The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15

tourist abroad between Ameri-
can and European cities is the
.,.,nr,s, IT the streets of the latter
particularly in such places as Berlin
and Dresden.
,i,,n slrcts. as the term is under
.,,,J abroad are unknown in the cit
lac n the United states. The dirti-
nos. nf our streets both in summer
ord winter. with their clouds OF dust
,bar.,d with disease germs and filth of
of kinds makes walking almost into,-
,r,n,r l.l impulses ON storekecpers and
tcu,,k,,p,i~ "A burden of cleaning that
BIZ. far NOR, expensive in the aggregate
than wuald hc the proper and systematic
,leauiu. Of the streets.
only occasionally when the streets
are locally flushed can the conditions
n our streets I've compared with those
abroad where street cleanliness is one
If the first principles of city admins
tratiou
Yet o., the use of proper methods and
anparatus the streets of city may be
Kent clean within reasonable limits of
expruSr.
In m. establishment of such systems.
howp,cr the initial step must he taken
IN the construction Of the street itself
II must hc a form of street which can
be- Kept clean. The second step is in
keeping the street when once con-
s,ruct,d IN a perfect state of repair so
that il viii always be in such II condi-
ton that 1t can I've cleaned.
After laying the expensive asphalt or
wood block street the authorities in
American cities seem to feel that their
whole duty has been performed. The
street j. immediately left to the mercy
Of traffic and the elements and nothing
more j. done until some serious repairs
become necessary.
very different process is followed
in European cities, which consists in
protecting the street and In facilitating
the traffic so that much greater service
: GOT uut OF q street than Is the case
10 America.
Thu principal eXpedient adopted is to
sprinkle or cover the street lightly with
various substances whenever weather
conditions or other reasons require II.
Sand is much used for the purpose
and j. scattered over the streets in n
number Of ways. Sometimes a man
with trowellike tool. carrying bag
4 sand suspended from his neck, sows
the street with the sand after the man
ner Of farmer sowing grain broad
cast other methods of distributing the
sand are by means Of small boNlikt
carts and shovels. one man pushing thu
cart anl another sowing the sand. The
cart is often the same used for col
Letting refuse.
The sand sower gains considerable
skill and works with such rapidly that
the SO # the work is insignificant
IN . with the benefits derived
\ sA.iu. man can cover 10000 to loo. 0OO
square feet an hour. or half mile OF
ordinary street. The sprinkling Of the
sidewalks may be left to the house
holders
The method with shovels and cart Is
not EXPEDITIONS. since the sand in such
cases = spread more thickly. There
are also automatic sand sowing ma
chimes uf different types which are NOR,
rapid
Among other materials used are q
coarse sand or very fine gravel and
fine stone particles. All such material
should be dry and perfectly clean and
free from dirt or impurities which would
prevent free scattering or subsequently
cause dust Ashes are used only II
case of an emergency.
The material for street sowing is KEEP
IN boxes, holding from one to three
'u''' N'r"S' IN convenient lo''''o" ~.
NIX mus III manu- whenever ''''"" 'o
use II.
Applications are Niaue "he' Wv
STREETS ar" covered win ice, s'eet VI
frozen snow, IN the case Oh co'u ur'"~'"'
rains. when the weather cohuitiohs arr
sH'h mat the streets Will not reau,'
dfN. twoiold object Is a'taiheu ny
and G1srsS%s a"a assured sa's a ," e