| Table IV (c) | |||||
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| ASH AND RUBBISH COLLECTION BY MUNICIPAL FORCES (Continued) | |||||
| Name of City | Description of Collection System | Method of Disposal | Does City Own or Rent Dumps | How Much Revenue Does City Receive | Size of Load |
| 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. | Filling and covering garbage. | Own. | None. | 2 yards. |
| Brockton | 6 districts. | Dump. | Free. | None. | 2 cu. yds. |
| 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. | Dump. | 1 rented, others free. | None. | |
| Camden | 3 districts, each receiving 2 collections a week. | Fill. | Own and free. | None. | |
| 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. | Dump. | Free. | None. | 4.3 yds. |
| Cleveland | Dump. | Own. | None. | ||
| Columbus | 22 districts. Each covered by 2 wagons. Men work together where it is necessary to handle heavy material. | Dump. | Both. | None. | 3–4–5 yds. |
| 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. | Dump and fill. | Own and free. | None. | 5 cu. yds. |
| Dayton | 5 districts with ground foreman at head of each. Each covered in 12 working days. | Dump. | Free. | None. | 5 cu. yds. |
| Fall River | Fill. | None. | 4.94 and 1.71 cu.yds. | ||
| Holyoke | 3 gangs work in business and one in residential sections all the time. | Dump. | Own. | None. | 1½ and 2 cu. yds. |
| 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. | Fill. | Free. | None. | 4–5 cu. yds. |
| Kingston | Rigs and men assigned to certain districts of each section. | Dump. | Free. | None. | |
| Lynn | Divided by wards. Men clean one section and move to another. | Dump. | Own. | Very little. | 2 cu. yds. |
| Lowell | 6 districts, one cleaned each day. | Fill. | Free. | None. | 3.7 cu.yds. |
| Los Angeles | Dump. | Rent. | None. | ||
| 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. | Dump. | Free. | None. | 3 yds. |
| Newburgh | Divided into three parts. By understanding between men, each takes a certain street each time all are on certain routes. | Dump and fill. | No. | None. | 2¾ yds. |
| New Bedford | Collection made quickly from every street. No districts. | Dump and fill. | Own some. | City once collected and baled paper but could not make it pay. | |
| 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. | Dump. | Own 27, others provided by contractor. | None. | |
| Norfolk | 22 districts with one man and one wagon in each. | Dump. | Free. | None. | 1½ cu. yds. |
| New Orleans | Dump. | Own. | None. | 1½ cu. yds. | |
| 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. | Dump. | Own. | $500 for privilege of picking over dump. | 2½ yds. |
| Rome | Divided into 5 districts. | Dump. | No. | None. | 1½ yds. |
| Syracuse | Dump. | No. | None. | 3 yds. | |
| Somerville | City divided into 6 districts, one for each working day. Two lifters to each team. | Fill. | Rent and free. | None. | |
| Schenectady | 5 districts. | Dump. | Free. | None. | |
| Wilmington | 4 districts. Driver and two lifters for each wagon. | Dump and fill. | Free. | None. | |
| ASH COLLECTION BY MUNICIPAL FORCES (Continued) | |||||
| Boston | 10 districts with a foreman and inspection service in each. | Dump. | Rent. | None. | 2½ and 4 cu. yds. |
| Buffalo | 16 districts with foreman in each. Number of men and wagons in each varies according to conditions. | Dump. | Free but city pays for upkeep. | None. | 5½ cu. yds. |
| Chattanooga | Dump. | Free. | |||
| Duluth | Dump. | Own. | None. | ||
| Glens Falls | City removes all ashes that are clean and suitable for street work. | Fill. | Own. | Improved streets. | |
| Memphis | 3 districts subdivided into routes, man and cart for each route. | Dump. | Free. | None. | 1-¾ cu. yds. |
| Niagara Falls | 4 districts. | Fill. | Free. | None. | Wagon 2½ cu. yds. truck 6 yds. |
| 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. | Dump. | Rent and free. | None. | |
| Peoria | 16 districts. Routes changed as demand increases or decreases. | Dump. | Free. | None. | |
| Spokane | Ashes collected in business district by load, in residential district by can. One 3 ton truck collects ashes and garbage in residential district. | Dump. | Own and free. | None. | 3½ cu. yds. |
[37]. Trade wastes not collected by city.
[38]. Depends on quantity and condition.
[39]. Ashes and rubbish collected separately in business section.
[40]. Cost of labor.
[41]. Collected only when requested.
[42]. Includes cost of collecting rubbish.
[43]. Daily hotels and restaurant.
[44]. Part collected by city and part by private collector.