138 BULLETIN 414, U. S. DEPAETMEKT OF AGEICULTURE. 



The cost of these buildings complete, including painting, is approxi- 

 mately 6 cents per cubic foot. For all the purposes of a camp of 40 

 convicts 10 of the 18-foot units are required, as follows: 



For sleeping quarters of convicts 3 



For kitchen and mess ^ 3 



For storehouse 1 



For bathhouse 1 



For office and superintendent's quarters 1 



For quarters for foremen and guards 1 



Total 10 



With lumber at $20 per thousand, carpenters' labor at $2.50 per 

 day of 10 hours, foreman's wages at $4 per day of 10 hours, and prices 

 of hardware and miscellaneous supplies as in Fulton County, Ga., the 

 cost of the complete equipment of 10 sections will be approximately 

 $1,900, itemized as follows: 



Lumber, 27,800 board feet, at $20 per M $556 



Hardware '. . . 397 



Sashes, screens, and roofing 284 



Carpenter, blacksmith, and machinist labor 400 



Paint and painters' labor 263 



Total cost .- 1, 900 



The cubic contents of the 10 buildings are 32,400 cubic feet. There- 

 fore the principal items of cost per cubic foot are: 



Lumber $0. 017 



Hardware 012 



Sashes, screens, and roofing 009 



Carpenter, blacksmith, and machinist labor 012 



Paint and painters' labor 008 



Total cost per cubic foot 058 



It is estimated that the economic life of these buildings will be not 

 less than five years, and upon this basis, with interest at 6 per cent 

 per annum, it may be determined that their cost will not exceed 3.4 

 cents per convict per calendar day. 



Complete plans and specifications for all-metal portable buildings 

 and for buildings with metallic frames and canvas roof and sides are 

 contained in a joint bulletin of the North Carolina State Board of 

 Health and State Highway Commission.^ 



1 Joint Bui. No. 57, N. C. State Board of Health and State Highway Com.: "The Sanitary and Hygienic 

 Care of Prisoners." 



