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LIBRARY 

OF   T^JE 

UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 


TABLES 


FOB 


u      (J 


OF  THE 


PROVIDENCE    PATTERN,"    ETC. 


BY 

EDMUND  B.  WESTOX, 


M.   A.M.  SOC.  C.  E  ;   M.  INST.  C.   E.;    ENGINEER  IN    CHARGE    OF   WATER    DEPARTMENT,   CITY    ENGINEERS 
OFFICE,  PROVIDENCE,  R.  I. 


SECOND  EDITION. 


REHRINTED  FROM  ENGINEERING  NEWS,  JUNE  21  AND  28,   1890. 


NEW   YORK: 
ENGINEERING  NEWS  PUBLISHING  CO., 

1896. 


TABLES 


FOR 


THE  "V 

UNIVERSITY 


IDENCE    PATTERN,"    ETC. 


BY 

EDMUND  B.  WESTON, 

M.  AM.  80C.  C.  E.J  ASSOC.  M.  INST.  C.   E.:   ENGINEER  IN  CHARGE  OF  WATER  DEPARTMENT, 
CITY  ENGINEER'S  OFFICE,  PROVIDENCE,  R.  I. 


MISCELLANEOUS  DATA  RELATING  TO   LAYING  WATER  PIPE,  ETC.,  NOT  IN- 
CLUDING THE  COST  OF  THE  PlPE. 

Ordinary  labor  was  considered  at  $1.50  per  day. 

Short  lengths. — Total  cost  of  laying  6-in.  pipe  per  lin.  ft.  from  15  to  50 
ft.,  including  excavating  and  back-filling  for  the  same;  in  easy  digging,  $0.34; 
in  medium  digging,  $0.45. 

Extra  Excavation. — In  easy  digging,  $0.20  percu.  yd. 

Rock. — Average  cost  of  blasting  rock  per  cu.  yd.,  $2.00 
Maximum     "          •'          "          "         "        3.00 

Bridges. — Cost  of  crossing  bridges,  laying  pipe,  boxing,  etc.,  12  in.,  $1.50 
per.  lin.  ft.;  cost  of  crossing  bridges,  laying  pipe,  boxing,  etc. ,  Sin.  $1.32 
per  lin.  ft. 

Kail  roads. — Cost  per  lin.  ft.  of  laying  374  ft.  of  16-in.  pipe  that  passed 
under  two  railroad  tracks  $0.50. 

Work  of  one  man. — The  average  proportion  of  work  that  an  ordinary 
laborer  will  perform  in  one  day,  at  excavating,  refilling  and  laying  pipe  (not 
including  calking,  etc.),  is  as  follows: 

inch 


In  easy  digging    21     lineal     feet     of     6 

"  medium  ' 

17.2 

M 

*    •* 

"  hard 

10.3 

«« 

«    ,t 

"  easy 
"  medium  ' 

19.3 
13.4 

« 

•      8 
'     12 

"  easy 
"  medium  ' 

9.0 
4.4 

7, 

'     20 

'    24 

Average  cost  of  excavation  for  a  24-io.  pipe.— The  average 
cost  of  excavating  and  back-filling  in  medium  digging,  for  a  line  of  21-in. 
pipe  19,416  ft.  long  (the  average  depth  of  the  trench  being  6.60  ft.  in  depth), 
with  ordinary  labor  at  $1.50  per  day,  was  $0.32  per  cu.  yd. 


TABLE  NO.  1. 

WEIGHT  OF  WATER  PIPES,  OF  THE  "PROVIDENCE  PATTERN.1 

Length,  12ft.  over  all. 


Nominal 
diameter 
in  ins. 

Class. 

Fhick- 
ness  of 
shell  in 
ins. 

Length 
that  pipe  ( 
will  lay. 

Depth 
>f    bell 
in  ins. 

Weight  in  pounds  . 

Standard 
veight  in  ' 
Ibs. 

Greatest 
jro  posed 
head 
in  ft. 

ser    run-'  i 
ning  ft. 

>er    run-  ^ 
ning  ft. 

as  laid. 

of  shell. 

/          ti 

13-32 

11.83 

2.00 

19.61 

18.11             232 

60 

j 

7-i6 

• 

20.88 

19.37             247 

100 

b' 

7-16 

" 

20.88 

19.37             247 

140 

4      < 

1532 

»» 

« 

22.06 

20.61             261 

180 

1 

£ 

15-32 

•< 

' 

22.06 

20.61             281 

220 

^ 

D 

15-32 

" 

4 

22.06 

2061             261 

260 

ft 

7  16 

11.83 

2.00 

30.25 

28.25    i         358 

60 

f 

15-32 

32.11 

30.12             380 

100 

i 

t 

" 

•  ' 

33.98 

31.99 

402 

140 

b      •< 

B 

17-32 

,, 

44 

33.98 
35.75 

31.99 
33.81 

402 
423 

180 
220 

I 

D 

l,-32 

'• 

44 

35.75 

33.81 

423 

2dO 

ft 

15-32 

11.82 

2.15 

42.64 

39.93 

504 

60 

J 

45.09 

42.43 

533 

100 

^ 

17-32 

•• 

»> 

47.63 

44.92 

563 

140 

8     -< 

TJ 

9  18 

t. 

.« 

49.92 

47.39 

590 

180 

^, 

19  32 

»» 

<• 

52.53 

49.84 

621 

220 

1 

£> 

1332 

" 

44 

52.53            49.84 

621 

260 

/         ft 

y 

11.81 

2  27 

56.13 

52.58 

663 

60 

i          5 

17-32 

59.27 

55.70 

700 

100 

1          b 

9  16 

«. 

«» 

62.31 

58.80 

736 

140 

10     •<           « 

.   W-62 

(• 

4» 

65.37 

61.89 

»  772 

180 

i 

(/ 

<> 

" 

68.50 

61.95 

809 

220 

D 

2132 

•« 

'4 

71.54 

68.00 

845 

260 

/                    ft 

17-32 

11.83 

2.40 

71.19 

66.81 

840 

60 

( 

A 

9-16 

" 

75.00 

70.57 

885 

100 

»< 

«« 

82.37 

78.02 

972 

140 

12 

12 

21-3:' 

«* 

83.10 

81.72 

1,016 

180 

1 

c 

11-16 

it 

89  75 

85.40 

1,059 

220 

I, 

D 

" 

93.47 

89.06 

1,103 

230 

a 

19-32 

11.78 

2.70 

105.31 

93.77 

1.240 

60 

A 

21-3^ 

115.28 

108.76 

1,358 

10) 

11-16 

a 

'<• 

120.34 

113.73 

1,417             140 

16      •< 

B 

M 

•  ' 

«• 

130.14 

123.61 

1,533            180 

C 

13  16 

0 

.. 

