KEEPING THE CITY CLEAN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 501, 7 May 1909, Page 9

KEEPING THE CITY CLEAN.

■Jim : THE/-REFUSE .IS. DISPOSED/OE! ';.-.■' 'i'he ; ' subjects']i ;oir street-cleaning ; and "tree-' planting "were'given prdmihence"'during,the -Mayoral.clection.'campaign by.Dr. Newman, and riow'jthat ho is Mayor ho is going to ilbokynto-. the latter'question, and seo if the 1 Arbour; Day: "cannot be .re- - ; >:. : :' : '■'-.■' :: - : - : :. : - ''■".'. ;'.v AiToporter; instituted ; sonie ' : inquiries yesiterday,;jhtbviihbi'.preiserit. street-cleaning pro-{ceMj'i,j't'.-..whifcbV,27--men .in.all are omployed .whom perform their,.'duties'-,- b'etween'.''the .hours-.-..of„'sunset and,sunrise.;,The ;stdS 'cannot be considered .large, i ':arca.toj be .cleaned is', cori? sidefed;-:/The;»inairiistreets v a're -swept,, every /night,/arid good .use is mado of the £18 /Anierican'?sweeper, recently imported by'•' the has.'.been found to, .work: very jSn(ieessfully,';'and; its> services 'are "equivalent 'tb/'thoseofjlivb or six--men'.. , Another one 'of may be. ordered.. The. chief arteries'..of.'ti-affic,-.-such; as; Lanihtbri' Quay, Ayiliisv.Street,,-etc, receive daily 'attention, .but.: suchy -streets. as.vWelliiigton Terrace. are ;ohly. ; seen -t-o'-. about, once, a-week,;, when, the ■channels are attended/toj-the sumps'.cleared, 'etc'.'•./;'■;"/?,J-w ''■_'.-. .■]'' ' ; .;''.:;/'.'-'.'/, V.'--'- ■ [q Tho:| engineering: staff have been occupied lately Vwith'-. the : erection; of rubbish. bins near, the;wharves.': Already'.they go ■ as far' as;' the end of P shed,' and they are', being continued Customhouse'': biiildiiig'.;.-j.These .'reoeptacles areVclearcd-at" night.time/;. ': !.:,-. ' 1 .rit'js.considered, that : . ; .>an ; . improvement ' coijld,:be',;.effccted,-in>the i .'system r 'of' street.cleanin^7.if, more-carts' v-wefe,; employed at clearing: away, .refuse -ifrom- shops; and bins,. .ori/.the footpaths. ,?At least,three or : four . carts 'are:'needed, "which would bo at the call .of- 't'radesmen-l.'.wh'b ,^vish';to.have their . /refuse, carted" away,'at;>' fee.?/' ; lt :is/also ■ thought/that -the .destructor. should;<be.. used iiV : cohjunction,;with'.'the/'Street-cleaning pro.cess. (.which 1 is.not.the"case,,'at..present)i. an d thus, the..carts 'could bo'made:'rev,enue-pro- ; ducing.;"'Under;.the..'present system, incon-' renionce .'is.";caused ..to tradesmeh, ; who .are sometimes /unable.;tp.:secure .the services of . ;expressnien •'.j{ist;w"hen;they are required, and thusr.the/sw'eepings.j-have to. accumulate. . "Winter, is :.coining.;bri;Jand' the 'necessity for -'dust^preyenti.on'/and picking up papers, etc.; : -is/not so urgent' as.'iri t'hp. spring'and. sum;mer.; time, :t.ho.: drying nor'-westers ,are but' ,it ; is urged ' that the . ! mud." ; incidental?'tb'-wintry : _ weather requires ■attentipn./'/;:';;';':-;Vv/Vi'.-:';.''V ■: •'■'•i.''.. '■~' '; ■-

s/'/it, must that'this ,wbrk •iß;,n.ot.,entirely,'a_tax:6h(the.city general.ac-, co'uut; ,:a^.;a/ : lar'gl;,'- ; quant'ity. of -the material reinoTOd'is.sold^^althpu'gh 1 no profit is niadb ;on the; deal. sumps arb. in;' great,, for gardens,, and. they aro, disposed- of in the areas adjacent"'tp-'thoso cleansed,:/at, the cost, ; of cartage'..'.-..'A" certain :amouht.'is'conveyed to;Anderson Park, where it /used ifor'the" purpose! of .enriching., the soil and ;top-dressing,, when, - that' becomes necessary;, .The.paryof- the-park'thus b'erie--fited'is'that/hear the: portion itt. present in 'use,.■ fillec] -.up. properly,,,. : hut not Nono'of vthe- city ''refuse.-is' destroyed at 'prc- . sent r/; what: is! not of in ,- ; . the way meritipnKl:.is;idepbsited in : .tips'.prepared for -tho-purpose;^;".';,-/-;':';;:/ •■'.. /, '^./; : -;l/' : .:/>;: