Engineering and Contracting . Fig. 5. Paddock Viaduct, Ft. Worth, Texas, Paved With Vitrified Block. every man worked. The prevailing price forwork of that kind at this time was $ perhour for men and $<\50 per hour for 700 to 800 blocks were hauled to a load,which meant a net load of over (!,000 lbs. Table I gives the actual pay-roll with la-bor costs of the finished work, with the ex-. Fig. 4. Typical Brick Laying Gang. waitmg to$87, of whand the reRrick wfew cars,eluded in t roll. The total cost of rolling wasich $17 was for repairs, $8 for fuelmaindcr for labor,as unloaded
Engineering and Contracting . Fig. 5. Paddock Viaduct, Ft. Worth, Texas, Paved With Vitrified Block. every man worked. The prevailing price forwork of that kind at this time was $ perhour for men and $<\50 per hour for 700 to 800 blocks were hauled to a load,which meant a net load of over (!,000 lbs. Table I gives the actual pay-roll with la-bor costs of the finished work, with the ex-. Fig. 4. Typical Brick Laying Gang. waitmg to$87, of whand the reRrick wfew cars,eluded in t roll. The total cost of rolling wasich $17 was for repairs, $8 for fuelmaindcr for labor,as unloaded by contract except aand therefore none of that is in-hc cost given below, The first con- ception of rolling as noted above. These costsflo not include any overhead expense, such assuperintendence, office, insurance, etc. Thegeneral item amounted to per cent of thetotal, and was apportioned to all the otheritems to get the total. it could average 35,000 blocks or 7l)l sq. 8 hours. This would mean an apparentcost of $ per square yard for placing cushion and laying blocks ready for theroller, against an actual cost given above of$< per square yard. The difference can beaccounted for in many ways. In the first placethere were very few days when conditionswere favorable for good wnrk and the gangcould not begin to make the run of 35,000 T.\ 1.—UNIT
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