139.96 

133.41 

1.648            220 

! 

D 

27-3J 

44 

" 

114.88 

138.28 

1,706            260 

' 

ft 

2132 

11.75 

2.95 

145.14 

135.  80 

1,706             60 

f 

A 

2332 

157.62 

148.29 

1,852            100 

b 

25-32 

• 

169.98 

160.70 

1,998            140 

20      •< 

B 

27-32                '4 

• 

182.38 

173.05 

2,143            180 

I 

" 

' 

194.99 

185.30 

2,292            220 

v 

D             31-32 

44 

4       I      207.24 

197.49 

2,436            280 

a              2332 

11.73 

3.20 

190.83 

177.91 

2,239              60 

f 

A 

13.18 

213.30 

2J0.36 

2.502 

100 

I 

b 

" 

•  ' 

228.16 

215.24 

2,677 

140 

24      •< 

B 

151ri 

»' 

«» 

242.97 

230.03 

2,850 

180 

i 

C         \    1  1-32 

" 

" 

266.UO 

252.09 

3,121 

220 

I 

D 

1  3-32 

44 

44 

280.66 

268.70 

3,233 

260 

a 

13-16 

11.70 

3.63 

269.66 

250.33 

3,155 

60 

A 

29-32 

297.78 

278.38 

3,484 

100 

1 

1 

« 

•  < 

325.56 

306.i'5 

3,809 

140 

30      1 

B 

1  1-16 

ii 

" 

344.10 

324.74 

4,026 

180 

1 

C 

1  3-16 

*» 

" 

382.56 

361.48 

4,476 

220 

v 

D 

1  9-32 

•« 

11 

409.91 

388.83 

4,798 

260 

ft 

y 

11.67 

4.00 

351.41 

323.93 

4,101 

60 

1 

A 

1 

396.49 

368.98 

4,627 

100 

1U 

»4 

«* 

441.13 

413.7^ 

5,148 

140 

36      -( 

B 

18 

*» 

" 

485.60 

458.15 

5,687 

180 

1 

C 

1  11-32 

" 

•  ' 

522.07 

491.27 

6,091 

220 

I 

D 

1  15-32 

" 

14 

566.04 

535.17 

6,604 

260 

ft 

1  5  32 

11.54 

5;50 

632.06 

569.93 

7,295 

60 

i 

A 

1  5  16 

707.09 

644.91 

8.161 

100 

b 

1  15-32 

»> 

«' 

781.60 

719.42 

9,0-21 

140 

48      •< 

B 

" 

'« 

855.68 

793.49 

9,876 

180 

C 

1  25-32 

•  « 

" 

939.20 

867.00 

10,840 

220 

D 

1  15-16 

" 

1.012.33 

940.10 

11,684            260 

The  thickness  of  the  cast-iron  pipes  given  in  this  table  were  calculated  by 
the  following  formulas: 

For  diameters  greater  than  36  ins.,  t  =  .00003  II  D  +  .0125  D  +  .33;  for  di- 
ameters of  36  ins.  and  less,  t =.03003  H  D  +  .01  D  +  .30;  t  =  thickness  in  decimals 
of  an  inch;  D  =  diameter  in  inches;  H  =  head  in  feet. 


TABLE  No.  2. 

ESTIMATED  AVERAGE  CO  IT  PER  LINEAL  FOOT  OF  LAYING  CLASSES  A  AND  B,  OF 
CAST-IRON  WATER  PIPE  OF  THE  "PROVIDENCE  PATTERN,"  AND  EXCAVATING 
AND  BACK-FILLING  FOR  THE  SAME,  IN  MEDIUM  DIGGING,  WHEN  THE  MARKET  VALUE 
OF  THE  PIPE,  IS  AT  DIFFERENT  RATE3  PER  TON.  GATES  AND  "  SPECIALS  "  ARE 
INCLUDED,  BUT  NOT  HYDRANTS. 


Cost  per 
Ton, 
and. 

DIAMETER 

OF  PIPE  IN  INCHES. 

Cost  per 
Ton, 
and 

Class. 

4 

6 

8 

10         12 

18 

20 

24 

30 

36 

48 

Class. 

A.  .. 

0.425 

0.610 

0.783    1.008    1.245 

1.8)9 

2.604 

3.502 

4.919 

6.360'  11.0071  ..A. 

_ 

$2d^ 

B.     . 

0.410 

0.635 

0.848    1.079    1.377 

2.076    2.902    3.855 

5.500 

7.396    12.735,  .  B. 

$Jo 

of  /  A.  .  . 

0.437    0  627 

0.812    1.038    1.283 

1.957 

2.684   3  608 

5.096 

6.547 

11.341  ..A. 

26  \ 

B.  .. 

0.452    0.653 

0.873    1.112      .420 

2.142 

2.993 

3.975 

5.670 

7.625 

13.138 

..B. 

'•O 

'A. 

0  448    0.614 

0.835    1.068      .320 

2.015 

2.763 

3.714 

5.243 

6.734 

11.675 

..A. 

01 

27  IB::: 

0.163    0.671 

0.898    1.145      .463 

2.207 

3.085 

4.095|  5.839 

7.854 

13.541 

.  B. 

27 

'A. 

0  459    0.631 

0.853    1.098      .353 

2.074 

2.843 

3.819    5.391 

6.921 

12.009 

..A. 

OP 

28  j 

B* 

0.475    0.689 

0.923,  1.178      .506 

2.272 

3.176 

4.245    6.009 

8.082    13.944 

..B. 

to 

A. 

0.470i  0.673 

0.88)    1.128      .396 

2.132 

2.923 

3.925J  5.538 

7.HJ9    12.343 

..A. 

.1(1 

29- 

j}' 

0.436    0.707 

0.918 

1.211      .550 

2.338 

3.268 

4.334    6.178 

8.311 

14.347 

..B. 

JQf 

A.  :: 

0  481 

0.535 

0.905 

1.153      .434 

2.190 

3.002 

4.030 

5.686 

7  296 

12.677 

.  A. 

Oft 

30 

B. 

