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TABLE NO. 53 

 BOTTLE WASHING 



From the figures in Table No. 53 it appears that the average cost per 

 bottle for bottle washing for all of the 88,784 bottles washed daily in the 

 City of Rochester is .001437 per bottle, or a yearly cost of $46,555.75. 



It will be noted in the list of bottles washed per man hour that the 

 average number of bottles washed by the City of Rochester per man hour 

 is only 267, and that with one exception this is the smallest number of 

 bottles washed per man hour by any company in the list. Three com- 

 panies in the list wash more than 700 bottles per man hour. It seems fair 

 to assume, therefore, that under proper business conditions over 700 

 bottles per man hour could be washed by the City of Rochester. One of 

 the Rochester companies washes more than 700 bottles per man hour. 



If we assume 700 botles per man hour as a reasonable number under 

 efficient methods, and use the Rochester average wage scale for bottle 

 washing of .383 per man hour, the cost of washing one bottle under a 

 centralized system would be .000547, and the yearly cost $17,730.76. 

 This would mean a saving on the cost of washing one bottle of .000890, 

 and an annual saving of $28,824.99. 



CAN WASHING 



The figures for can washing represent the same list of companies, 

 and show that the total number of cans washed in the City of Rochester 

 daily is 3,879 by 156 men working for 125 hours at the rate of 31 cans 

 per man hour, and at a cost per can of.012294. The complete figures are 

 shown in Table No. 54. 



