Download or read book The Disposal of Municipal Refuse (Classic Reprint) written by Harry de Berkeley Parsons and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Disposal of Municipal Refuse The author was retained by Major John McGaw Woodbury, Commissioner of the Department of Street Cleaning of the City of New York, to make certain designs for the disposition of some of the city refuse. The matter contained in these pages is the result of the author's observations and records, and it is hoped that it will be so expressed as to be free of all bias and be of use to others. In no sense is Major Woodbury responsible for any of the statements made or conclusions drawn. The object of these pages is: First. To place the matter collected by the author, at considerable trouble and time, in a concise form, so that those undertaking to improve municipal conditions may more readily take up the subject and become acquainted with the principles involved. Second. To describe the characteristics of the different classes of refuse, and to draw attention to the fact that, if a uniform method of nomenclature and record of quantities handled could be kept by the various cities, then the data obtained and the information so gained would be a material advance toward the sanitary disposal of refuse. Such uniformity would not put any expense upon the cities, and direct comparisons and correct conclusions could be made for the benefit of others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.