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MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



It will be noted in the column entitled "Bottles per Man Hour," in 

 Table No. 57, that the number of bottles filled and capped in Rochester 

 is considerably lower than the number for 5 of the milk companies in the 

 list. By the use of a proper type of machinery and proper arrangement 

 for bringing bottles to the machine and taking them away, the work can 

 be done most rapidly and efficiently. By such methods it will be noted 

 that one company fills and caps bottles at the rate of 814.7 per man hour 

 and another at the rate of 665.6 per man hour. 



If we assume that a fair estimate for Rochester would be 700 bottles 

 per man hour, the cost of capping and bottling would be .000561 per 

 bottle, or $17,111.55 per year. This would mean a saving on the cost of 

 each bottle of .000790, and a yearly saving of $24,071.40. 



CAN FILLING 



The figures obtained from the companies given in Table No. 58 on 

 can filling are incomplete. Complete figures were secured from only 

 4 companies in addition to the average for the City of Rochester. The 

 total number of cans filled in the City of Rochester each day is 638. In 

 this work there are 17 men employed for a total period of 20.8 hours at 

 the rate of 31 cans per man hour, and at a cost of .012978 per can, and 

 a yearly cost of $3,022.20. 



TABLE NO. 58 

 CAN FILLING 



If we assume that cans can be filled at the rate of 45 per man hour, 

 and use the Rochester wage scale of .398, under a centralized system the 

 cost of filling 1 can would be .008844, which gives an annual cost of 

 $2,059.61. This shows a saving in the filling of 1 can of .004134, and an 

 annual saving of $962.59. 



