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per cent the first year. According to this assumption, which cer- 
tainly is sufficiently severe, the life of the buildings will be almost 
6 years; but to be still more conservative, the fraction has been 
dropped and the economic life has been taken at 5 years for all 
purposes of cost computation. 
COST OF QUARTERS ON ANNUAL BASIS. 
The total cost of all camp quarters up to July 10, the date of the 
first inventory, is given in Table 4. 
TABLE 4.—Total cost of all quarters at Fulton County, Ga., Experimental Convict Camp, 
from January 10 to July 10, 1916. 
Portable buildings erected..........-.--- Bea ic er BS eM eae ees RS ae ART $1, 913. 50 
Pry erica Dy 21 tect, walls'6 feet. ~ 2.285 Se eee 90. 84 
1 wall tent, 12 by 16 feet, walls 6 feet, with fly....-........2222.22.2.... 41. 25 
Miscellaneous fixtures, appliances, and additions............-......------ 193. 96 
oaibeast toulyhOest © Shot LS ee 228 oe See te 2, 239. 55 
In determining the per-capita per-day cost of the quarters it has 
been considered that the entire cost of erecting the quarters and 
loading and hauling them should be charged off in the period of 311 
days during which the camp occupied its first site, and a proportional 
amount has been allowed for the 183 days up to July 10. With this 
procedure in mind it is believed that the per-capita costs per day 
given in Table 5 will require no further explanation. 
~ TaBLE 5.—Cost of quarters per capita per calendar day for period January 10 to July 10, 
1916, Fulton County, Ga., Experimental Convict Camp. 
Depreciation of portable buildings at 20 per cent per year, original value 
SD, BUG ED sc 5a He OR aa IR aA oa NE i ied SITS IS 
Proportional cost of loading and hauling and erection=43} of 314.68........ 185. 17 
Depreciation of 12 by 16 foot tent and fly at 25 per cent per year, original 
value, $41.25.......... Se ON ae: Ree oo ees a fa ar i ae 5. 15 
Depreciation of two tents, each 12 by 21 feet, at 50 per cent per year, original 
wen, CHD A ee Eg ape en i eit alle cc nae ap ai Daal 
Interest on original investment of $2,045.90, at 6 per cent per year.......... 61. 38 
Depreciation of miscellaneous fixtures, appliances, and additions, estimated.. 12. 42 
Coxtzob quarters trom: Jan. 10 to July 100. 2252522 25-0. 3 446. 71 
Total number of convict calendar days from Jan. 10 to July 10, 1916........ 7,174 
Cost.of quarters per convict per calendar day.........-...--..:-.-------- $0. 0623 
THE WATER SUPPLY. 
The water supply at both sites was obtained from wells dug by 
the convicts. Both were dug through a micaceous clay soil for their 
entire depth. That at the first site was 51 feet deep by 64 feet in 
diameter and cost $39.90 to excavate. The second well was 494 feet 
deep by 7 feet in diameter and cost $43.31 for excavating, $76.46 
for a galvanized-iron casing 16 feet long, including the cost of hauling 
and placing, and $14.34 for a concrete curbing, or $134.11 in all. 