0.493 

0.725- 

0  973 

1.214      -593 

2.403 

3  359 

4.454 

6.348 

8.540 

14.750 

.  B. 

30 

A.  .. 

0.492 

0.742 

0.926 

1.188      .472 

2.248 

3.082 

4.136 

5.833 

7  483 

13.011 

..A. 

31 

B.  .. 

0.513    0.743 

0.938 

1.276      .653 

2.468 

3.451 

4.574 

6.517 

8.768 

15.154 

..B. 

31 

A... 

0.5331  0.729 

0.943 

1.213      .510 

2.307 

3.162 

4  241 

5.980 

7.671    13.345 

..A. 

oo 

32 

B.  .. 

0.521    0.761 

1.023 

1.309      .679 

2.534 

3.542 

4.693 

6.686 

8.997    15.557 

..B. 

61 

A... 

0.514 

0.748 

0.971 

1.243      .548 

2.365 

3  2tl 

4.347 

6.128 

7  858    13.679 

.A. 

oo 

33 

B.  .. 

0.535 

0.779 

4.043 

1.1342'      .722 

2.599 

3.634 

4.813 

6.856 

9.226    15.S60 

.  B. 

66 

A.  .. 

0.525 

0.762 

0.934 

1.273      .536 

2.423 

3.321 

4  453    6.275 

8.045    14.013 

.A. 

'.»  i 

31^ 

0.544 

0.797 

1  073 

1.375       765 

2  664 

3  726 

4.933    7.025 

9.454    I«.c63 

..B. 

o4 

A.  :  . 

0.553 

0.77) 

1.017 

1.308      .621 

2.481 

3  400 

4.558 

6  423 

8  232!  14.347 

O" 

35 

B.  .. 

0.538 

0  815 

1.093 

1.408      .809 

2.730 

3.817 

5.052 

7.1  5 

9.683    16  766 

'.'.B! 

OJ 

op 

A. 

0.547 

0.793 

1.039    1.338!     .662 

2.540 

3.480 

4  664 

6.570 

8.4*0    14.681 

.  A. 

Of! 

36 

B.  .. 

0.5)3 

0  835 

1.124;  1.440      .852 

2.795 

3.909 

5.172 

7  364 

9.9,-2    17.169 

..B. 

BO 

OT 

A.  .. 

0.553 

0.813 

1.032 

1.383      .699 

2  598 

3.560 

4.769 

6  717 

8.607 

15  015 

.A. 

O>7 

37 

B.    . 

0.579 

0.851 

1.14.) 

1.473       895 

2.860 

4.000 

5.292 

7.534 

10.141 

17.572 

B. 

61 

A.  .. 

0.570   0.83) 

1.085 

1.3)81     .737    2.653 

3.639 

4.875 

6-865 

8  794 

15.349 

..A. 

no 

o3 

B.  .. 

0.591 

0  8ii) 

1.1711  1.503 

.933 

2.926 

4.092 

5  412 

7.703 

10.369 

17.S75  ..B. 

OO 

A... 

0.581 

0.847 

1  133    1.427 

.775 

2  714 

3.719 

4.981 

7.012 

8.981    15.083 

A. 

on 

o3 

B.  .. 

0.602 

0.857 

1.199 

1.533 

1.931 

2.991 

4.183 

5.53L 

7.873 

10.5981  18.o79 

..B. 

3v 

A... 

1.582 

0.861 

1.13) 

1.457 

1.813J  2.773 

3.798 

5.086 

7  160 

9.169    16.017 

..A. 

40 

4J 

B.  .. 

0.644 

0.935 

1.224 

1.572 

2.025 

3.056 

4.275 

5.651 

8.042 

10.8271  18.782 

..B. 

4U 

11 

A... 

0.605 

0.831 

1.155 

1.487 

1.851 

2.831 

3.878 

5.192 

7.307 

9.3561  16.351 

..A. 

41 

41 

1  B. 

0.625 

0.923 

1.249 

1.605 

2.068 

3.122 

4.366 

5  771 

8.211 

11.055    19.185 

..B. 

4  L 

19  J 

fA... 

0.614 

0  893 

4.173 

1.547 

1.839 

2.839 

3.958 

5.297 

7.454 

9.543    16  685 

..A. 

19 

42 

B.  .. 

0.657 

0.941 

1.271 

1.637 

2.111 

3.187 

.458 

5.890    8.1:81 

11.284 

19  588 

..B. 

4- 

10  (  A.  .  . 

0.62. 

0.915!  1.193 

1.547 

1.927 

2.947 

.037 

5403    7.  '02 

9.731 

17  (19 

..A. 

._ 

43 

L  B.  .  . 

0.649 

0  959 

1.293 

1.670 

2.14 

3.252 

.549 

6.010    8.550 

11  513 

19.S91 

..B. 

4o 

,  t 

A.    . 

0.636 

0.932 

1.965 

3.003 

.117 

5.503J   7.749 

9.918 

17.353 

.  A. 

11 

44 

B, 

0.630!  0.977 

024 

l'.7d3 

2.197 

3.318 

.641 

6.130    8.72011.741 

20.S94 

..B. 

44 

0.647 

0.949 

1.244 

1.637 

2.003 

3.064 

.137 

5.614    7.896 

10.105 

17.687 

..A. 

A  £ 

45 

B* 

0.872 

0.995 

1.349 

1.733 

2.241 

3.383 

.732 

6  249 

8.88911-870 

20  797 

.  B. 

40 

j/» 

f  A'.  '  : 

0.658 

0.933 

1  237 

1.657 

2.010 

3  122 

4.276 

5  720 

8  044 

10  292 

18  021 

..A. 

46 

IB. 

0  684|  1.013 

1.374 

1.769 

2.234 

3  448 

4.824 

6  369    9  059 

12  199 

'/1.  2(10 

..B. 

46 

A. 

0.639    0.983 

1.637 

2.078 

3  180 

4.356 

5  82*    8  191 

10  480 

18  355 

..A 

Art 

47 

IB.  .. 

0.695 

1.031 

1  393 

1.8)2 

2.327 

3  514 

4.915 

6  489    9.228  12  428 

21  604 

..B. 

4/ 

gm 

A.  .. 

0.63)    1.0  0 

1.312 

1.697 

2  116 

3.  39 

4  435 

5  931    8  339 

10  667 

I860,     A. 

48 

48 

B. 

