Part 29

─────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Name of City │ Description of Collection System │ │ ─────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Binghamton │3 districts. Driver’s route approximately 14½ miles long. │ One 5 ton truck, 14 and 8 trailers. Trailers divided │ into 2 compartments, containing 2 yards of ashes and │ one yard of garbage. When wagon is loaded team is │ hitched to empty trailer which has been left by truck. Brockton │6 districts. │ Cambridge │6 routes, 1 each working day, not evenly distributed. Six │ or eight men ahead of team roll barrels out of yard and │ teamsters place them back at gate when empty. Camden │3 districts, each receiving 2 collections a week. Cincinnati │Divided into districts and those subdivided into beats │ which are covered the same day each week. Two men │ (driver and helper) assigned to each beat. Cleveland │ Columbus │22 districts. Each covered by 2 wagons. Men work together │ where it is necessary to handle heavy material. Chicago │Wards divided into sections. Number of teams depends on │ size of section and service required. Ward in charge of │ ward superintendent. Districts in charge of section │ foreman. Section foreman and laborers uniform. Dayton │5 districts with ground foreman at head of each. Each │ covered in 12 working days. Fall River │ │ │ . Holyoke │3 gangs work in business and one in residential sections │ all the time. │ Hartford │2 sections, each divided into 6 routes. Each route │ extends into that portion of the central part of the │ city within the corresponding district. One main squad │ to each district covering one route daily. A section of │ each squad takes the barrel to the curb on hand trucks. │ These are followed by teams and two lifters who in turn │ are followed by a man who returns empty receptacles. Kingston │Rigs and men assigned to certain districts of each │ section. Lynn │Divided by wards. Men clean one section and move to │ another. Lowell │6 districts, one cleaned each day. │ . Los Angeles │ Milwaukee │26 wards. Ash collection all year. Once every month to │ householders by wards. A gang comprises two teams and │ three men as collection is made from basements. This │ keeps men going while teams are on way to and from │ dump. Newburgh │Divided into three parts. By understanding between men, │ each takes a certain street each time all are on │ certain routes. New Bedford │Collection made quickly from every street. No districts. │ │ │ │ │ │ New York │Boroughs divided into districts, 13 in Manhattan, 2 in │ Bronx, and 8 in Brooklyn. Each under control of │ district superintendent. Districts divided into │ sections, 103 in the aggregate and each in charge of │ foreman. Norfolk │22 districts with one man and one wagon in each. │ New Orleans │ │ Passaic │Two drivers and 2 lifters in each gang. One wagon loaded │ while other is on way to dump. District cleaned on │ certain day each week. │ Rome │Divided into 5 districts. Syracuse │ Somerville │City divided into 6 districts, one for each working day. │ Two lifters to each team. Schenectady │5 districts. Wilmington │4 districts. Driver and two lifters for each wagon. ─────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

ASH COLLECTION BY MUNICIPAL FORCES (Continued)

─────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Boston │10 districts with a foreman and inspection service in │ each. │ Buffalo │16 districts with foreman in each. Number of men and │ wagons in each varies according to conditions. │ Chattanooga │ Duluth │ Glens Falls │City removes all ashes that are clean and suitable for │ street work. Memphis │3 districts subdivided into routes, man and cart for each │ route. Niagara Falls│4 districts. │ │ │ │ Rochester │10 districts with one or two gangs to district. Gangs │ organized into truckers, who haul ashes from rear of │ house to curb; lifters, who load wagon; and returners, │ who replace empty receptacles. Teams apportioned │ according to length of haul, so that empty wagon is │ ready to take place of loaded one. Peoria │16 districts. Routes changed as demand increases or │ decreases. Spokane │Ashes collected in business district by load, in │ residential district by can. One 3 ton truck collects │ ashes and garbage in residential district. ─────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

─────────────┬────────────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬──────── Name of City │ Method of Disposal │Does City Own│ How Much │Size of │ │or Rent Dumps│Revenue Does │ Load │ │ │City Receive │ ─────────────┼────────────────────┼─────────────┼─────────────┼──────── Binghamton │Filling and covering│Own. │None. │2 yards. │ garbage. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Brockton │Dump. │Free. │None. │2 cu. │ │ │ │ yds. Cambridge │Dump. │1 rented, │None. │ │ │ others │ │ │ │ free. │ │ Camden │Fill. │Own and free.│None. │ Cincinnati │Dump. │Free. │None. │4.3 yds. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Cleveland │Dump. │Own. │None. │ Columbus │Dump. │Both. │None. │3–4–5 │ │ │ │ yds. Chicago │Dump and fill. │Own and free.│None. │5 cu. │ │ │ │ yds. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Dayton │Dump. │Free. │None. │5 cu. │ │ │ │ yds. Fall River │Fill. │ │None. │4.94 and │ │ │ │ 1.71 │ │ │ │ cu.yds. Holyoke │Dump. │Own. │None. │1½ and 2 │ │ │ │ cu. │ │ │ │ yds. Hartford │Fill. │Free. │None. │4–5 cu. │ │ │ │ yds. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Kingston │Dump. │Free. │None. │ │ │ │ │ Lynn │Dump. │Own. │Very little.│2 cu. │ │ │ │ yds. Lowell │Fill. │Free. │None. │3.7 │ │ │ │ cu.yds. Los Angeles │Dump. │Rent. │None. │ Milwaukee │Dump. │Free. │None. │3 yds. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Newburgh │Dump and fill. │No. │None. │2¾ yds. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ New Bedford │Dump and fill. │Own some. │City once │ │ │ │ collected │ │ │ │ and baled │ │ │ │ paper but │ │ │ │ could not │ │ │ │ make it │ │ │ │ pay. │ New York │Dump. │Own 27, │None. │ │ │ others │ │ │ │ provided by│ │ │ │ contractor.│ │ │ │ │ │ Norfolk │Dump. │Free. │None. │1½ cu. │ │ │ │ yds. New Orleans │Dump. │Own. │None. │1½ cu. │ │ │ │ yds. Passaic │Dump. │Own. │$500 for │2½ yds. │ │ │ privilege │ │ │ │ of picking │ │ │ │ over dump. │ Rome │Dump. │No. │None. │1½ yds. Syracuse │Dump. │No. │None. │3 yds. Somerville │Fill. │Rent and │None. │ │ │ free. │ │ Schenectady │Dump. │Free. │None. │ Wilmington │Dump and fill. │Free. │None. │ ─────────────┴────────────────────┴─────────────┴─────────────┴────────

