The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-23
Clean City
CruSadeS
BY Freoeric j.. Haskin,

With the coming of spring every
good housewife begins work of reno
walton. The dust and dirt accumu-
lated during the winter must be re-
moved so that tho house is fresh and
attractive in appearance and sanitary
TOR her family. Uusually some new
furnishings or equipment are added
either to improve it's beauty or add
to its convenience and comfort. In
the same manner. only upon a much
large scale, must those in charge of the
affairs of a great city prepare for the
S"emi-annual '~ciean-up" of the streets
and parks if their town is to comply
with the modern demands of %cleanli-
ness and sanitation. These demands
are growing more eXaCting every year
II the improvements already made
frequently serve to suggest others. The
City Beautiful' movement is sweeping
over the country and in consequence
the towns and cities gradually are be-
coming more healthful and beautiful.
Conditions which might have been
considered ideal a decade ago, are
now found capable of improvement
both from the standpoints Of SANTA
ton and economy. To secure the
maximum good for the smallest en-
penditure is even more important to
the city housekecpcr than for the
housokeeper who has to consider only
the conditions OF her own home. Most
of the new implements for the clean
up work of a town or city have eco
omy of labor and time among their
chief requisites.
The department of street cleaning of
the city of New York last year de-
cided that larger vehicles for the col
lection of ashes, garbage and street
sWeepings would he more economical
than the tWO-wheelcd carts which
have been in operation so long. The
daily collections of this waste ma
terial average nearly 10000 tons. The
carts carried only about one ton and
a great deal Of time was lost while
the men and horses carried each of
these small loads to the dump and
returned again, No vehicle was upon
the market which seemed to meet with
the desired requirements, so a special
truck has been designed which, it is
believed, will meet the difficulties for
the present. This new truck has a
capacity of five tons and may be
either by a team of horses or by spe-
cially provided motor power. the lat
ter being preferable in the opinion OF
most of the street cleaning officers
The truck has a low body and is
easily dumped. The top sides of the
box are but four-feet-SiX& inches from
the ground and there is an outside
shelf upOn which the can may be rest
ed before dumping. The box has rings
upon either side of the forward END
which may be engaged by hooks at
tached to an electric hoist. The
dumping is performed by raising the
forward end and chuting the material
from the back end, The plan of this
truck provides a vehicle of large ca
pacity easily loaded, without danger
of strain on the men loading, and
which also is easily dumped. The
box has a partition that permits gar
bage and ashes to be collected at the
same time, but kept separate. In
his way one trip through a street
will complete the collection. thereby
saving the time of the men doing the
work as well as of those in charge of
the houses who have only to respond
to one instead of two. as
when ashes and garbage are collected
separately.
The utilization of the city waste
products has been a matter of con-
Germ to the economists. Formerly
many cities sold their contracts for
garbage to the highest bidder and it
Was found profitable to manufacturers