Part 8

─────────────┬─────────────────────────┬───────────────────────── City │ Number of Weeks in │ Average Number of │ Cleaning Season │ Cleanings per Week │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼─────────────────────────┼───────────────────────── Buffalo │35 to 40 for hand │6 for hand sweeping all │ sweeping, machine │ kinds of pavement, 2 │ sweeping, and hand and │ for machine sweeping │ machine sweeping. 25 │ all kinds of pavement, │ for flushing. This is │ and one for sweeping │ for all kinds of │ and flushing all kinds │ pavement. │ of pavement. Beacon │35 weeks in cleaning │6 times. │ season. │ Binghamton │27 for hand sweeping, │6 for hand sweeping all │ smooth and rough, 29 │ kinds of pavement, 6 │ for machine sweeping, │ for machine sweeping │ smooth and rough, and │ smooth and rough, and │ 32 for sweeping and │ sweeping and flushing, │ flushing, smooth and │ smooth and rough. │ rough. │ Cincinnati │52 weeks. │Business daily, │ │ residential one to two │ │ times a week. Cambridge │52 for hand sweeping │Six for hand sweeping │ smooth pavement, 10 for│ smooth pavement, 2 to 3 │ machine sweeping smooth│ times a year for hand │ pavement. │ sweeping rough and │ │ macadam. Chicago │36 for hand sweeping all │Six for hand sweeping │ kinds of pavement. │ smooth and rough, and │ │ three for hand sweeping │ │ macadam. Camden │ │ Columbus │ │ Cleveland │ │ Cortland │32 weeks. │Six for hand sweeping │ │ smooth, and one for │ │ hand sweeping macadam. Dunkirk │ │6 times. Denver │52 weeks. │ Elmira │40 weeks. │Seven for hand sweeping │ │ smooth, and 2 for │ │ flushing rough, and one │ │ for flushing macadam. Fall River │52 weeks. │Nine for hand sweeping │ │ smooth and rough. Grand Rapids │ │ Hudson │ │Six for hand sweeping │ │ rough, and 3 or 4 times │ │ a year for machine │ │ sweeping smooth. Jamestown │27 weeks. │4½ times. Kansas City │52 weeks for hand │Business section 35, │ sweeping all kinds of │ semi-business 7, and │ pavement, and 6 times a│ residential section │ month for sweeping and │ one. │ flushing all kinds of │ │ pavement. │ Kingston │ │ Los Angeles │52 for hand sweeping and │5 times daily for │ for flushing all kinds │ congested and once │ of pavement. │ daily for residential │ │ hand sweeping all kinds │ │ of pavement. 3 times │ │ daily for congested, │ │ and one and one-half │ │ times daily for │ │ residential flushing │ │ all kinds of pavement. Louisville │52 weeks. │ Lowell │52 weeks. │ Lynn │52 weeks. │Business section twice a │ │ day; residential │ │ section once a week. Lackawanna │32 weeks. │ Little Falls │32 weeks. │Six for hand sweeping │ │ all kinds of pavement. Milwaukee │Varies. │From one to six, │ │ depending upon │ │ districts. Middletown │32 weeks. │41,300 S. Y. daily; │ │ balance twice a week. Mechanicville│From 30 to 35. │6 times for hand sweeping │ │ smooth. New York City│52 for hand sweeping, │Nineteen for hand │ machine sweeping, hand │ sweeping smooth and │ and machine sweeping, │ rough, 27 for eight │ and sweeping and │ months for machine │ flushing smooth and │ sweeping smooth and │ rough pavements. │ rough; number for hand │ │ and machine sweeping │ │ and sweeping and │ │ flushing smooth and │ │ rough depends on │ │ weather. New Orleans │52 weeks. │Six, excluding rainy │ │ days. New Bedford │42 for hand and machine │ │ sweeping smooth and │ │ rough. │ Newark │52 for hand sweeping all │2 for hand sweeping all │ kinds. │ kinds. Norwich │25 weeks. │Once a week. New