0.707 

1  0'<9 

1.424 

1.834 

2.370 

3.579 

5  007 

(>  609    9.398 

12  656 

22  007 

..B. 

4o 

A... 

0  691    1.017 

1  1.335 

1.727 

2.154 

3.297 

4.515 

6  036  i  8  486 

10  854 

19  024 

4Q 

49 

B.    . 

0  718!  1  057 

1.449 

1.867 

2.413 

3.644 

5  0)8 

6  7281  9  567 

12.885 

22  410  ..B. 

±v 

dri 

A... 

0  702    1.034 

1  358    1.757 

2.192 

3.355 

4  595 

6  142!  8  65311  041 

19  358   .  A. 

CA 

OU 

B.  .. 

0.730 

1.085 

1.475    1.90J 

2  456 

3  710 

5  DC 

G  843    9  737 

13  114 

22  813 

.  B. 

on 

The  thickness  of  the  Class  A  pipe  was  based  upon  a  static  pressure  of 
10(>  ft.,  and  the  Class  B  pipe  upon  a  static  pressure  of  180  ft. 

The  figures  include  the  cost  of  pipe,  gates  an  I  "  specials,"  the  cost  of  cart- 
ing, laying  and  setting,  and  excavating  and  back-filling  for  the  same,  and  all 
other  expenses  generally  incurred  in  ordinary  water  pipe  laying,  with  the 
exception  of  the  cost  of  hydrants. 

The  cost  of  "specials"  was  based  upon  $0.025  per  pound,  with  pipe  at 
$30  per  ton,  the  cost  of  air-cocks  (used  only  with  pipes  having  a  diameter 
larger  than  20  in.),  at  $10  each,  and  the  cost  of  the  gates  the  same  as  given  in 
Table  No.  3. 

Ordinary  labor  was  considered  at  $1.50  per  day. 

Depth  of  Pipe.— The  depth  of  the  axis  of  the  pipe  below  the  surf  ace  of 
the  ground  has  been  considered  in  all  cases  as  4.67  ft. 


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TABLE  NO.  4. 

WEIGHT  AND  COST  OF  SPECIAL  CASTINGS,   ETC. 

To  be  used  in  connection  with  Table  No  3  when  greater  accuracy  with  regard  to 
•"  specials  "  is  required. 


Nature  of 
"  special" 
Xin  inches). 

Length  that 
"  special" 
will  lay. 

Weight 
in 
pounds. 

Cost     at 
$  .03  per 
pound. 

Nature    of 
"special" 
;(in  inches). 

Length  that 
"special" 
will  lay. 

Weight 
in 
pounds. 

Cost  at 
$.03  per 
pound. 

Branches. 

Feet. 

$ 

Reducers. 

Feet. 

$ 

6X    4 
6X6 
6  X    6  X    6 
6X8 
6  X    6  X    8 
8  X    4 
8X6 

3  x  e 

8X8X8 
8X8X6 
8X6X6 
10  X    6 
10  X    6  X    6 
10  X    8  X    6 
10  X    8 
10  X    8  X    8 
12  X    6 
12  X    6  X    6 
12  X    8  X    6 
12  X    8 
12  X    8  X    8 
12  X  10 
12  X  12 
16  X    6 
16  X    6  X    G 
16  X    8  X    6 
16  X    8 
16  X    8  X    8 
16  X  10 
16  X  12 
16  X  12  X  12 
16  X  16 
20  X    6 
20  X    6  X    6 
20  X    8 
20  X    8  X    6 
20  y  10 
.20  X  10  X    8 
20  X  12 
20  X  16 
24  X    6 
24  X    6  X    6 
24  X   8 
24  X    8  X    8 
24  X  10 
24  X  12 
24  X  16 
24  X24 
30  X    6 
SOX    8 
30X    8  X    6 
-30  X    8  X    8 
30  x  10 
30  X  12 
30  X  12  X    8 
30  X  16 
30  X  20 
30X24 
30  X  24  X  12 
30X30 

Blow  offs.. 

3.22 
3.22 
3  22 
3.22 
3  22 
3.20 
3.20 
3.o6 
3  20 
3.20 
3.20 
3  36 
3.36 
3.36 
3.36 
3.36 
3.22 
3.22 
3.22 
3.^2 
3.22 
3.39 
3.22 
3.03 
3.03 
3.03 
3.20 
3.20 
3.20 
3.20 
3.20 
3.20 
'.  .84 
.84 
.84 
.84 
.84 
.84 
.84 
.84 
.53 
.53 
.53 
.53 
.53 
'    .53 
.53 
.53 
5.04 
5.04 
5.04 
5.04 
5.04 
5.04 
5.04 
5.04 
5.04 
5.04 
5.04 
5.04 

190 
190 
235 
218 
265 
239 
243 
287 
362 
315 
234 
353 
360 
426 
356 
446 
394 
469 
581 
428 
481 
535 
453 
5»8 
660 
661 
641 
733 
638 
627 
800 
84o 
1123 
1202 
1183  • 
1190 
1112 
1250 
1233 
1383 
1082 
1453 
1345 
1540 
1463 
1408 
1537 
1656 
1955 
1980 
2150 
2145 
2078 
2048 
2210 
2290 
2288 
2560 
2695 
2478 

5.70 
5.70 
7.05 
6.54 
7.95 
7  17 
7.29 
8.61 
10.86 
9.45 
8.52 
10.59 
10.80 
12.78 
10.68 
13.38 
11.82 
14.07 
17.43 
12.84 
14.43 
16.05 
13.59 
17.64 
19.80 
19.83 
19.23 
21.99 
19  14 
18.31 
24.00 
23.35 
33.69 
36.06 
35.49 
35.70 
33.36 
37.50 
36.99 
41.49 
32.46 
43.59 
40.35 
46.20 
43.89 
42.24 
46.11 
49.68 
53.65 
59.40 
64.50 
64.35 
62.34 
61.44 
66  30 
68.70 
68.64 
71.80 
80  85 
74.34 

6  to   4 
8  to  6 
10  to  8 
12  to  8 
16  to  12 
20  to  16 
24  to  12 
30  to  24 

Turns. 
4—1-16 

4-*6 

Sie 

6—  y* 

8-1-16 
8-K 

8-V4 
10-1-16 

io-4$ 

12-  K 

Bevel  hubs 
6 
8 
10 
12 

Spig't  caps 
6 
8 
10 
12 
16 

Bell  caps. 
6 
8 
10 
12 
16 
20 
24 
30 

Plugs. 

