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per cubic yard. The Contractor selected by the Council was Mr. E.
Shellard, of Bristol and Paddington, who began his contract on the
28th July, and continued the work during the remainder of the year
under review. The following were Mr. Shellard's prices:
NORTH DIVISION. SOUTH DIVISION.
Collected and delivered at Destructor
Works per ton 3/3 3/9
Collected and Disposed of on
a shoot 1/3 1/3
From the 28th July to the 31st December this Contractor
delivered at the Destructor works 16,092 tons of refuse at a total cost
of £2,653 1s. 6d. One of the conditions of Mr. Shellard's contract
was that he should have under his control the 35 men hitherto
employed by the Council for assisting the contractor in the
removal of the refuse, and controlling the order of visits so that, as
far as possible, the collection might be brought in as close agreement
with the bye-law of the L.C.C. relating to the periodical removal of
house refuse. The contract included the condition that Mr.
Shellard should receive £8 per day as wages for the men transferred
to his control.
The following table gives the quantity of refuse removed from
occupied houses in the district during the year, and the cost of
removal together with cost of disposal during the first four months
of the year. During the succeeding months of the year as above
observed, the refuse was destroyed in the destructor. The cost of
destruction during this period has been estimated by the Borough
Electrical Engineer at 2/ll½ per ton, the total for the period of the
year during which the destructor was in operation, viz., from May
1st to 31st December, amounting to £3,908 5s. 1d. I am informed
that this price for destruction will be increased in the future, because
the cost of maintenance of the destructor must be included in the
cost of destruction. This hitherto has been borne by the contractors.
It is estimated that the cost of destruction in iuture will amount to
3/7 per ton.