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MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



business by the companies whose figures have been used in previous tables 

 appears in Table No. 65. 



TABLE No. 65 



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COLLECTORS 



From Table No. 65 it is to be noted that four of the companies em- 

 ploy no collectors. In these cases the entire work of milk collection is 

 performed by the milk drivers themselves, the expense of collecting being 

 included in the drivers' wages. Company No. 8, which is the most effi- 

 cient company in the list, employs no milk collectors, the wage scale for 

 milk drivers being no higher than the wage scale for milk drivers in 

 Rochester. In order to stimulate milk collection, part of the wages of 

 the drivers consists of premiums paid on the amount of money collected. 



Under such conditions it would not be necessary under a centralized 

 system to add any expense above the drivers' wage scale for milk collec- 

 tion. In order, however, to make the estimate of cost under a centralized 

 system a liberal one, it will be assumed that all of the drivers of the 139 

 delivery wagons under the centralized system receive additional com- 

 pensation above their wages in premiums for milk collection, and since the 

 number of wagons is exactly one-half the present number employed by the 

 City of Rochester, a fair basis for the cost of milk collection would be 

 one-half of the present cost. This would amount to .001110 per quart, 

 and an annual cost of $28,534.64. This would result in a saving of 

 .001110 per quart, and an annual saving of $28,534.64 on this item. 



SUPERINTENDENCE 



As a special item of milk delivery expense there has been separated 

 from the other items the cost of superintendence. This refers to the em- 