6 
8 
12 

Sleeves. 
4 
6 
8 
10 
12 
16 
20 
24 
30 
36 

Gate  boxes 
Large    ' 
"    rings. 
'    cov'rs 
Small  box 
(6") 
'     cover 
(6  ') 
"     box 
(8") 
1     cover 
(8") 

1  63 

1.95 
1.65 
2.61 
2.70 
4.17 
4.59 
3.04 

1.55 
1.33 
1.89 
1.58 
1.42 
1.38 
3.57 
3  32 
2.25 
3.48 
3.23 
3.22 

1  75 
1.74 
3.94 
1.72 

65 

105 
148 
205 
338 
863 
923 
1158 

48 
47 
61 
90 
92 
109 
233 
239 
136 
291 
296 
443 

90 
130 
316 
219 

39 
57 
78 
110 
155 

41 

63 
78 
118 
160 
220 
342 
548 

10 
15 
27 
67 

38 
56 
80 
107 
131 
207 
319 
457 
637 
907 

689 
142 
83 

137 
19 
160 
38 

1  95 
3.15 
4  44 
6.15 
10.14 
25.89 
27.69 
34.74 

1.44 
1.41 

1.83 
2.70 
2.76 
3.27 
6.99 
7.17 
4.08 
8.73 
8.88 
13.28 

2.78 
3.90 
9.48 
6.57 

1.17 
1.71 
2.34 
3.36 
4.65 

1.23 
1.89 
2.34 
3.54 
4.b0 
6.60 
10.26 
16.44 

.30 
.45 
.81 
2.01 

1.14 
1.68 
2.40 
3.21 
3.93 
6.21 
9.57 
13.  7  J 
19.11 
27.21 

20.67 
4.26 
2  49 

4.11 
.57 
4.80 
1.14 









24  X    6 

30  X    8 

Manholes..  .  . 

4.53 
5.04 

1377 
2055 

41.31 
61.65 

21 
30 
36 

Hydrant  

4.53 

5.04 
4.00 

1625 
2020 
2015 

1010 
491 

102 

48.75 
60.60 
60.45 

Hydrant  box 
Frame     and 
cover  

14.73 
3.06 



TABLE  NO.  5. 

COST  IN  DETAIL  OF  LAYING  WATER  PIPE  OF    THE  "PROVIDENCE    PATTERN/'  INCLUDING 
EXCAVATING   AND  BACK-FILLING  FOR  THE  SAME. 

Excavation  (Easy  Digging). 


Items. 

Diameter  in  inches. 

Average 
prices  of 
labor,  etc. 

4 

G 

8 

10 

.0707 
.0219 
.0216 
.0  69 
.0111 
.0553 
.0136 
.0275 

12 

13 

20 

24 

1  Trenching  
2  Laying  
3  Foreman  
4  Tools,  etc.,  etc       
5  Calking  
6  Lead  
7  Teams            .   .          ... 

.0422 
.0129 
.0130 
.0041 
.0106 
.0224 
.0070 
.0078 

.0518 
.0162 
.0158 
.0050 
.0107 
.0320 
.0090 
.0149 

.0611 
.0191 

.0188 
.0059 
.0108 
.0431 
.0115 
.0208 

.0798 
.0249 
.0244 
.0078 
.0118 
.0683 
.0160 
.0346 

.2676 

.1445 

.0370 
.0303 
.0134 
.0159 
.0950 
.0203 
.0518 

.4082 

.2088 
.0497 
.0360 
.0191 
.0301 
.1203 
.0216 
.0746 

$1.50 
1.50 
3.00 
1.1%  of  1  »  nd  2. 
$2.25 
5c.  per  pound. 
$2.25 
$1  per  ton. 

8  Carting  

Total  . 

.1200 

.1554 

.1911 

.2286 

.5602 

Cost  of  Easy  Digging  reduced  to  $1  and  Ic. 


Trenching        

0281 

.0345 

.0407 

.047l! 

.0532! 

.09631 

.1392    ... 

$1.00 

Laying  

.0086 

.0108 

.0127 

.01461 

.0166 

.0^47  ! 

.0331  

1.00 

Foreman  

.0043 

.0053 

.0063 

.00721 

.0081 

.0101 

.0120  

1.00 

Tools,  etc.,  etc  

.0006 

0007 

.0008 

.OOU9 

.0011 

.0018 

.0026J    

w 

Calking        .              

.0047 

0047 

.0048 

0049 

.0052 

.0071 

01341  

$1.00 

Lead 

0045 

0064 

0086 

0111 

0137 

0190 

0241 

.01 

Teams  .  .,              

.0031 

.0040 

.(051 

.0060 

.0071 

.0090, 

.0096  

1.00 

Cartina:  

.0078 

.0149 

.0208 

.0275| 

.0346| 

.0518, 

.0746i  

1.00 

Excavation  (Medium  Digging} 


1  Trenching 

0597 

0697 

0790 

0883 

0974 

1700 

2403 

3091  '           $1  50 

2  Laying 

.0189 

.0220 

0249 

0307 

.0440 

.0577 

.06391             1.50 

3  Foreman  
4  Tools,  etc.,  etc  
5  Calking  
6  Lead     .  .     .    

.0180 
.0056 
.0106 
0224 

.0206 
.0065 
.0107 
.0320 

.0234 
.0075 
.0108 
0431 

.0265 
.0084 
.0111 
0553 

.0294 
.0093 
.0118 
0683 

.0350 
0154 
.0159 
.0950 

.0373 
.0214 
.0301 
.1203 

039  jj              3.00 
.0602  7.2^  of  land  2* 
.0757            $2.25 
.1600  5c.  per  pound. 

7  Teams  
8  Carting     ...          ... 

.0070 
0078 

.0090 
0149 

.0115 
0208 

.0136 

0275 

.0160 
.0346 

.0203 
0518 

.0216 
.0746 

0228J           $2.25 
.1317'    $1  per  ton. 

Total 

1500 

1854 

2210 

.2586 

2975 

4474 

6030 

.sero 

1 

Cost  of  Medium  Digging  reduced  to  $1  and  Ic, 


Trenching   .     . 

