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and collection equipment every five years, whereas the disposal plants, if owned by the District, would probably have a life of 40 or 50 years. It is believed that the District of Columbia should, at least, own the disposal plants, which could be operated by the District and the collection of city wastes could be let to contractors or the whole service could be let by contract on the basis of the contractors leasing the disposal plants from the District of Columbia.

Under the present system the collections of garbage, ashes, and dead animals are practically perfect. The collections of miscellaneous refuse have not been so good, but this service is improving every day. This division has received a great many complaints in regard to the garbage transfer station and the dump at the miscellaneous refuse disposal plant. These complaints, however, do not arise from any fault of the contractor as he is living up to the requirements of his contract. In order to satisfy the complaints, a complete new arrangement will have to be perfected, which is one of the reasons for requesting the appropriation mentioned above.

Your attention is called to the detailed information and statements of appropriations, expenditures, and cost keeping submitted herewith.

Very respectfully,

Capt. MARK BROOKE,

Corps of Engineers, United States Army,

J. W. PAXTON,

Superintendent of Street Cleaning.

Assistant to the Engineer Commissioner, District of Columbia.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT, STREET-CLEANING APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 1912.

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"Streets, District of Columbia, 1912; disposal of city refuse":

Garbage..

Ashes..
Refuse..

Night soil..

Dead animals.

Livery, inspectors' horses..

Office expenses...

Unexpended balance..

Amount of appropriation.......

"Cleaning snow and ice from streets, etc., District of Colum

bia, 1912":

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Amount of appropriation....

$68, 384.00
73, 053. 00
16,559.00
16,600.00
2,855.00
1,095.00
246. 17

1, 152. 83

6, 741.84
2,829. 28
168.88
260.00

Snow and ice, by act of Congress February 9, 1907, unexpended
balance

"Contingent and miscellaneous expenses, District of Columbia, 1912;

$179, 945. 00

10,000.00

2,224. 20

street-cleaning allotment":

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COST-KEEPING

STATEMENT APPROPRIATION FOR STREETS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
SPRINKLING, SWEEPING, AND CLEANING.

Machine cleaning (337,990,000 square yards, at $0.162 per 1,000).
Alley cleaning (54,664,000 square yards, at $0.324 per 1,000).
Suburban street cleaning..

Hand patrol (646,377,000 square yards, at $0.152 per 1,000)
Flushing (8,747,000 square yards, at $0.272 per 1,000).

Squeegees (98,328,000 square yards, at $0.096 per 1,000)..
Sprinkling..

Oiling (8,214,000 square yards, at $1.065 per 1,000).
Oil sweeping.

Equipment purchased.

Equipment manufactured.
Stock, July 1, 1912..

Stock, July 1, 1911..

Excess 1912 over 1911.

Unexpended balance...............

Amount of appropriation....

$54, 623. 72

17, 752. 45

14, 559.76

98, 132. 85

2, 385. 84

9, 407.58

$21, 687. 71

2, 310. 07

8, 748. 63 1,062. 56 34, 769. 67 2, 505. 17

8, 607. 63

13,080. 08 661. 62

260,000.00

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Table showing comparative data in connection with street-cleaning work from 1905 to 1912.

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Hand patrol.. 430, 216, 853 495, 192, 074 497,811, 216 489, 528, 820 500, 549, 957 543,088, 777 536, 897, 423 646, 377,000 Machine sweeping..323, 337, 975 299, 313, 747 373, 029, 844 423, 398, 395 453, 052, 163 435, 397, 855 367, 242, 484 337,990,000 Alley cleaning 1.. Suburban

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33, 232, 290 39,557, 254 44, 131, 505
31,007, 419

48,040, 371
35,038, 965

51,782, 270 50, 532, 192
36,067, 409 39, 683,516

38, 396, 138 54,664,000 40, 194, 274 27,825,000 50,012,859 98, 328,000 5,589, 367 8,747,000

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Table showing comparative data in connection with disposal of all city wastes from 1907

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Specifications for the collection and disposal of ashes, garbage, dead animals, night soil, and miscellaneous refuse in the District of Columbia, and for the removal of ashes and refuse from buildings under the control of the commissioners.

[Work done under supervision of street-cleaning division.]

1. Definitions. The term "garbage" wherever it occurs in these specifications means all refuse of animal and vegetable matter which has been used as food for man (except oyster and clam shells from business places) and all refuse animal and vegetable matter which was intended to be so used, and includes food condemned by the health department. The term "dead animals" means all dead animals, or parts thereof, not intended to be used as food for man. The term "night soil" means the contents of all privies (except such as are established by contractors on construction work), and human fecal matter deposited on streets, alleys, avenues, roads, and open lots. The term "miscellaneous refuse" means all refuse from places of residence and business, except garbage, dead animals, night soil, and ashes. In addition to the ordinary household rubbish it will be held to include discarded Christmas trees and greens and small branches from shrubs or vines, but will not include any material whatever in the nature of earth or sand, wall paper, lumber, brick, stone, plaster, or other substance that may accumulate as the result of building operations or repairs to yards and buildings. Manure is not included under any of the above classes of material. The term "ashes" will be held to mean ashes from coal and other fuel and will include such mineral substances as fallen plastering, etc., as may accumulate in connection with the ordinary conduct of dwellings and places of business, but not such as may accumulate as the result of building operations.

