. Water & sewage works . MACHINERYAND SUPPLIES In. _. The Squeegee in Berlin. Berlin, Germany, proper is a city ofsomewhat more than 2,000,000 popula-tion. The aggregate area of its streetsregularly cleaned by the municipal streetcleaning department was 8,235,620 squareyards, and of its sidewalks regularlycleaned by the same department 5,143,-096 square yards. Of this combined areaof 13,378,716 square yards regularly rubber scrapers, handcarts, Illsweeping machines, IS scrubbing ma-chines and 28 squeegee machines (com-bined sprinkling and scrubbing). In 1911-12 the sweeping machines used
. Water & sewage works . MACHINERYAND SUPPLIES In. _. The Squeegee in Berlin. Berlin, Germany, proper is a city ofsomewhat more than 2,000,000 popula-tion. The aggregate area of its streetsregularly cleaned by the municipal streetcleaning department was 8,235,620 squareyards, and of its sidewalks regularlycleaned by the same department 5,143,-096 square yards. Of this combined areaof 13,378,716 square yards regularly rubber scrapers, handcarts, Illsweeping machines, IS scrubbing ma-chines and 28 squeegee machines (com-bined sprinkling and scrubbing). In 1911-12 the sweeping machines used 1,599 roll-er brushes, a roller lasting on the aver-age work days. Of the squeegee machines, IS are motordriven and 10 horse drawn. The formerare found to be the more efficient. Inthe course of the report under considera-. ELECTRIC-DRIVBN SQUEEGEE operated by the Berlin, Germany. slrrit iltaninij (h ;>iirtment of cleaned, 8,841,831 square yards receiveddally cleaning. There are 4,056,373square yards of stone and 3,658,109 squareyards of asphalt pavement. The stonepredominates in sidewalk paving and as-phalt in the street paving. The equipment of the street cleaningdepartment includes, besides the appro-priate supply of brooms, wooden and August, tion 6 horse-drawn machines wereequipped with motor drives and 6 addi-tional motor machines were purchasedfor use in the current year. The typeof motor machine used is manufacturedby Hentschel & Cie, Zossenerstrasse 55,Berlin, and the Kindling Machinery Co.,Milwaukee, Wis. The department has published the fol- 174 MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING lowing figures bearing on the relativeefficiency of motor and horse squeegeemachines. The figures given representthe cost of operation per 8-hour workday: Electric-driven squeegee machine— Drivers wage $ Electric
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