The disposal of municipal refuse . Fig. 40.—Loading Snow into Carts. 129. Fig. 41.—Dumping Snow into River. New York. T31 SNOW REMOVAL 133 not applicable, it being too slow and costly, and the same istrue if the sewers are not of sufficient capacity to accommodatethe washing. Carting and dumping is a slow and expensive method, and isgenerally limited to the principal thoroughfares. The bestresult is obtained by contracting the clearing and cartage,basing the contract on a price per cubic yard of snowremoved. This yardage is easily obtained by recording thesnowfall, and having a survey of the a
The disposal of municipal refuse . Fig. 40.—Loading Snow into Carts. 129. Fig. 41.—Dumping Snow into River. New York. T31 SNOW REMOVAL 133 not applicable, it being too slow and costly, and the same istrue if the sewers are not of sufficient capacity to accommodatethe washing. Carting and dumping is a slow and expensive method, and isgenerally limited to the principal thoroughfares. The bestresult is obtained by contracting the clearing and cartage,basing the contract on a price per cubic yard of snowremoved. This yardage is easily obtained by recording thesnowfall, and having a survey of the area of street surface tobe cleaned. It is usual to fix a minimum Hmit of snowfallbefore the city orders the work of clearing to begin, say a fallof 2 J inches. If a second storm comes before the first has beencleared away, the work starts again de novo. A contractor is better able to handle the men and cartsthan a city; and the city authorities simply have to inspectand certify that the streets, or certain portions of them, havebeen cleared of snow, and can utilize i
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