The disposal of municipal refuse . Fig. 34.—Delahanty Dumping-boat on Dr\ Fig. 35.—Disfigurement of Beach by Dumping at Sea. 91 METHODS OF DISPOSAL 93 Unless there be an almost uniform current away from theneighboring shores, the wind and tides will cause much of thefloatable mass to be scattered along the shores and the vicinity of large cities, such beaches are valuable andthe nuisance will generally be intolerable, as the litter of putre-fying matter may create unsanitary conditions. The cost oftowing the scows to safe distances from the shores for dumpingwould be prohibit
The disposal of municipal refuse . Fig. 34.—Delahanty Dumping-boat on Dr\ Fig. 35.—Disfigurement of Beach by Dumping at Sea. 91 METHODS OF DISPOSAL 93 Unless there be an almost uniform current away from theneighboring shores, the wind and tides will cause much of thefloatable mass to be scattered along the shores and the vicinity of large cities, such beaches are valuable andthe nuisance will generally be intolerable, as the litter of putre-fying matter may create unsanitary conditions. The cost oftowing the scows to safe distances from the shores for dumpingwould be prohibitive, as the scows lose so much time in trans-porting their loads and returning empty. Furthermore, thecost of patrolling the beaches, to keep them freed from thelitter, would also form a large item of expense. Unfortunately,the cleanest material sinks and the foulest floats. This methodcannot be recommended, and, where in use, efforts are made toabandon it in favor of some other. Fig. 31 is a photograph of a flat scow being unloadedin the ocean, outside of Sandy Hook. It sh
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