Rochelle │52 weeks. │Six times a week. Niagara Falls│30 weeks. │Sweeping and flushing │ │ smooth once. Newburgh │34 weeks. │Twelve times for hand │ │ sweeping smooth and │ │ rough. Oakland │All cleaning continuous │Six times for hand │ with reduced force on │ sweeping smooth and │ rainy days and │ rough, from one to four │ irregular force on │ times per year for hand │ macadam cleaning. No │ sweeping macadam, four │ machine sweeping on │ times for machine │ rainy days, which are │ sweeping smooth and │ equal to five to ten │ rough. │ weeks a year. │ Oswego │36 times for hand │ │ sweeping all kinds of │ │ pavements; 36 times for│ │ machine sweeping smooth│ │ pavement, and 30 times │ │ for sweeping and │ │ flushing rough │ │ pavement. │ Ogdensburg │ │Streets not paved 2 │ │ cleanings a year; │ │ sections most traveled │ │ cleaned with sweeper │ │ twice during summer │ │ season also. Patrol │ │ system in business │ │ section also flushed │ │ twice a week. Philadelphia │52 for hand sweeping and │One for hand sweeping │ 45 for machine sweeping│ macadam, from two to │ all kinds of pavements.│ six for machine │ │ sweeping smooth and │ │ rough, and sweeping and │ │ flushing all kinds of │ │ pavement. Providence │52 times for hand │Six times for hand │ sweeping smooth, 8 │ sweeping smooth; 6 │ times a month for hand │ times a year for hand │ sweeping macadam and │ sweeping macadam, and │ machine sweeping rough.│ once for machine │ │ sweeping rough. Rochester │ │Rough swept by hand 3 to │ │ 6 times a week; macadam │ │ swept by hand once a │ │ week; rough machine │ │ swept from once to │ │ three times a week. │ │ Smooth swept and │ │ flushed 3 to 6 times a │ │ week. Rensselaer │27 weeks. │From once to twice a │ │ week. Reading │ │Twice a week. Richmond │ │ St. Louis │52 weeks. │Business daily, │ │ residential once a │ │ week. San Francisco│52 weeks. │Once. Salt Lake │10 a month hand sweeping │ City │ smooth, 3 times a year │ │ hand sweeping macadam. │ Springfield │ │ Seattle │52 weeks. │Business six, semi- │ │ business 3, residential │ │ from one to two. Scranton │ │ Troy │33 for machine sweeping │Two for machine sweeping │ macadam, and 33 for │ macadam and rough; 6 │ hand and machine │ for flushing smooth. │ sweeping smooth; 33 for│ │ sweeping and flushing │ │ rough. │ Utica │32 weeks. │From 3 to 6. Washington │52 for hand sweeping, │Six for hand sweeping │ machine sweeping and │ smooth and rough; ⅗ for │ flushing and sweeping │ hand sweeping macadam, │ all kinds of pavement. │ 3 for machine sweeping │ │ smooth and rough, and 2 │ │ for sweeping and │ │ flushing smooth and │ │ rough. ─────────────┴─────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────

Table I (e)

STREET CLEANING IN AMERICAN CITIES (Continued)

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── FORCE ─────────────┬──────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬───────┬───────── City │Number of │Wage and │Number of│Wages and│Number │Cost and │ Foremen │ Hours │Mechanics│ Hours │ of │ Hours │ and │Daily[14]│ and │Daily[14]│ Teams │Daily[14] │Inspectors│ │ Skilled │ │ │ │ │ │Laborers │ │ │ ├──────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────┼───────── │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┼──────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────┼───────── Buffalo │ 22│ $2.50–│ 19│ $2.50–│ 100│ $4.00 │ │ 3.00│ │ 4.00│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Beacon │ 1│ │ │ │ │ Binghamton │ 1│ 3.00│ │ │ 7│ 4.50 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Cincinnati │ 8│20.00 Wk.