.0331 

.0465 

0527 

.0589 

.06941  .1133 

.1600'  .2061 

$1.00 

Lay-in01 

0126 

0147 

0166 

0186 

0205'    0293 

0385     0426 

1.00 

foreman  
Tools,  etc.,  etc  
Calking    ., 

.0060 
.0008 
0047 

.0069 
.0009 
.0047 

.0078 
.0010 
0048 

.0088 
.0012 
.0:49 

.0098    .0117 
.00131   .0021 
.00521   .0071 

.01241  .0132 
.0030'   .0037 
.0134J   .0336 

1.00 

w* 

$1.00 

Lead            .  . 

0045 

0064 

0086 

0111 

0137     0190 

0241      0320 

.01 

Teams    

0031 

.0040 

0051 

.0060 

.007H   .0090 

.0096    .0101 

100 

Carting 

0078 

0149 

0208 

0275 

0346     0518 

0746    .1317 

l.CO 

i 

Excavation  (Hard  Digging). 


1  Trenching  

0860 

0959 

1053 

1147 

1300 

2261 

3264 

$1  50 

2  Laying      , 

0271 

0303 

C333 

0362 

0411 

05'-50 

0669 

1  50 

3  Foreman  
4  Tools  etc.,  etc 

.0260 
0081 

.0286 
0093 

.0314 
0099 

.0343 
0109 

.0372 
0118 

.0428 
0201 

.0452 
0283 

B.OO 

7  2%  of  1  and  2 

5  Calking  
6  Lead 

.0106 
0224 

.0107 
0320 

.0108 
0431 

.0111 
0553 

.0118 
0683 

.0159 
0950 

.0301 
1203 

$2.25 

7  Teams 

0070 

0090 

0115 

0136 

0160 

0203 

i  216 

'  $2  25 

8  Carting  

.0078 

.0149 

.0208 

.0275 

.0346 

.0513 

.0746 

$1  per  ton. 

Total  

.1950 

.2304 

.2661 

.3036 

.3508 

.5250 

.7134 



Cost  of  Hard  Digging  reduced  to  $1  and  Ic. 


Trenching  

.0573 

Laying                 

0181 

Foreman  

.0087 

Tools,  etc.,  etc    

.0011 

Calking         .  .     . 

0047 

Lead        ...          
Teams         .  .  . 

.0045 
0031 

Carting  

.0078 

0202 
.0095 
.0013 

0047 
.0.064 
.0040 
.0149 


.0702 
.0222 
0105 
.0014 

.0048 
.0086 
.0051 
0208 


.0765 
.0241 
0114 
.0015 


.0867 
.0274 
.0124 
.0016 


.0049!  .0052 

.01111  .0137 

.0060,  .0071 

.0275  .0346 


.21761.. 


.1507 

.0353   0446J. 

.0143  .0151' 

.(039 

.00711  .0134  .. 


.0518  .0746!.. 


$100 
1.00 
1.00 

w 

$1.00 

.01 

1.00 

1.00 


The  percentage  for  24  inch  includes  blocks  and  wedges,  and  is  16- 


9 

This  table,  No.  5,  contains  the  items  in  detail  from  which  the  cost  of  the  labor 
of  laying  water  pipe,  from  4  to  24  in.  in  diameter,  given  in  Table  No.  3,  were 
obtained. 

The  word  "Trenching"  is  used  for  excavating  and  back-filling. 

Throughout  these  tables  Easy  Digging  is  intended  to  correspond  to  exca- 
vation in  sand,  etc.;  Medium  Digging  to  excavation  in  sand  and  gravel,  etc.; 
and  Hard  Digging  to  excavation  in  hard  or  moist  clay,  etc.  The  figures  relat 
ing  to  medium  excavation  are  probably  the  most  reliable  for  pipes  that  have  a 
diameter  greater  than  8  ins. 

The  prices  given  in  any  of  the  tables  do  not  include  the  cost  of  engineering 
and  inspection. 

SUPPLEMENT  TO  TABLES  NOS.  2,  3,  AND  5. 

The  following  table  gives  the  items  of  the  actual  cost  of  the  labor  of  laying  water  pipe 
ana  excavating  and  back-filling  for  ihe  same,  upon  which  Tables  Nos.  2,  3  and  5  were 
based,  with,  the  exception  of  the  cost  of  carting  pipe,  which  was  considered  at  $1.00  per 
ton.  The  table  also  shows  a  comparison  of  the  items  of  actual  cost  with  the  amountx 
that  correspond  to  them  in  Tables  Nos.  2,  3  and  5.  The  tabl"  was  computed  from  rec- 
ords kept  in  Providence,  with  the  exception  of  the  data  that  refers  to  the  48-twc/i  pipe, 
which  was  obtained  elsewhere. 


Length   of 
pipe  used 
in  feet. 

Excavating,  back-filling  and  laying. 

3. 
Calking. 

4. 

Teaming 

Total  of 
1,  *,3 
and  4. 

Total 
corre- 
sponding 
to  1,  L>,  3 
and  4, 
from 
Table 
No,  5, 
etc. 

Exca- 
vating, 
etc. 

Laying, 
etc. 

Total   of 
i  and  2. 

Total 
corre- 
sponding 
to  1  and 
2  from 
Table 
No.  5, 
etc. 

4  inch.  Medium  Digging. 

1,214 
Ave.,  etc.. 

$.09460 

$.09660 

$.01300 

$.00650 

$.09460 

$.09660 

$.01300 

$.00650 

$.11410 

$.11420 

ti-inch,  Easy  Digging. 

480 
422 
38U 
533 
201 
378 
401 
416 
364 
181 
320 
711 
545 
1,501 
228 
265 
485 
266 
442 

Ave.,  etc.. 

$.06781 
.10147 
.06374 
.07576 
'  .09127 
.06874 
06039 
.07416 
.05818 
.08057 
.05778 
.05108 
.05771 
.07488 
.07017 
,06566 
,05567 
.05677 
.06493 

$.00959 
.02177 
.02253 
.01444 
.01975 
.02063 
01376 
,01696 
.01922 
.1.1362 
.01906 
.01293 
.01686 
.02037 
.01211 
.01389 
.01136 
.01038 
.01040 

$.00338 
.01173 
.0,067 
.01098 
.00564 
.01518 
.00899 
.01083 
.OOJ25 
.01373 
.01053 
.(,0854 
.00950 
.00480 
.0(294 
.00426 
.00324 
.00338 
.00355 

$.01171 
.01173 
.01067 
.01098 
.01237 
.01518 
.01011 
.01083 
.00928 
.01373 
.O10.i6 
.00886 
.00872 
.00524 
.00496 
.00423 
.00326 
.00338 
.00358 



I 



1 

$.06825 

$.01577 

$.08402 

$.08380 

$.00827 

$.00891 

$.10120    |  $.10350 

6-inch,  Medium,  Digging. 

