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REPORT, 1899-1900.
SLOPPING DEPARTMENT.
All the dry sweepings and scrapings off the
roads collected by the Vestry's carmen are brought
to the depot and shot into the boats direct. The
slop is generally deposited in the filtering tanks, so
that the water may percolate away; the heavy
or muddy portion is then shot into boats and
conveyed away on the canal to the shoot provided
for by Messrs. Odell & Co., their contract price for
this work being 2s. 4d. per ton; this amount
includes haulage, tonnage, and unloading, the
contract being for three years.
During the year 30,316 loads of slop, snow, etc.,
were collected by 10,840 Vestry's horses and vans,
and 408 hired horses, working 310 days—giving an
average of 97.79 loads per day, or 2.69 loads per
horse per day. The maximum number brought to
the dep6t in one week being 1,598, and the minimum
308 loads. 37,667 tons of slop, snow, scrapings,
and sweepings have been boated away on the canal
by 925 boats.
Cleansing Gulleys.
Two men, horses, and carts have been engaged
298 days on this work; 33,200 gulleys were
cleansed, the number of loads of slop collected and
brought to the depot being 1,654.