MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



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TABLE No. 4. 



After quoting several other instances, the author compares the pres- 

 ent cost of distribution for the entire city of Rochester with the proposed 

 cost of distribution under a model system of distribution : 



TABLE No. 5 



UNDER PRESENT SYSTEM 



356 men, and in many cases their fam- 

 ilies. 



380 horses. 



305 wagons. 



2,509+ miles travel. 



$76,600 invested in milk-room equip- 

 ments. 



'$108,000 invested in horses and wagons. 



$2,000 present daily cost of distribution. 



$720,000 yearly cost of distribution. 



UNDER MODEL SYSTEM 



90 men. 



50 horses. 



25 horse-drawn trucks. 



300 miles travel. 



75,000 equipment for sanitary plant. 



>30,750 equipment of horses and trucks. 



1600 estimated daily cost of distribution. 



5220,000 estimated yearly cost of distri- 

 bution. 



and comes to the following conclusions : 



"There is little question that if the milk supply of Rochester were to be dis- 

 tributed by one agency properly organized and equipped, a saving to consumers of 

 at least $500,000 yearly could be effected." 



In order to bring more vividly before the minds of the readers the 

 enormous waste of the competitive system of distribution, the author ap- 

 pends a series of illustrations showing the number of milk wagons at 

 present engaged in distribution in the several districts of the city, and 

 makes the following suggestion : 



"The City of Rochester owns its water works, collects its own ashes, operates 

 an incinerating plant for the sorting and disposal of garbage and controls the col- 

 lection of its garbage. All of these activities bear an important relation to the 

 public health, but none the less does milk. Why, therefore, should not cities con- 

 trol their own milk supplies to the end that the people may have pure, wholesome 

 milk at the same minimum cost?" 



One example of these illustrations is given on the opposite page: 



