MILK SURVEY OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



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FREIGHT 



The milk supply of the City of Rochester comes into the city through 

 four channels: 



24,985 by motor truck. 



3,018 by wagon. 



48,163 by railroad. 



5,909 by trolley. 



The milk which comes by truck, wagon and railroad is paid for by 

 cwt. The milk which comes by trolley is paid for by the quart. The 

 entire cost of freight per day and per year is shown in Table No. 79. 



TABLE No. 79 

 COST OF TRANSPORTING MILK FOR THE CITY OF ROCHESTER 



Estimated saving in freight under a centralized system at 10% is 

 $16,580.50. 



In Table No. 79 it appears that the yearly cost of freight is $165,805 ; 

 the cost per quart is an average of a little over $y 2 cents. 



Under the present system there is no way whereby the cost of this 

 freight can be reduced. Under a centralized system, on the other hand, 

 the milk would be shipped from the country to the city to one distributor 

 instead of to 136 distributors as under the present system. The shipping 

 of the milk from the country to one city distributor would make possible 

 a rearrangement of the channels of shipment in several respects, that is, 

 the milk which comes by motor truck would be centralized so that each 

 motor truck would carry as nearly as possible a full load, and the total 

 number of motor trucks would be reduced. The milk which comes by 

 wagon in the same way would be centralized so as to provide full wagon 

 loads. The milk which comes by railroad, instead of being subdivided 

 into separate lots for the different shippers and different distributors, 

 would all belong to the same lot and therefore could be packed in car- 

 loads, some of which might constitute entire carload shipments and secure 

 the freight reduction which the railroads grant to full cars. The milk 

 which is shipped by trolley in the same manner, instead of being shipped 



