Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09

late complaints have been made by the
owners of motorcars that these peb-
bles damage the tires of their vehicles,
SO that now this material is strewn
only when strictly necessary. The peb-
bles used are mud free and from one
fifth to two-ifths inch in diameter In
1910 S65.S5 cubic yards of these peb-
bleS were utilized The Hamburg street
cleaning department owns 50 clean
ing machines, "a snowplows, l01 wa
ter wagons, 100 garbage carts for
carts for waste from ships. quays.
etc, $50 snow wheelbarrows and 321
garbage wheelbarrows
might work begins at midnight and
ends when the streets are in order
Twelve squads work under the direc-
ton of twelve different posts. These
posts are in charge of an inspector for
day work and subinspector for night
work. The Jurisdiction of each post is
divided into ten subdivisions. so that in
the event of emergency work can be
taken up simultaneously at a moments
notice at 120 different points. First
the broom machines, of which there
are twenty-siX, sweep the roadWays
while the sidewalks are cleaned at the
same time by special men. Another
squad follows the sweepers to heap up
the dirt swept to the roadside, and
finally carts and garbage wagons fol
low. The night work never lasts more
than eight hours. Householders are
required to burn up all garbage posi-
BILE and to store the rest in sheet iron
cans with covers, which are deposited
at the edge of the sidewalk twice a
week, not before p. N. The cans are
emptied by the garbage gatherers and
must be taken in from the sidewalk by
the householders before s a. N.
Roadways Are Secured.
DAY work begins at a. m. and con-
tinues until 6 p. H., except with the
men who work on the asphalt streets,
who remain on duty until 7 p. N. A
two hour intermission is allowed at
noon Recently ten small iron boxes
and ten wire netting paper boxes have
been placed on trial in different parts
of the city to facilitate the work of
the street cleaning department. If
they answer the purpose satisfactorily
large number will be provided here
after.
ION some streets it is also the prac-
tice, where there is a sufficient grade
to enable the water to carry off the
waste matter through the cutters, sim
ply to scour the roadway with strong
stream of water.
"At the garbage burning plant of the
city in 1910 the following quantities of
material were burned: House garbage,
1916 tons; wharf garbage, 4,216 tons;
ship garbage, $500 tons; market waste.
$50 tons; waste delivered by private
persons and public institutions, 1911
tons; total, 92.973 tons. From these
quantities of waste matter the city OBJ
tanned 1887 tons of cinders and 675
tons of old metal, all Of which had a
substantial commercial value.
'The regular Hamburg street clean
ing force consists of 800 to 800 men,
but it is often necessary to increase
the force to as many as $500 men with
the utmost celebrity. A situation of this
kind is met in the following manner:
Not later than the month Of October
the street cleaning department dis
tributes to all laborers applying for
them at the proper registry office cards
stating where the applicants are to
report for work in the event of heavy
snowfall. When the need presents
itself men holding cards Of this kind
obtain employment first. They are paid
as much as $3.50 per day, the stand
ard rate being "a cents per barrow
load of snow removed. However, those
who fill the barrows are paid at the
rate of s cents per hour Barrows
are used if snow has to be transported
not more than 800 feet. In other cases
carts of 2.61 cubic yards capacity are
employed