Public works . .75 Julv August September October November December 1922. January Totals Schedule No. 2—Clasisfied Costs for the Eight-Month Period Inciii- Remov- Remov- and Remov- rubbish deadgarbage ing and ani- Items grounds garbage trash mals Totals Salaries expense .... Wages ex


Public works . .75 Julv August September October November December 1922. January Totals Schedule No. 2—Clasisfied Costs for the Eight-Month Period Inciii- Remov- Remov- and Remov- rubbish deadgarbage ing and ani- Items grounds garbage trash mals Totals Salaries expense .... Wages expense 21* Fuel. Supplies for operatingequipment Supplies for subsist-ence of teams Tools and equipmentreplacements 2,10 Material for buildingrepairs Material for equip-ment repairs Contracted repairs ... Totals CSEIl ClOLDSBOKO The cost of collecting the garbage during theeight months is shown to have been $3,990, givinga unit cost of $ a ton. This cost per ton forcollecting is below the average cost of a number ofcities, which would indicate that the work is beingdone quite elticientl\. The cost of collecting therubbish was $1,864 which, using the estimated totalamount above given would make the unit cost $ ton. .A regular charge of $5 per month is madeto cover the removal of dead animals. Horses,mules, that are brought to the incinerator aredisposed of there, Init the city does not itself removethe larger animals and the charge made against thesanitary officers salary in this connection is for thatportion of his time which is used in investigation re-ports of dead animals. Buffalo Filtration Plant The Bureau of Water, of Bufifalo, N. Y., is en-gaged in preparing plans for a filtration plant whichwill comprise forty filters, each with a no


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