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MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



TABLE NO. 54 

 CAN WASHING 



An inspection of the number of cans washed per man hour in Table 

 No. 54 shows that with the exception of one company the number of 

 cans washed in Rochester is the smallest per man hour. One company 

 in the list washes 80 cans per hour; one, 64; two, 50 or more per hour. 

 At the present Rochester cost of .012294 per can, the annual cost for can 

 washing is $17,406.85. The company in the list washing 80 cans, per man 

 hour does not wash the cans so efficiently as the company washing 64.3 

 per man hour. The conditions under which the cans are washed in this 

 latter company can easily be imitated by any first class organization, and 

 it is therefore proper to assume that under a centralized system Roch- 

 eser could wash at least 64 cans per man hour. Using this figure and the 

 present wage scale for can washing in Rochester, which is .382 per man 

 hour, the cost. for washing one can under a centralized system would be 

 .005969 per can, or 8,450.76 per year. This would mean a saving of 

 .006325 per can, and $8,956.09 per year. 



APPARATUS WASHING 



In estimating the cost of apparatus washing a comparison is made 

 betwen the total number of quarts of milk received daily by Rochester, 

 and by milk companies in the same lists used in previous tabulations. It 

 appears that in Rochester 182 men took part in this operation, with an 

 expenditure of 130.5 man hours, and that this washing of apparatus is 

 performed for an average of 629 quarts per man hour at a cost of .000680 

 per quart. These comparisons are shown in Table No. 55. 