2. Hours of collection.-Garbage, night soil, miscellaneous refuse, and ashes must be collected between 7 o'clock a. m. and 6 o'clock p. m.; dead animals must be collected between 6 o'clock a. m. and 9 o'clock p. m. Special collections at other hours may be authorized by the commissioners, and may be required by them whenever in their judgment they are necessary.

3. Receptacles.-Garbage intended for collection will be deposited by householders in water-tight covered vessels which can easily be handled by one man; ashes and miscellaneous refuse intended for collection will be deposited by householders in receptacles suitable for that purpose and which can easily be handled by one man. All receptacles aforesaid will be placed at points accessible to collectors. In the case of hotels, apartment houses, markets, etc., larger receptacles will be allowed under such restrictions as the commissioners may determine. In the event of dispute between citizen and contractor as to the point at which the garbage, ashes, or miscellaneous refuse shall be placed for collection the case shall be referred to the superintendent of street cleaning, whose decision shall be binding upon the contractor. Night soil intended for collection will be placed by householders in box privies constructed in accordance with the law. For the details of the construction of such privies attention of bidders is invited to an act entitled "Act to regulate, in the District of Columbia, the disposal of certain refuse, and for other purposes," approved January 25, 1898.

4. Defining accessibility-Provisions for failure to remove. The term "accessible to collectors" in the foregoing paragraph (No. 3) of these specifications shall be held to mean the placing of the receptacles by the householder inside of and near to the side or rear entrance of the premises (if collections are made from the side or rear) and in the areaway or other convenient place in front of said premises (if collections are made from the front), and the unfastening of the gate or other approach to the premises upon due warning by the collector by the free use of his horn, gong, or other signal. No receptacle will be allowed on the sidewalk, street, or public alley, and if the house or building has no yard or areaway large enough to hold the receptacles containing what accumulation is made between the regular collection days without unduly blocking the free passage through such areaway, collection must be made from within said house or building, provided entrance be afforded by a previously unlocked gate, door, or window. Nothing in these specifications shall be held to compel the contractor on his regular collection day to stop at any premises where the gate or other entrance thereto is found locked at the time of his arrival, nor to wait for said entrance to be opened, nor to notify the householders of his presence by any other means than the free use of his horn, gong, or other signal: Provided, however, That where, through failure by any cause of his own, the contractor does not remove ashes, garbage, or miscellaneous refuse on his regular collection day, such material must be collected the next succeeding day, if so desired by the householder, from each and all of the premises neglected, whether the said material is made accessible or not in the meaning previously defined in this paragraph.

The fact that the contractor so removes the neglected material the day following the regular time of collection shall not be held to release him from liability for liquidated damages incurred by such neglect, except where the streets on the regular collection day are, in the opinion of the superintendent of street cleaning, in such condition as to excuse such neglect.

5. Removal from street, etc.-Each contractor for the removal of any class of material named in paragraph 1 of these specifications, which is ordinarily kept in receptacles on the premises of the householder, must under such exceptional circumstances as in the opinion of the superintendent of street cleaning render it necessary, and upon his order, remove such material from any public street, avenue, alley, or road, or from any vacant lot, park, or uninclosed land."

6. Mixed material.-The commissioners will enforce the separation by householders of each class of material named in paragraph 1 of these specifications, so far as may be practicable. But whenever, through neglect on the part of a householder or otherwise, two or more classes of such materials have been deposited in the same receptacle or place, the collection contractor affected, when such mixed material is refused by his collector, must notify the householder on whose premises the mixed material is found and request said householder to have such material separated in accordance with the police regulations of the District of Columbia; in the event of the householder refusing so to do, the contractor must forthwith, in writing, notify the superintendent of street cleaning, giving the name and address of the householder. Whenever in his opinion it becomes necessary said superintendent shall determine by which contractor or contractors, if any, the material in question shall be collected and disposed of, and such contractor or contractors must collect and dispose of such material. 7. Unlawful receptacles-Frozen material.-Lawful receptacles for ashes, garbage, and miscellaneous refuse will be found defined as to size and nature in the police regulations of the District of Columbia. No person shall deposit ashes for collection in any receptacle having a capacity of less than 5 nor more than 24 gallons. If material is found in unlawful receptacles the collector may refuse to collect the same, unless the use of such unlawful receptacles has been necessitated by the collection contractor's

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