards. This accumulation ~ re-
moved partly by land tenants aud partly
by the city administration, who are aided
by those sewers which convey hot water,
and into which snow can DO thrown with
out danger. As soon rs thawing begins
the hydrants are opened, sweeping ma.
chimes used, and In n short timc the city
resumes It's ordinary aspect. Snow pl0ws
cannot be used in Paris, ~ the snow is not
deep enough, and is too quickly hardened
10y the pedestrians. The annual total for
this branch OF work is slSl 900
3. Street Sprinkling, The city sprinkles
not only the planted alleys, the squares,
bridges, qunys, but also those parts which
are Watcrcd by land tenants. The opera
tons last from March 10 10 October 10 Tor
metalled roads, and from April to scpiem-
Der for paved ways Water IL thrown
daily by means OF water tanks, or hose
and nozzle, the latter being used on the
bouleyards and some OF the more
important streets. Tanks aud hose,
with their frames, belong 10 the city;
contractors supply horses and drivers,
! the whole being under The super
vision oi the city. The best tank used
Is the tank Sohy. II Is an oblong box.
made OF sheet iron. has q seat for the
driver, whence the tank can be- worked.
The tank contains $40 gallons, aud works
on strip fifteen feet wide at each passage.
II k cmpticd after run OF from 1909 TO
! 1000 feet, according 90 its capacity. Tho
| filling IS done by leather or India rubber
hose, scrowing 10 hydanis under the side.
walk, and M spaced that the tanks have
short distances 10 run when cnpiiod. One
/ tank sulhcrs Tor an AREA of two and u half
! acres u mctalled surface or i've acres Of
| paved streets. Hand spIinklcrs are used
| i1r the planted alleys. Tho hose j. screwed
| to hydmnts placed nj suitable distances.
| nnl the apparatus, which is from forty 10
forty elk aud hall feet long. can, with a
head ui hity icct, throw u let q, amplitude
OF forty feet. One man can with this APP
paralus sprinkle live acres In thiuy-iivc
minutes, time employed la moving beng
deducted. IL IL economical and c0nven-
lent, aud iis use hns been largely in
iroluccl into the interior OF tho country.
There arc 322 tanks in use, which consume
u daily average oi 100000 gallons
The cost OF each tank, including
driver, is $40 per month. Hose
spnnkling. all iucidonials being counted,
costs one half tho expense OF water tank
spriukDng.
This chapter would be imperfect without
an account OF lrinls made 10 replace water
hy dclquusccnt Alts which trials had Tor
their main object thc doing away with tho
uns.ghtly water tanks and the inconyen-
icncp resulting from an uneven spreading
oi water. In 1859 and 1868 Mr.. Darcy,
chief engineer in chlrgc oi prumrnadcs in
, Paris, experimental ON the principal ave.
MUGS Of the li1is do BOulognc Tie dni
; used refined chloride OF calcium, which
was very expensive, a. Il could not be- dis.
= solved In water 20 90 81 be thrown from
: tanks. Il ha,Lto be thrown by hand IN
; quantities OF 2j1 gmmmcs Tor each square
mctrc. Its efficiency was felt lor Eve Ut
, six days Later ia 1852, experiment,
were resumed with crude salt mixed viii
; I chloride Of mauumcfc. IL was spunklrt
: by hand, 500 grimm = % the SQUARE mctrc
! but was only efficient three days
- aud II the air Was not moist liTht Hprink
! ling OF water WINS Necessary. In $50
. General Inspector RombCrg made new
, trials Purc and white OF magnesium WI
I the salt used, and which could hc com
d pluicly dissolved In water IL WIS iouu,
. that the operation had to bc performed u
] the evening. hy throwing II either dry AN,
by hand ur IN solution VA water, M 90 q
{ | spread 900 grammca per square mctro iu
. the mciallcd roads aud 400 for the pave
{ mcu,s. For the hmt tWOnty-lour hour
= the result is good, but the following da
j. one spnuNing has 10 BE- done, two sprnk
lingB arc necessary tho second day, nnl
}. the effect has Culuvly disappeared ON On
j. thirl day. spiukiug thc dissolved cal
X with ihr tank cost mufc than salt throwl
2 by hand. An npa C, two and q half acre
= requires five tons ol llt. lasting only thrc
u DAYS, costing lUO francs. aud ~ franc
~ with the labor, against Do frames, the eos
!, Of ordinary tank spnnkling for the sam
BE- ARIA lluncc 10 results that the use ui n,
y liqu'sccut salts would be- very onrrou.
j. Tho sprnkl.ng with water adds inHhuts
N o. thp uir prevents dust and opposed dry
r mess, while salts, taking tho little muistur
81 LEFT boz tho atmosphere, would prove IL
n les hys.Juic u used, and only Ia ease ,
70 lack oi water j. it allowable lo Use a,
.e ligBc.rpns in parA Street spunklin
~ costa the city OF Paris 81, GOO annual,
b Ihp total cNpousc OF the services aboy
i- Ucap.iulsltd is sn,5,uOO annually.
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