ASH COLLECTION BY MUNICIPAL FORCES (Continued)

─────────────┬────────────────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬──────── Boston │Dump. │Rent. │None. │2½ and 4 │ │ │ │ cu. │ │ │ │ yds. Buffalo │Dump. │Free but city│None. │5½ cu. │ │ pays for │ │ yds. │ │ upkeep. │ │ Chattanooga │Dump. │Free. │ │ Duluth │Dump. │Own. │None. │ Glens Falls │Fill. │Own. │Improved │ │ │ │ streets. │ Memphis │Dump. │Free. │None. │1-¾ cu. │ │ │ │ yds. Niagara Falls│Fill. │Free. │None. │Wagon 2½ │ │ │ │ cu. │ │ │ │ yds. │ │ │ │ truck │ │ │ │ 6 yds. Rochester │Dump. │Rent and │None. │ │ │ free. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Peoria │Dump. │Free. │None. │ │ │ │ │ Spokane │Dump. │Own and free.│None. │3½ cu. │ │ │ │ yds. │ │ │ │ ─────────────┴────────────────────┴─────────────┴─────────────┴────────

Footnote 37:

Trade wastes not collected by city.

Footnote 38:

Depends on quantity and condition.

Footnote 39:

Ashes and rubbish collected separately in business section.

Footnote 40:

Cost of labor.

Footnote 41:

Collected only when requested.

Footnote 42:

Includes cost of collecting rubbish.

Footnote 43:

Daily hotels and restaurant.

Footnote 44:

Part collected by city and part by private collector.

Footnote 45:

City has 2 teams which take care of central part twice daily all year.

Footnote 46:

Suburbs collected by contract.

Footnote 47:

Per man per day.

Table V

COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL BY CONTRACT

────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────── │ Ashes and Rubbish ├─────────────┬──────────────┬──────────── │Indianapolis,│Mechanicville,│ Cohoee, N. │ Ind. │ N. Y. │ Y. ────────────────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┼──────────── Number of collections │ │ │ each week— │ │ │ Business Section— │ │ │ Winter │ 1[48]│ 2│ 2 Summer │ ½[52]│ 2│ 2 Residential Section— │ │ │ Winter │ 1│ 2│ 1 Summer │ ½│ 2│ 1 Outlying Section— │ │ │ Winter │ 1│ 0│ 1 Summer │ ½│ 0│ 1 │ │ │ Miles, length of haul │ 6│ 1│ 1½ │ │ │ Cost of collection and │ │ │ disposal per cubic │ │ │ yard │ │ │ Per capita served │ │ │ Per ton │ │ │ │ │ │ Where is can collected │Rear. │Curb. │Curb. from and where left │ │ │ │ │ │ Size and type of can │Covered │Not larger │Not │ barrel. │ than flour │ specified. │ │ barrel. │ │ │ │ Quantity collected in │ │ │ year— │ │ │ Tons │ 96,552│ │ Cubic yards │ 64,368│ │ Loads │ 32,184│ │ Size of load │ 3 ton.│ │ Cubic yards per man │ 201│ │ employed │ │ │ Cubic yards per capita │ 214│ │ served │ │ │ │ │ │ Population served per │ 938│ │ man employed │ │ │ │ │ │ Number of men employed— │ │ │ Summer │ 24│ 2│ Winter │ 50│ 2│ │ │ │ Number of men on each │ 2│ 2│ 2 wagon │ │ │ │ │ │ Type of wagon used │Steel King. │Covered. │Covered, │ │ │ Dump. │ │ │ Number of wagons— │ │ │ Summer │ 12│ 1│ 5 Winter │ 37│ 1│ 5 │ │ │ Number of motor vehicles│ │ │ │ │ │ Motor vehicles used for │ │ │ short or long haul │ │ │ │ │ │ Description of │ │3 districts. │ collection system │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Disposal of Ashes │Dump. │ │ │ │ │ City own or rent dumps │River bottom.│Free. │Free. │ │ │ Annual cost to city for │ │ $2,700│ $3,900 collection and │ │ │ disposal │ │ │ │ │ │ Average quantity │ │ │ collected daily— │ │ │ Summer │10 tons. │ │ Winter │10 tons. │ │ ────────────────────────┴─────────────┴──────────────┴────────────