The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-30
How Street Cleaning Is Done in a
Number Of Leading European Cities

but if of asphalt or wood, it is confin-
ed to two or three feet near the curb,
to avoid rendering the surface slippery
and dangerous to traffic. In every hot
weather disinfectant is mixed with
the water.
Suction sweeping as a method of
street cleaning does not obtain in Lon
don. The engineer of the Westminster
city council states that he has wit
messed experimental tests of suction
sweeping. but that he has never seen
it employed in the London streets;
and engineers of other London dis
tricts, including the city, state that
suction sweeping is not used.
Glasgow.
The city of Glasgow, which now has
a population Of I'VE 1,000,0 600, is I'M
doubtedly, all things considered, one
Of the best-cleansed cities in this or
any other country. 1t has an excellent,
up to date sewerage system and an
abundant supply of pure water, and
its municipal government is of high
order, rejecting great credit on the
efficiency and ability of the officials
in charge of the various departments.
All domestic refuse and garbage
from hotels, restaurants, etc, in the
city is collected during the night con
currently with the street sweeping
done by the sweeping machines. Bins
are sunk in the pavement at regular
intervals, in which are deposited the
sweepings Of the day staff. These bins
are emptied nightly and the contents,
together with the sweepings left at
the street side by the sweeping ma
chimes, are carted away.
Private streets and back courts,
after being swept when required, are
cleansed by the use of 1h-inch /. r.
hose attached to the street fireplugs.
The court washings in the city average
nearly 1000 per day. The owners of
these properties are assessed 2 cents
per $4.S6 of the annual rental to, meet
the expense of this work.
After a heavy snowstorm, in order
to avoid Reorganization of traffic and
great Inconvenience to the public, the
snow must be removed without delay,
and consequently great activity at
such times prevails in the cleansing
department. Salt is used to melt the
snow or the tram tracks and is fol-
lowed shortly afterwards by the
sweeping machines which spreads the
brine, created by the action of the salt
on the snow, over the entire width
of the street, thereby rendering it
possible to clear the street quickly.
The snow and slush is then rapidly
ga ohu NAPPOu AlhO4 liS IIfSIG
Clyde and KELVIN Of the most con-
v~enient of the various tips round the
outskirts of the city.
In general, the cities and towns
throughout Scotland have W~ell-regu-
lated cleansing departments similar to
that of Glasgow, except that the
smaller twons and cities have no
furnaces for destructive purposes.
Some burn their garbage at county
furnaces, n others are obliged to
cart it into the country.
The sweeping machines drawn by
horses are the kinds that have been in
general use here for many years, but
at present experiments are being made
with machine brushes or rotary
brooms propelled by motor power.
These are used in certain residential
districts to obyiate the noise caused
by horses.
The corporation last year expert
mented in flushing streets with a
horse drawn water tank with an air
chamber of English make. This meth
| cd was satisfactory when the tank
was full of water, but as the water
lowered the force decreased rapidly
with unsatisfactory results. 1T was also
found that the tank emptied in about
seven minutes and that more Injury
resulted to the payements than under
hose flushing, and tank flushing was
abandoned.
A committee from the corporation
! visited cities throughout Great Brit