The cost of supplies and tools was as follows:
| 1,000 ft. B. M. 2×12 boards charged off | $ 9.25 |
| 500 ft. B. M. 2×6 boards charged off | 4.12 |
| 1,000 ft. B. M. 1×10 boards charged off | 14.25 |
| ½-in. basswood | 4.30 |
| ½ keg 3-in. nails | 1.42 |
| ½ keg 4-in. nails | 1.43 |
| Pickets | 3.25 |
| Tools charged off | 3.15 |
| ——— | |
| Total | $41.17 |
This total, when divided by 1,326 lin. ft. of curb, gives the cost per lineal foot as about 3 cts. We can now summarize as follows:
| Item. | Total. | Per lin. ft. | P. C. of total. |
| Labor | $304.33 | 23 | 43 |
| Material | 367.56 | 28 | 51 |
| Supplies | 41.17 | 3 | 6 |
| ——— | —— | — | |
| Total | $713.06 | $0.54 | 100 |
As indicated above, on more extensive work the costs of carting, watchman, cleaning up, and extras would be avoided. They cost on this work 5 cts. and the work could therefore be done for 49 cts. if no such charges were included. On such work also the charge for supplies would be lower per foot and on any future work the labor cost could be materially lowered, this curb having been somewhat of an experiment as to method of construction. It is thought that with no charges for carting, cleaning, watchman, and extras, and with the experience obtained, this curb could be built for about 46 cts. The proportions adopted and the method of construction followed, produce a very strong, dense, homogeneous curb and gutter.
Fig. 125.—Concrete Curb and Gutter at Champaign, Ill.
Cost at Champaign, Ill.—The following costs were recorded by Mr. Charles Apple, and relate to work done at Champaign, Ill., in 1903. The work was done by contract, at 45 cts. per lin. ft. of the curb and gutter shown in Fig. 125.
The concrete curb and gutter was built in a trench as shown in the cut. The earth was removed from this trench with pick and shovel at a rate of 1 cu. yd. per man per hour. The concrete work was built in alternate sections, 7 ft. in length. A continuous line of planks was set on edge to form the front and back of the concrete curb and gutter; and wood partitions staked into place, were used. The cost of the work was as follows: