Walls 53 



A fence five feet high cost $1.15 per run- 

 ning yard. If you have the posts grow- 

 ing, then outside of buying the wire and 

 the staples the cost consists of cutting and 

 setting. A man can drive 90 posts in a 

 day under ordinary conditions and he can 

 dig 30 holes. A man can drive from 25 

 to 200 iron posts in a day, depending on 

 the soil. 



In rough masonry work we figure by the 

 perch of 16^/2 cubic feet. For a rough 

 dry wall a good average would be $4.00 

 the perch while for one laid up at random 

 in cement mortar a perch would be worth 

 about $5.00. Copings 4 x 21 inches if 

 rock face edges and tops, cost from $ .50 

 per lineal foot up; if clean cut $1.00 or 

 more. These figures are for stone at hand, 

 if carting is necessary the price goes up 

 in proportion to the distance hauled. 

 Walls of common brick handburned with 

 ordinary bonds cost from $12.00 to $15.00 

 per thousand bricks. There are 15 bricks 

 to a square foot of 8-inch wall, 221/2 

 bricks to a square foot of 12-inch wall, 

 30 bricks to a square foot of 16-inch wall, 

 and l l /2 bricks for each additional thick- 



