. Public works . or the workhouse andHopewell Hospital. The eiectirc jihint furnishes lightfor the workhouse and hospital and also for 212 seriesmagnetite arc lights for streets in the vicinity. Thelighting department of the city is paying for these lampsat the rate of $50 per lamp per year. •Altogether, the Health Department received for heatand light furnished last year $25, Burning cost $16, for payroll $4, for coal, and$1, for supplies, repairs, etc. Additional coal used inheating the workhouse and hospital (which are located1,500 feet from the cremator
. Public works . or the workhouse andHopewell Hospital. The eiectirc jihint furnishes lightfor the workhouse and hospital and also for 212 seriesmagnetite arc lights for streets in the vicinity. Thelighting department of the city is paying for these lampsat the rate of $50 per lamp per year. •Altogether, the Health Department received for heatand light furnished last year $25, Burning cost $16, for payroll $4, for coal, and$1, for supplies, repairs, etc. Additional coal used inheating the workhouse and hospital (which are located1,500 feet from the crematory) cost $3, TheHealth Department estimates interest on the crematoryplant at 4 per cent and depreciation at 3 per cent, which,on a cost of plant of $50,000, gives $3,500 for these twoitems. This gives a total cost of $29, for expensesin connection with burning garbage and extra coal forheating. Just how much heat is derived from the crematory forgenerating electricity does not seem to be calculable. tiuple; , \viiii;h aided .\t THii salem fire. 202 MUNICIPAL JOURNAL VuL. XXX\11, Nu. trom the figures given in the annual report, but thisshows that in producing 378,450 kilowatt hours, therewere consumed by the electric plant $3, worth ofcoal. Figuring in the office expenses, interest at 4 percent and depreciation at 3 per cent on the electric plant,it is calculated that the cost of generating the current cents per .Altogether, combining the expenses of both crematoryand electric light plants, and including interest and de-preciation, the department estimates the total cost dur-mg 1913 as $44, The revenue from heat furnishedby the crematory plant was $12,, and that _fromlight furnished by the lighting plant was $13, ; atotal revenue of $25, This leaves the net expenseof operation as $18, Charging this net expenseto the crematory gives a cost of $ per tank. Theoperating cost per tank with n
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