The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-07-05

Warner Stutler, the Superintendent Of
Street Cleaning, has issued a small
pamphlet relating to the sweeping Of
| streets. for the guidance Of the employees
| of the department and for the information
OF the public The exact rules for the
sweeping. both by hand and machine. are
laid down. and it is suggested that if the
citizens generally will acquaint themselves
with the regulations they may be enforced
more fully
| All the streets swept by hand will be
cleaned daily when weather permits. and
each area swept will be first sprinkled
sufficiently TO lay all dust. No sweepings
are to be thrown on to the sidewalks or
into the sewers. Loud talking on the part
Of employees is forbidden. Thorough clean
| ing is enjoined. The same general rules
apply to the machine sweepers- The wag-
ons or carts used by the machine work
contractor must be strong and tight and
prevent any Of their contents from drop
ping into the streets.
With reference TO the Misunderstanding,
the pamphlet says In part:
THE streets will be cleaned daily, when
weather permits, in the following manner:
Each Of the paved streets will be first
! sprinkled by a hand watering can. or any
| other plan that may be approved by the
/ Commissioners, sufficiently 20 lay the
| dust
The sweeper or patTOlman. either work
| ing separately on a block OF patrol sys-
| tenn or in gangs, as may be ordered by
4 the Commissioners, shall. II on the patrol
/ or block system. be furnished with Z bag
| carrier and half dozen bags. watering can.
/ - hn
! and broom; also squeegee for use in wet
| CT slippery weather.
| The sweeper or patrOlman Will thor
/ oughly clean such area as may be assigned
! to him going over the entire surface IN
/ the morning after which the area shall
| be patrolled and ali droppings or other
/ street refuse gathered and placed in bags,
| which shall be removed at once
] The laborers must see that no sweep
! ings are thrown into the sewer traps or
/ drops and will remove from the mouths
/ or threats thereof any material lying
/ therein should any swsepings be thrown
/ upon the sidewalks ;hey must be promptly
| removed by the sweeper.
| The Commissioners may designate such
hours for commencing and closing work as,
! in their judgment they may deem Hdytsa-
BILE or circumstances may seem 10 require
\ hours Of labor. however, in no case TO eN-
! coed eight hours except In cases Of eIner-
! gency. as provided by the act approved
| August / 1892. being An An act relating
| TO the limitation Of The hours OF daily ser
vice Of laborers and mechanics employed
upon the public works OF the United States
and the District Of Columbia
should the work OF sweeping or remov-
| ing sweepings be necessarily delayed CT
| suspended. the time lost nay be allowed
in addition 10 the hours fixed. but the Com
! missioners shall be the sole judges as &c
| the necessity Of such delay OF suspension.
| ard their decision thereon shall be final
While work is in progress loud talking
on the part Of the employees and unneces-
sary noises Of all kinds are prohibited.
The work Of cleaning shall be thorough
| The wagons or carts for the removal
! of the street cleanings shall be strong
and tight in all parts, SO as TO prev NJ
the contents from dropping on the streets.
| and shall be provided with canvas Gov 7
| 10 prevent contents from being blown o.
| scattered and shall be subject to The
| approval Of the Superintendent OF Street
Cleaning at all times"
Then follows a schedule Of rates and lists
OF the streets which are TO be cleaned
daily by hand supervisors. With reference
to the sweeping Of streets by machines the
! pamphlet contains the following state
ment:
Each paved street will be first sprin-
killed. BY q watering cart from curb 10 curb,
in order 10 lay the dust The sprinklers
will be Immediately followed by the sweep
ing machines. which will sweep from the
centre of the streets to the cutters on
each side. The sweepings will at once be
! collected into heaps at the curb lire and
then removed by the carts. The contrac- or
will furnish each cart driver with broom
| or brush for sweeping up after each pie
| of dirt removed.
Sufficient water must be used in sprink-
| ling TO prevent the raising of dust in
sweeping. but care must be taken not to
wet the carriageway so that the sWeepers
cannot remove the dirt.
The daily sweeping must be done be
! tween the hours Of 10 p m and a. N.
from April l TO November Is AMI u N.
and p. II. from November 16 TO March 81,
one hour allowed for feeding and watering.
All sweepings must be removed from the
streets within one hour from the time the
sweeping machines have finished work, as
herein prescribed.
While work is in progress loud talking
on the part of the employees and unneC IS
sary noises of all kinds are prohibited
Such disturbances will be suppressed by
the police but the contractor will be held
responsible for the enforcement. of this
specification.
THE sweepines shall he the DrOpPrtv al