The Immigrant in St. Louis, a Survey. Page 40

.gencies emergencies are apt to occur in the great network of underground pipes, which form the sewer system of a great city. Streat Cleaning Department: The largest department, employing 618 men, is the street cleaning department. In selecting men for these positions, it has been customary to give work to old men, who otherwise would become city charges. It is definitely recognized that more efficient work could be done with a smaller squad, if younger and more able men were selected. The present administration argues that it is good economy to allow these old men to earn their weekly stipend, rather than to put the equivalent amount into their institutional support. These men receive $1.50 a day. The superintendent said that the 199 Germans and 111 Irish men were nearly all between sixty and seventy-five years, old men, who have served the city faithfully during many long years of their lives. The Bohemians and English were also old men, typical of the earlier immigration. The Italians were mixed, but the Syrians and the Greeks were all young, active men. When asked to explain the presence of so many young Syrians and Greeks, the superintendent confessed himself unable to giv

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