CONVICT ROAD CAMP, FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA. 63 
: f HEARDS FERRY ROAD. 
Clearing and grubbing: Cost. Per cent. 
ener reTOme se uter EIEN A RD OL CRT $7. 70 8.3 
[Reamsr asses a. (Sas eae ee ea mo knoe aNriay: mrad 20. 71 22.0 
Materials tet ee Posen ee cee By es yk bla fay. po uie, opsah 2 20. 64 21.9 
POuIpMeNGes se se ee ee a Mg ee 1.27 1.4 
SCOUT irl Garg SY STONSY Sm NN at eae AN ag a AON 4.64 4.9 
O BVT LE ayaa Sake oh i at lh el ed dh 39.05 41.5 
LGR RE ECR Rn eer SEE ete) See en eae teas Op 94.01 100.0 
Area cleared and grubbed, 2 acres. 
Cost per acre, $47. 
Earth excavation (by road machine): 
SEDER VAGIOM) ents 3/1 Nop MEINE a EE A beara a er 7.24 6.8 
INEST ye ty nee ee eRe ae pn MEE ee een Sg See) Sonya on 42.02 39.8 
| DiS Ui ONea Ts 0178 Se eae ie Aes ane en oer ene aM Pr GHEE Bi a 12.99 12.3 
ReGTECT A OMEMSE Hise oes. Weel thats alg tt Nec Mra Be ar pea SS 3 5. 92 5.6 
SON CUM BOUL ceases Seine ee ee eo sie ta oiaicrs eee are ea 37. 49 35.5 
PRG tillers Seep apt At Le NE cae aa ee 105. 66 100.0 
Quantity of excavation, 1,667 cubic yards. 
Cost per cubic yard, 64 cents. 
RECAPITULATION. 
Cost of Heard’s Ferry Road work. 
Ae AMI ATR S TAU OWING sae. ter ale elas ajccin os RS ee ace cteiaiale ele me ie $94. 01 
| ESIGR HO, GBC IOT SS panel hehe epee PIR ENS Oe Ren eC 105. 66 
BIN fell pre orreeseren oes LIC px Beene Rear on ani ae pts nate aeRO anh 199. 67 
In these tables the item ‘‘general expense” includes the wages and 
board of foremen on Sundays and holidays, the wages and board of 
the blacksmith, and the wages and board of the free driver when he 
was employed on work of a general nature. 
The total amount of this expense was $632.02, made up as follows: 
GENERAL EXPENSE. 
“SOPGSTPISTIOTD Ph i ale ae an Det ie ata TT I eo $279.35 ~ 
183k) Kegsymrai ahah Glo Reg le IT 1A aU i NR EC Sa ea 333. 66 
Tey aeyey. GURNEE eS Et SG GRIN A Se AN SUS BUENO ap SPD ete ce 19.01 
BTN Cote et pepsin epee) en peti cYaeeL ure t ae t | Py iAIe mH) Siren ene eet eC. 632. 02 
As the only saving which can be made by the use of convictlabor 
must be derived from the labor itself, it follows that the kind of work 
best adapted to the employment of convicts is that in which the labor 
cost forms the largest part of the whole cost. To indicate the differ- 
ences between the various kinds of work performed by the experi- 
mental convicts, the column headed “per cent’”’ has been added to 
the cost tables, and the diagrams shown in Plates VIII and IX have 
been prepared. They indicate very clearly that, of the various kinds 
of work performed, clearing and grubbing and excavation are best 
adapted to the employment of prisoners, and that such work as cul- 
