166 CARGO TRANSFERENCE AT STEAMSHIP TERMINALS. 
Costs per Ton. 
WARES eA Clay tele sce ere s aiuun te Calegiacc al sec pay see ie $0. 10935 
Interest, maintenance; and amortization at 6 per 
cent. compounded, equal to 10 per cent. simple 
ANItEreSts! <).eoa See eee ee eaten iar mere .O1043 
Electric power ccc ae ace eee .O1050 
Total cost per ton loading, including tiering..... $o.13028 
Discharging 2,000 Tons in 9 Hours. 
5 conveyor men, 9 hours at 30 cents per hour...... $13.50 
10 hookmen, 9 hours at 30 cents per hour......... 27.00 
AIWINGHIMEM Ha ey one meee on On te eee aera Geese 5.40 
PAS WIt@hiinene AC) SLCie ete, REMIT ae | and Paar an eye 10.80 
70 holdmen, 14 at each discharging point........ 189.00 
Total wages discharging 2,000 tons............. $245.70 
Costs per Ton. 
Wiel ES AR re thee oro tee matte terres eee are tere $0.12285 
WMCERESEM CLO. soot sc cienebe ia eee ets eterno ote 01240 
I IEGLIIS POWER 4 meee ho ee tase ere cepa eater O1050 
Total cost per ton discharging including tiering 
and assorting. e204) Ae eee $0.14575 
These figures apply to freight transference at certain Atlantic port piers. 
The manual labor costs included the wages on the truckers, routers, 
checkers, holdmen, etc., but did not include those who received monthly 
salaries, such as the stevedores, superintendents, etc. 
If of the 2,000 tons of freight handled daily on one pier 50 per cent. or 
1,000 tons were distributed by manual labor, then on the 1,000 tons there 
would be a daily saving at the lowest manual labor costs and the highest 
mechanical costs of about 22 cents per ton or $66,000 annually. 
If the average charter value of each ship in the fleet be $330 per day 
then by the increased rapidity of loading and discharging there would be an 
additional saving in this case of $330 per day for each day. 
If the rental of a pier be $80,000 per annum and double the number of 
vessels can be loaded and discharged at this pier, then the expense per ton 
for rental would be reduced by one-half. 
