The Colorado Experiment Station. 
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Cost of Concrete Silos Built in 1912 
Data collected and compiled by W. A. Barr. 
Names and Addresses 
Dimen- 
Capac- 
Cost of 
Cost of 
Cost of 
Cost per 
of Builders 
sions 
ity 
Forms 
Materials 
Labor 
Total Cost 
ton Capacity 
Matt Wencel, Lyons . 
16x38 
131 
$ 25.20 
$157.60 
$120.00 
$ 
302.80 
$2.31 
W. E. Day, Masters. 
16x30 
119 
* 
300.00 
2.52 
Tracey Decker, Fort Lupton. 
12 x20 
46 
§ 
120.00 
2.60 
A. S. McKinney, Fort Lupton. 
12x30 
70 
§ 
180.00 
2.57 
E. A. Bromley, Brighton.... 
16x40 
180 
* 
367.50 
2.04 
Wm. Schneider, Brighton.... 
16x40 
180 
* 
367.50 
2.04 
Wheeler Kelsey, Fort Lupton. 
16x40 
180 
* 
410.00 
2.28 
Harry Ewing, Foit Lupton. . . 
16x40 
180 
* 
410.00 
2.28 
Henry Lowell, Castle Rock. . . 
18x36 
196 
168.40 
90.00 
258.40 
1.31 
W. A. Dickens, Longmont... 
2 16x39 
174 
20.00 
225.00 
150.00 
395.00 
2.15 
J. R. Nichols, Fosston. 
14x30 
92 
20.00 
136.00 
80.00 
236.00 
2.56 
J. E. Church, Denver. 
2 20x42 
600 
85.00 
700.50 
481.00 
1,266.50 
2.11 
J. W. Purvis, Berthoud. 
12i/ 2 x37 
97 
7.50 
179.40 
173.15 
360.05 
3.71 
Adolph Kunze, Elbert. 
14x31 
96 
23.90 
158.90 
112.50 
295.30 
3.07 
W. M. Sullivan, Fort Collins. 
12y 2 x35 
85 
10.00 
95.65 
123.50 
229.15 
2.69 
Thos. Christensen, Castle Rock 
2 14x34 
218 
15.00 
293.00 
190.00 
498.00 
2.30 
J. H. Kennedy, Johnstown... 
12i/ 2 x36 
94 
10.00 
130.95 
125.00 
264.95 
2.82 
J. W. Whowell, Johnstown... 
16x35 
150 
20.00 
163.10 
120.00 
303.10 
2.15 
W. A. Purvis, Johnstown. 
16x35 
150 
20.00 
161.00 
90.00 
312.00 
2.08 
Jake Spohr, Johnstown. 
12x34 
80 
7.50 
160.00 
94.00 
261.50 
3.28 
Worth Abbey, Franktown.... 
14x36 
118 
10.00 
147.00 
103.00 
237.50 
2.12 
A. F. Reynolds, Elizabeth... 
14x36 
118 
10.00 
151.00 
99.00 
237. 
2.12 
B. F. Williams, Fort Collins. 
12i/ 2 x36 
94 
12.00 
125.72 
82.00 
207.72 
2.20 
Joe Hammerly, Fort Collins. . 
12i/ 2 x29 
68 
15.00 
118.00 
85.00 
203.00 
3.98 
C. L. Vollmar, Platteville. . . . 
2 14x36 
236 
* * 
796.40 
3.22 
H. D. Parker, Greeley. 
2 14x36 
J36 
* * 
805.50 
3.49 
Charles R. Adams, Greeley. . . 
14x36 
118 
* * 
400.80 
3.59 
S. M. Wilson, Greeley. 
14x36 
118 
* * 
400.00 
3.61 
W. R. McClellan, Greeley . . . . 
14x36 
118 
* He 
405.00 
3.43 
Fred Hart, Denver. 
3 18x42 
700 
1,116.70 
1.74 
George Evans, Boulder. 
16x38 
167 
15.00 
152.00 
193.00 
360.00 
2.15 
Erdman Bros., Holyoke .... 
14x32 
100 
• • • • 
Allen Tedma.n, Fowler. . . . 
10x30 
48 
A. L. Johns, Larkspur. 
$15x35 
90 
42.00 
80.00 
122.00 
1.35 
B. D. Godfrey, LaSalle. 
16x32 
131 
22.50 
150.00 
100.00 
272.50 
2.08 
Alex Chapman, LaSalle. 
16x34 
143 
22.50 
165.00 
144.00 
331.50 
2.32 
A. E. Abbey, Franktown. 
15x36 
136 
...... 
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.... 
$ Pit silo. 
§ No roof nor chute contract. 
Thirty-nine silos. Average cost per ton capacity for season, $2.48. 
Omit the last silo in determining cost per ton capacity. (Pit silo.) 
* Complete contract. 
** Contract by Bell. 
Hollow-Wall Concrete Silo .—Owing to the fact that freezing 
is not very serious with silos in Colorado, few if any hollow or 
double-wall concrete silos are built. The greater cost and more 
difficult construction than of solid walls are no doubt the chief 
causes of so few being built. Where severe freezing occurs they 
should prove very satisfactory. 
Cement Plastered Silo .—Those who have built this type of 
