The Holt County sentinel., 1914-04-10

late complaints have been made By the
owners Of motorcars that these peb
bles damage the tires Of their vehicles.
30 that now this material Is strewn
only when strictly necessary. The peb-
bles used are mud free and from one
fifth to two-fifths inch In diameter. In
1910 S65.s5 cubic yards Of these peb-
bles were utilized The Hamburg street
cleaning department owns 80 clean.
ing machines. "a snowplows. 101 wa.
ter wagons. 100 gurbage carts for
waste from private houses. GO garbage
carts for waste from ships. quays.
etc. $50 snow wheelbarrows and 32l
garbage MISCELLANEOUS.
"Nlght work begins ut midnight and
ends when the streets are In order
Twelve squads work under the dircc.
ton of twelve different posts. These
posts are In charge Of nm inspector for
day work and n sublnspector for night
work. The jurisdiction of each post Il
divided into ten subdivisions. so that In
the event OF emergency work can he
taken up simultaneously ut moments
notice ut 12O different points. First
the broom machines. Of which there
are twcnty.six. sweep the rondwnys.
while the sidewalks are cleaned NJ the
same time by special men. Another
squad follows the swecpers 20 heap up
the dirt swept to the roadside, and
finally carts and garbage wagons fol
low. Tho night work never lasts more
than eight hours. IIouscholdcrs are
required TO burn up nil garbage posi-
bic and to store the rest In sheet iron
cans with covers. which nrc deposited
ut the edge Of the sidewalk twice
week. not before q. m. The cans nrc
emptied by the garbage gnthercrs and
must be taken In from the sidewalk by
the houscholicrs before IN. IN.
Rosd~sys Are Secured.
"Day work begins at O q. m. and con.
tinues until q y. IN. except with tho
men who work on the asphalt streets.
who remain on duty until y. m.
two hour intcrmisslon Is allowed NJ
noon. Recently ten small iron boxes
and ten wire netting paper boxes have
been placed on trial In different parts
Of the city 10 facilitate the work OF
the street cleaning department. II
they answer the purpose satisfactorily
q large number will be provided here
after.
ION some streets Il Is also the prnc.
ticc. where there Is n sufficient grade
20 enable the water TO carry OF 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.
13.IIG tons: wharf garbage. 4.2IG tons:
ship garbage. $500 tons: market waste.
$50 tons: waste delivered by private
persons and public institutions. 1.5il
tons: total. s2.9I3 tons. From these
quantities OF waste matter the city oh.
tnincd 4s.0sI tons OF cinders md G15
tons OF old metal. all OF which had a
substantial commercial value.
"rhe regular Hamburg street Glenn
ing force consists Of 500 TO 900 men.
but II II often necessary 10 increase
the force 10 M many rs 3.500 men with
the utmost celebrity. A situation Of this
kind II met In the following manner:
Not later than the month OF October
the street cleaning department dis
tributes TO oil ,aborers applying for
them nt the proper registry office cards
stating where the applicants nre 20
rcnort for work In the event OF n heavy
snowfall. when the need presents
itself men holding cards % this kind
obtain employment first. They are paid
ns much ns $3.50 per day, the stand
nrd rate being % cents per barrow
lond Of snow removed However, those
who nll the harrows are paid nj the
rate Of 8 cents per hour Barrows
are used II snow has 10 be transported
not more than 500 feet In other cases
carts Of 2,Gi cubic yards capacity are
employed"