14 BULLETIN 583, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Paint: 
550 poundsi white lead ee 5.0 225 sce te I $37. 12 
1 barrel half and half oil...........-- Beers epee 2 ARs SR ae 34. 10 
30 pounds chrome yellow med. in oil...-.-.---.----------- 4, 20 
ROLL COST OE Palle 522: 2A Le OY Seen eek Oa Aree ae $75. 42 
Carpenter labor: 
iim esol /SHOp Tone nia is exes e serge cg tne ee a ere 59. 00 
TOE ACO LEITH ENTS SoseroO eeeeen eet em eens SR BS Seen ae ee ch Re aia ne ole 37. 45 
G75 davslat $2.00. p22 sh eh ne ey al ere ee ner ee 221. 25 
LONGER UE pant atater niet nip oh ete tn ERT AoE oY Re engi 6. 00 
Total cost of carpenter labor........--.------- rua eb bre ke tabas 319. 70 
Blacksmith and machinist labor: 
Addai cat BO Td geieth gto biteeses | Bienes hela iain Le Phar clef 12. 38 
BENGE TENTS aS UME a meso aan dan eee Reha cash Pte 13, 75 
AM GAYS Ot 2.205: occas ese ss oe NG ony US Neehed etee ne ois aber aes Dap 9. 00 
Total cost of blacksmith and machinist labor............---..-- 35. 13 
Painter labor: 
D2VGAVS Bb) PaLOO ace ere eile ya acs ee a nol eee ore erect mets cee 55. 00 
PMO AiG PAD eee rte Se eice casa erate ence ate iene ne eee 40. 00 
Totalicostiot paintenlabor--h2 past aie eeeee See aa eee 95. 00 
Total’ cost of buildings <5. stiest sates Set eh Aare eo at Fe noe 1, 598. 82 
The above is the cost of constructing the parts and units of the 
buildings. “The cost of assembling them and erecting the buildings 
at the camp site was as follows: 
86; -carpentersdaysiatig2 00 ber ese ae ence eetaasis vel ao ee ee $216. 25 
ZBiConVicl days Abul CONUS Is cme nce ee ie een ae sae cee el ee ee 21. 56 
237. 81 
If to these costs be added the cost of loading and hauling the sec- 
tions and parts from the county shops at the Bellwood Convict Bar- 
racks, where they were made, to the camp site, which was $76.87, 
the cost of the buildings erected may be summarized as follows: 
Costrolumaterialg es 2 est so cca neice ae aie coisa ere ie Seater tk $1, 148. 99 
Costioi labor(constniction or pants) meee see eee ee ee ee eee 449. 83 
CWostiolslordimevamG shah ese apts cae ene ey ee oie nee ee eine 76. 87 
Costror labor (erection) 2 2st She DOs er ee ee A a 237. 81 
Motalcostiof buildings erected =. 22522-2525 uae eee Cee eee 1, 913. 50 
Free labor was used in constructing and erecting because all con- 
victs were employed on other work from which they could not be 
spared. However, it is believed that the work could have been per- 
formed satisfactorily by selected convicts at a considerable saving. 
In view of the fact that the cost of the convict labor was only about 
77 cents per working day and the average wage paid to free labor 
was $2.40, it seems probable that the saving would have amounted 
to fully one-half the labor cost, or approximately $350, a reduction 
of about 18 per cent. 