│ 10│3.50–5.00│ 60│ 2.19 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Cambridge │ 2│ 2.75│ │ │ 8│ City │ │ │ │ │ │ teams. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Chicago │ 112│2.60–2.85│ │ │ 165│ 6.00 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Camden │ 1│93.32 Mo.│ │ │ 12│ Columbus │ │ │ │ │ │ Cleveland │ │ │ │ │ │ Cortland │ 1│ 1.75│ │ │ 3│ 2.50 │ │ │ │ │single.│ Dunkirk │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Denver │ 4│75.00 Mo.│ 3│ 2.50│ 40│ 5.00 Elmira │ 1│ 2.50│ │ │ 5│ 4.00 │ │ │ │ │ double│ double │ │ │ │ │ 1│ 3.00 │ │ │ │ │single.│ single. Fall River │ 1│ 3.50│ │ │ 4│ 3.75 Grand Rapids │ │ │ │ │ │ Hudson │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Jamestown │ │ │ │ │ 2│ 5.50 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Kansas City │ 24│75.00 Mo.│ 3│3.00–3.50│ 30│ 5.00 Kingston │ │ │ │ │ │ Los Angeles │ 1│ 100.00–│ 2│3.00–3.50│ 89│ 5.00 │ │ 125.00│ │ │ │ │ │ Mo.│ │ │ │ Louisville │ 25│2.00–3.00│ │ │ 66│ 4.00 9 │ │ 9 hrs.│ │ │ │ hrs. Lowell │ │ │ │ │ │ 7.50 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Lynn │ 1│ 3.20│ │ │ 2│ 5.38 Lackawanna │ 10│2.50–3.00│ 10│2.75–3.25│ 4│ 4.75 │ │ │ │ │ │ Little Falls │ 1│ 2.00│ │ │ 1│ 4.50 Milwaukee │ 27│1,000.00–│ │.45¢. hr.│ │ 5.00 │ │ 1,900.00│ │ │ │ │ │ Yr.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Middletown │ 1│ 2.25│ │ │ 1│ 3.50 Mechanicville│ 1│ 2.25│ │ │ │ 4.00 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ New York City│ 134│1,212.00–│ │3.00–3.50│ │ 5.00 │ │ 1,380.00│ │ │ │ │ │ Yr.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ New Orleans │ 27│75.00 Mo.│ │ │ 93│ City │ │ 9 hrs.│ │ │ │ teams. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ New Bedford │ 1│ 3.50│ │ │ 2│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Newark │ 15│ 3.83│ │ │ 35│ 4.80 │ │ │ │ │ double│ double │ │ │ │ │ 34│ 3.20 │ │ │ │ │single.│ single. Norwich │ │ │ │ │ 2–6│ 5.00 New Rochelle │ │ │ │ │ 5.50│ Niagara Falls│ 6│ 3.00│ │ │ 30│ 5.00 Newburgh │ │ │ 1│80.00 Mo.│ 1│ 2.75 │ │ │ │ │ single│ single │ │ │ │ │ 1│ 75¢. hr. │ │ │ │ │ double│ double. │ │ │ │ │ 3 hrs.│ │ │ │ │ │ day.│ Oakland │ 2│ 110.00│ │ │ 2│ 6.00 │ │ Mo.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Oswego │ │ │ │ │ 4–6│4.00–5.60 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Ogdensburg │ 2│2.00–2.50│ 2│ 2.50│ │ 4.00 Philadelphia │ 80│2.50 9–10│ │ │ 229│5.50 9–10 │ │ hrs.│ │ │ │ hrs. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Providence │ 5│ │ │ │ 47│ 3.00 9 │ │ │ │ │ │ hrs. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Rochester │ 20–25│ 2.00│ │ │ 15–18│ 4.80 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Rensselaer │ 2│ │ 3│ 2.00│ 7│ Reading │ │ │ │ │ │ Richmond │ 6│ 2.62½ 9│ 3│ 2.75 9│ │ │ │ hrs.│ │ hrs.│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ St. Louis │ 50│75.00 Mo.│ │ │ 177│ 4.00 San Francisco│ 22│ 3.50│ 3│ 3.75│ 67│ 6.50 Salt Lake │ 4│ 3.20│ 1│ 4.00│ 20│ 4.50 City │ │ │ │ │ │ Springfield │ 1│ 4.00│ │ │ 16│ 5.60 Seattle │ 20│ 90.00–│ │ 3.00│ City│ │ │ 115.00│ │ │ teams.│ │ │ Mo.│ │ │ │ Scranton │ │ │ │ │ │ Troy │ 2│ 2.00│ 3│ 3.00│ 8│ 3.46 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Utica │ 7│ │ 130│ │ 27│ Washington │ 19│720–1,300│ │ │ 70│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ─────────────┴──────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴───────┴─────────