Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01

Most Of City's Refuse Carried Away
While Town Is AsIeep-SpecialIy
Trained Men Look After Asphalt.
Regular Force Of Nearly a Thousand
Cleaners.
With almost every city and town in
the United States preparing for its
spring cleaning. attention has been at
tracted to the methods of cleaning
house adopted by the important cities
of Europe.
In no European town perhaps are
the methods more interesting than in
the thriving German city of Hamburg,
where carefully trained children help
to keep the city beautiful. Writing
from that place, United States Consul
Robert T.. Skinner says that the mayor
of one of the large cities of Ohio who
visited Hamburg was much impressed
with the important part performed by
the children in keeping the city clean.
He departed from the city. Mr.. Skin
ner says, convinced that the cleaning
Of streets and sidewalks in Germany
Is much lighter task than in cities
of the same size in the United States
because Of the orderly habits Of the
people themselves.
"Suction street sweeping devices"
continues Mr.. Skinner ARE practical
ly unknown in Germany. Hamburg
itself owns horse drawn sweepers only.
although for about nine months two
electric motor sweepers have been In
use. These, however. do not yet be-
long to the city and are being employ
ed experimentally. They have not CIV
en- satisfaction and have been under
repair more than three months. These
motor driven sweepers fail to work
well in this city because the pave
ments, as a rule. are not very smooth.
and the mechanism Of the sweepers Is
deranged by the shaking 1t receives.
Recently the front wheels OF these
sweepers have been provided with rub
Der tires. and they have worked more
Cleans 1920 Streets.
1.-THE Hamburg street cleaning de-
partment cleans and when necessary
sprinkles all city streets, makes re-
pairs. maintains relief stations. re-
ter generally from streets. houses.
wharves. ships and markets and op-
crates also a garbage burning plant.
At present the department cleans 1890
streets, with their adjacent sidewalks.
having length of 291.4 miles. The
cleaned cover fully 5,656,970
square yards and the sidewalks about
4,177.99O square yards The work Is
carried on under the supervision of
twelve experimenting establishments.
Thirty main thoroughfares are cleaned
six times weekly at night by means of
rotary broOms and all other streets.
with few exceptions. twice weekly. In
the center Of the city the streets are
also cleaned six times weekly during
the day and in other parts Of the city
four times weekly during the day.
asphalt street surfaces require
more attention than Others as they be-
come slippery and are looked after by
specially trained men. They are swept
and drenched with water and in icy
weather are sprinkled with pebbles OF
nte 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
bnly when S:r.ctly necessary. The peb-
bles used are mud free ANA from one
fifth to two-tifthS in"h in diameter. In
1910 StI,.S3 cubic yards of these pei,
bles We're utilized The Hamburg str>'c:
department owns 80 clean
Ing machines. 81 >lOwpl"w>. lUl W"
ter wagons. 100 g::r,ju-e cars +
waste from private h"aers. 60 ;sar'i:@
carts for waste fr"ni slips. ";::,y:
ETC.. $50 snow waec.!,a:r,";;s AID i:
garb"-c ~: t".:ar:o"S.
"Eiy!!t w.. !'r'-:n: - n.itui ~
ends when re street; are in III.
Twelve squads work vnt.cr thp ii
ton of twelve different post. I'll
posts are in char.-e Of an i:l>, sect r
day work AMI Il >..binspr: ;or ~ "i'
work. The jurisdirtiln U. $500.
divided INFO ten sid ii ions - ~
the event Of piuc.- i!"t err; ,.'it -
taken up Simultai". y l.. II Il !..oi.icnt:
notice ut l20 H.. 'r"''"t points. First
the broom r,"ch l. ). IT ,;hich tier
are twenty .si:, sYr u IN roadway>.
while the sidewalks ne cleaned at the
same time by spe, III 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
Mt the edge of the sidewalk twice
week. not before 8 p. III. The cans are
emptied by the garbage gatherers and
must be taken in from the sidewalk by
the househoders before a. m.
Roadways Are Secured.
"Day work begins at 6 a. IN. and con-
tinues until 6 p. m, except with the
men who work on the asphalt streets,
who remain on duty until p. m. A
two hour intermissOn 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. II
they answer the purpose satisfactorily
q large number will be provided here
after.
ION some streets it is also the prac-
tice. where there IL sufficient grade