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REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
There is a weekly collection of refuse throughout the District,
but we are being asked in some quarters for a bi-weekly collection.
The following vehicles are in use for the removal of house
refuse :
3—"Electricar" Electric Vehicles.
1—6 cubic yards "S.D." Freighter (petrol) dust-van.
2—10 cubic yards dustless-loading " S.D." Freighters.
1—Tuke and Bell 10 cubic yards " Barrier " Type end-loading
vehicle.
29 Dustmen.
The electric vehicles are kept at the garage adjoining the North
Metropolitan Electric Power Company's sub-station at Ladysmith
Road, where the batteries are charged under the supervision of the
Company's attendants. The satisfactory performance of these
vehicles is in no small measure due to the expert advice and assistance
so readily given by Mr. A. H. Bennett, the Resident Engineer,
and his staff.
It was found necessary at the end of the year to discard a
second electric vehicle after ten years service, as its period of
economic usefulness was over. It is hoped in the early part
of the coming year that this will be replaced by a " S.D." 15 cubic
yard rear-loading movable floor vehicle.
The Tuke and Bell barrier type end-loading vehicle referred
to in my last report, which was brought into use in February,
1932, was completely overhauled and brought up-to-date during
the year.
I find from frequent personal observation that in the time
taken to empty this vehicle by hand tipping, three or four mechanically
tipping vehicles can be emptied. This is due partly to the
fact that the hand-operated tipping gear needs three and sometimes
four men to work it, and partly to the angle of tip, which is
insufficient to discharge the refuse from the body without a certain
amount of raking out.
It will be realised that the reduction of effective load, combined
with the loss of time at the disposal point, reduces the efficiency of
the vehicle very considerably.
With regard to the Garage at Lincoln Road Depot consideration
will have to be given to the question of providing additional
accommodation for the additional vehicles which will be required.