. Scientific American Volume 89 Nummer 17 (Oktober 1903) . Nhattan, Bronx, und Brooklyn. Der jährliche Betrag entspricht daher 3.096,091 Kubikmeter Asche, 1,061,913 Kubikmeter Müll und 437,515 Kubikmeter Müll. Die Fläche, von der dieses Abfallmaterial gesammelt werden muss, wird auf 949 Meilen gepflasterte Straßen in den drei erwähnten Bor-oughs ausgeliehen. Geographisch gesehen ist New York City mit seiner enormen Wasserfront bewundernswert situ-iert für die schnelle Entfernung dieser riesigen Menge an Abfallmaterial. Und doch gibt es in den beiden Stadtteilen Manhattan und Bronx nur zwölf Waterdu
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. Scientific American Volume 89 Number 17 (October 1903) . nhattan, Bronx, and Brooklyn. Thetotal annual amount is, therefore, equal to 3, 096, 091cubic yards of ashes, 1, 061, 913 cubic yards of rubbish, and 437, 515 cubic yards of garbage. The area fromwhich this refuse material must be collected is equiva-lent to 949 miles of paved streets in the three bor-oughs mentioned. Geographically, New York city, with its enormous water frontage, is admirably situ-ated for the rapid removal of this vast amount ofrefuse material. And yet in the two boroughs ofManhattan and Bronx there are but twelve waterdumps and eight land dumps; in Brooklyn, but onewater dump and twenty land dumps. This almostabsurdly low number of points for the loading of ma-terial upon scows is to be accounted for, not by anylack of energy in the Street Cleaning Department, butin the hostility of property owners, who have usedevery legal means in their power to prevent the estab-lishment of new dumps, despite the fact that the StreetCleaning Departments work is thereby seriously ham-. Rubbish on the Traveling: Conveyer Belt. The Pickers Sort Out Over Halfthe Material and Sell it; the Rest is Conveyed to the Furnaces. pered. Between 47th Street and 134th Street on theNorth River, a distance of nearly five miles, absolutelyno dump whatever is to be found. As a result, it isnecessary to cart the material at great expense over agreat distance to the nearest available wharf. Whenit is considered that the annual cost of carting in NewYork city is not very much less than that of sweeping(the actual figures being respectively fl.648, 492.25 and12, 090, 392.87) the fruit of this opposition becomes ap-parent. In the end the taxpayer must suffer. Thus far the attempts of the city of New York todestroy its garbage totally by incineration have notproven successful. An experimental plant installed inthe Borough of Bronx for the burning of garbageproved a failure. The city must, therefore, rely en-tirely upon the Barren Isla