526 
666 
242 
7^2 
727 
144 
318 
164 
428 
1,039 
138 
597 
129 
131 
311 
273 
406 

Ave.,  etc.. 

$.09366 
.(18989 
.114996 
.07204 
.10241 
.12185 
.14775 
.06288 
.06301 
.09476 
.06594 
.05717 
.1031i> 
.08992 
.07180 
.143nO 
.087ul 

$.02319 
.01477 
.01901 
.01883 
.01264 
.04756 
.01448 
.01413 
.01998 
.01625 
.02(538 
.01540 
.02155 
.01637 
.01479 
.02817 
.02227 

$.01198 
.01117 
.00930 
.00922 
.01362 
.02027 
.01416 
.00060 
,01157 
.01474 
.01138 
.01131 
.01566 
.01055 
.00868 
.015(51 
.00999 

$.01198 
.01)981 
.01115 
.01014 
.01208 
.02034 
,0(1919 
.009(56 
.01157 
.01278 
.01145 
.01040 
.01217 
.01056 
.00868 
.01399 
.00777 

$.01140 

$.08918 

$.02034 

$.10952 

$.11230 

$.01333 

$.13425 

$.13200 

10 


Supplement  to  Tables  Nos.  2,  3,  and  5.    (Continued.) 


Excavating,  back-filling  and  laying. 

Total 

corre- 

Length   of 

Total 
corre- 

sponding 
to  1,  2,  3 

pipe  used 
in  feet. 

14 
Exca- 
vating, 

2.1 
Laying, 

etc 

Total    of 
1  and  2. 

sponding 
to  1  and 
2  from 

8 

Calking. 

4. 

Teaming 

Total  of 
1,  2,3 
and  4. 

and  4, 
from 
Table 

etc. 

Table 

No.  5, 

Is  o.5, 

etc. 

etc. 

6-inch,  Hard  Digging. 


265 

$.08276 

$.02301 

$.01275 

$.01698 

307 

.14378 

.01645 

01098 

01101 

Ave.,  etc.. 

$.11327 

$.01973 

$.13300 

$.15480 

$.01186 

$.01399 

$.15885 

$.17450 

8-inch,  Medium  Digging. 


496 

$.08794 

$.02458 

$.00907 

$.00544 

3,743 

.06898 

.01654 

.00541 

.00421 

5*9 

.07656 

.01272 

.00425 

82 

.OJ756 

.01122 

.01098 

Ave.,  etc.. 

$.08276 

$.01626 

$.09902 

$.12730 

$.00743 

$.00483 

$.11130 

$.14960 

S-inch,  Hard  Digging. 


157 

$.12540 

$.02924 

$.02147 

$.01433 

Ave.,  etc 

$.12540 

$.02924 

$.15464 

$.17000 

$.02147 

$.01433 

$.19044 

$.19230 

1'2-inch,  Easy  Digging. 


1,255 

$.09207 

$.02388 

$.01147 

$.00609 

Ave.,  etc 

$.09207 

$.02388 

$.11595 

$.12910 

$.01147 

$.00609 

$.13351 

$.15690 

12-inch,  Medium  Digging. 


1,132 

$.09627 

$.04595 

$.11220 

$.01193 

$.00569 

2  161 

.12400 

.01030 

4283 

.10070 

01650 



1  785 

.13350 

589 

.16930 

0°10) 

Ave  etc 

$.13394 

$.15750 

$.01193 

$.01337 

$  15920 

$  18530 

16-inch,  Medium  Digging. 


374 

$  22818 

$.04904 

$.27720 

$.02107 

$.02045 

2,839 

.25830 

.01820 

Ave.,  etc.. 





$.-6780 

$.24900 

$.02107 

$.01933 

$.30820 

$.28520 

20-inch,  Easy  Digging. 


242 

$.15876 

$.04417 

$.02508 

$.02513 

1  450 

.15820 

.08383 

.03010 

.04310 

Ave.,  etc.. 

$.15848 

$.05400 

$.21250 

$.29450 

$.02759 

$.03411 

$.27420 

$.34620 

24-mc/i,  Medium  Digging.    *( 


19  416 

$  32820 

$.07310 

$.07570 

$.02280 

Ave,  etc.. 

$.32820 

$.07310 

$.40130 

$.41260 

$.07570 

$  02280 

$.49980 

$.51110 

11 

Supplement  to  Tables  Nos.  2,  3,  and  5.    (Continued.) 


Excavating,  back-filling  and  laying 

1 

Total 

corre- 

Total 

sponding 

Length    of 
pipe  used 
in  feer, 

Exca- 
vating, 
etc. 

r     24 

Laying, 
etc. 

Total   of 
1  and  2. 

corre- 
sponding 
to  1  and 
2  from 
Table 

3. 
Calking. 

4. 

Teaming 

Total  of 
1,  2,3 
and!. 

tol.  2,  3 
and  4, 
from 
Table 
No.  5, 

No.  5, 

etc. 

etc. 

21-inch,  Medium  Digg'fig  (2.) 

19,416 
Ave.,  etc.. 

$.38940 

$.08180 

$.07570 
$.07570 

$.02230 

i 

^.36940 

$.08180 

$.45120 



$.02280 

$.54970    j  

30-inch,  Easy  Digging. 

561 
Ave    etc 

$.37000 

$.08420 
$.08420 

$.37000 

48-inch,  Medium  Digging. 


$1.950t       $1.650t 


t  Including  foreman. 

*  (1)  Reduced  by  proportion  to  correspond  to  a  depth  of  4.67,  from  (2)  5.43  feet  the  ac- 
tual depth. 

t  These  figures  include  calking.  The  $1.95  is  based  upon  ordinary  labor  at  $1.75  per 
day,  and  $2. 00  per  day  for  laying.  The  $1.65  is  based  upon  labor  at  $1.50  per  day,  and 
was  reduced  by  proportion  from  $1.95,  assuming  that  the  number  of  layers  \,  as  1-10  the 
number  of  other  laborers. 

TABLE  NO.  6. 

