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An Efficient Municipal Service.

9th June 1925, Page 13
9th June 1925
Page 13
Page 13, 9th June 1925 — An Efficient Municipal Service.
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The town of Bury is prominent amongst Lancashire boroughs by reason of the efficiency of its municipal services. The cleansing department of the local authorities has been particularly successful in proving its general value to the community. This department makes considerable use of motor vehicles, and about 7,000 tons of town refuse are collected every year, 5,000 tons of which are put to commercial uses. Over 90 per cent, of the refuse is collected from private houses, the rest being market refuse, street sweepings, trade refuse, abattoir sweepings, and offal.

The collection of refuse is effected by Ford 1-tonners hauling semi-trailer attachments, the form of construction which is favoured being indicated in an illustration on this page. This system has been devised by the manager of the department in order to enable larger loads to be dealt with, and, as a matter of fact, each vehicle is capable of carrying two tons at a time. It will be noted that the wheels are shod with Macintosh-N.A.P. tyres, those on the wheels of the trailer unit being of a special size.

It is calculated that a motor vehicle of this type will do the work previously undertaken by three horse vehicles, and. moreover, give greater punctuality in its service.

The wet refuse is collected and conveyed to the depot along a high-level road and tipped at the mouth of the pulverizers, where it is ground into manure of high value for enriching the land. This work is carried out at a cost of 4s, ed. per ton, and the results yield a revenue of from is. ed. to 2s. 6d.

per load Ordinarily this refuse is burnt at a cost of es. per ton.

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