7O CONSTRUCTION. 



i hot water boiler, complete and set ready for 

 connection, including 8 inch chimney of terra 



cotta pipe $75 oo 



50 feet tongue and groove yellow pine for two 



doors, at $2.00 per 100 feet i oo 



Shed at north end of house to cover boiler 

 pit, 12 feet long, 8 feet wide, 8 feet high in 

 front, 6 feet at back, with one door and 



boiler pit, complete 40 oo 



loo pounds of white lead, at 5 cents per pound.... 5 oo 

 5 gallons of linseed oil, with drier, at 65 cents 



per gallon 3 25 



100 pounds of putty, at 3 cents per pound 3 oo 



Nails and hardware 4 oo 



30 boxes 10x15 glass, double thick, second 



quality, at $2. 25 per box 67 50 



8 boxes 14x16 glass for ventilators, at $2.75 



per box 22 oo 



Water pipes, including i inch main and ^ inch 



branches for spigots 12 oo 



Labor, including all carpenter work, painting, 



pipe fitting, setting boiler, etc 125 oo 



Freight, etc 50 oo 



Total #658 54 



In reference to labor, it may be said that it 

 is necessarily one of the most difficult things to 

 estimate. The house can be put up complete by 

 one man with a laborer as a helper in twenty- 

 five days or less. This would reduce the cost of 

 labor to less than one hundred dollars. The 

 amount estimated therefore is over rather than 

 under what the actual cost ought to be. 



The cost of the second type of house one 

 hundred by twenty- four feet is as follows : 



52 posts, 4x4 inches, 6 or 7 feet long, at 35 



cents each.... .. Si8 20 