COMPARISON  BETWEEN  THE  TOTAL  COST  PER  LINEAL  FOOT  OF  THE  LABOR  OF  LAYING 
WATER  PIPE  AND  EXCAVATING  AND  BACK-FILLING  FOR  THE  SAME,  ETC.,  GIVEN  IN  THE 
PRECEDING  TABLES,  FOR  MEDIUM  DIGGING,  AND  WHAT  THE  TOTAL  COST  WOULD  BE  IF 
THE  TRENCHING,  ETC.,  HAD  BEEN  BASED  UPON  $0.30  PER  CUBIC  YARD  INSTEAD  OF  THE 
AMOUNTS  CHARGED  TO  TRENCHING,  ETC.,  IN  TABLE  NO.  5.  THE  COST  OF  LAYING,  ETC., 
HAS  BEEN  CONSIDERED  THE  SAME  IN  BCTH  CASES. 


SI- 

~~  ~  -~ 


At  $0.30  per  cubic  yard. 

From  Table  No.  5. 

8J5.5 

fail* 

SlfeS 

Q 

Laying, 
etc. 

Trenching, 
etc. 

Total. 

Laying, 
etc. 

Trenching, 
etc. 

Total. 

$.0676 
.0886 
.1099 
.1334 
.1583 
.2235 
.3)35 
.4876 

$.1382 
.1506 
,16o2 
1758 
.1890 
.2160 
.2447 
.2742 

$.2058 
.2392 
.2731 
.3092 
.3474 
.4395 
.5482 
.7618 

$  0676 
.0886 
.1099 
.1334 
.1583 
.2235 
.3035 
»4876 

$.0833 
.0968 
.1111 
.1252 
.1392 
.2239 
3154 
.3754 

$.1509 
.18£4 
.2210 
.2586 
.2975 
.4474 
.6189 
8630 

+$.0549 
+  .0538 
4-  .0521 
•f  .0506 
4-  .0498 
—  .0079 
-    .0707 
-  .1012 

In  this  table,  under  the  division  headed  "At  $0.30  per  Cubic  Yard,"  the  cost 
per  lineal  foot  of  Trenching,  etc.,  is  based  upon  the  excavation  at  $0.30  per 
cubic  yard,  measured  in  the  trench,  instead  of  the  actual  cost,  and  takes  the 
place  of  the  amounts  charged  in  Table  No.  5,  for  medium  digging,  to  trench- 
ing, teaming,  and  %  the  amount  charged  to  foreman  and  tools,  etc.  (ex- 
clusive of  the  cost  of  blocks  and  wedges,  which  are  included  in  the  cost  of 
Tools,  etc.,  for  24-inch  pipe,  in  Table  No.  5).  The  figures  relating  to  laying,  etc., 
are  the  same  as  those  charged  in  Table  No.  5  for  medium  digging,  to  laying, 
calking,  lead,  carting,  and  %  the  amount  charged  to  foreman  and  tools,  etc. 
(exclusive  of  the  cost  of  blocks  and  wedges,  which  are  included  in  the  cost  of 
tools,  etc.,  for  24-inch  pipe,  in  Table  No.  5).  In  each  instance,  in  calculating 
the  cubic  contents  of  the  trench,  the  width  was  considered  as  2  feet  more  than 
the  diameter  of  the  pipe  and  %  of  a  foot  deeper  than  the  water  line  of  the 
same. 


12 
TABLE  NO.  7. 

AMOUNT  PER  LINEAL  FOOT  TO  BE  ADDED  TO  THE  FIGURES  GIVEN  IN  THE  PRECEDING 
TABLES  FOR  RELAYING  PAVING,  ETC.,  IN  CASES  WHEN  THE  STREETS  ARE  PAVED  BE- 
FORE THE  WATER  PIPE  IS  LAID. 


Diameter  of  pipe   in 

inches 

4 

6 

8 

10 

12 

16 

20 

24 

30 

36 

48 

Cobble  stones  
Granite    blocks    laid 

$0.12 

$0.12 

$0.12 

$0.13 

$0.13 

$0.14 

$0.16 

$0.17 

$0.18 

$0.20 

$0.23 

upon  a  sand  founda- 

tion   

0.18 

0.18 

0.18 

0.19 

0.20 

0.22 

0.24 

0.25 

0.27 

0.30 

0.35 

Granite  blocks,    con- 

crete   foundation, 

• 

joints  filled  with  pea 
gravel  and  asphal- 

, 

tum  

0.93 

0.96 

1.C1 

1.05 

1.09 

1.18 

1.32 

.1.37 

1  50 

1.64 

;1-M 

The  cost  of  a  square  yard  of  broken  stone  £  ins.  thicfc,  put  properly  in  place 
in  a  street,  would  be  about  $0.40. 

The  figures  in  this  table  were  based  upon  a  trench  3  ft.  wider  at  the  surface 
of  the  ground  than  the  diameter  of  the  pipe,  in  order  to  allow  for  caving,  etc. 

The  cobble  stone  paving  was  considered  at  $ 0.30  per  square  yard,  the 
granite  blocks  laid  upon  sand  foundation  at  $0.45  per  square  yard,  and  the 
granite  blocks  laid  upon  a  concrete  foundation,  etc.,  at  $3.46  per  square  yard. 
The  granite  blocks  were  estimated  to  lay  from  24  to  27  per  square  yard. 


TABLE  NO.  8. 

AVERAGE  COST  OF  LAYING  LEAD  SERVICE    PIPE,    INCLUDING    EXCAVATING    AND    BACK- 
FILLING FOR  THE  SAME. 


Tap  and  stop. 


Pipe  per  lineal  foot. 


Tap,  stop, 

"Wpicrht 

Laying,   etc., 
pil 

3tc.,  including 
)e. 

tapping. 

Lead 
pipe. 

Tin-lined 
lead  pipe. 

%inch. 

V-2      "t 
I4      " 

$6.00 
6.23 
6.81 
8.67 
10.71 

}£  inch. 
1  4     ' 

\y\   • 
ite   • 

3.00  pounds. 
4.00 
4.75 
6.00 
9.00 
10.00 

$0.34 
0.40 
0.45 
0.52 
0.70 
0.76 

$0.52 
0.64 
0.73 

r.88 

1.24 
1.36 

The  labor  of  excavating,  back-filling  and  laying,  etc.,  was  considered  in  all 
cases  for  lead  pipe  at  $0.16  per  foot.  The  price  used  for  lead  pipe  was  $0.06  per 
pound,  and  the  price  for  tin-lined  lead  pipe  $0.12  per  pound. 


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