Building -- Estimates; Factories -- Design and construction; Hardware
Cellar:
2 brackets, 1 burner, each at 50 cents $ 1.00
First floor:
Parlor, 1 chandelier, 4 burners 50.00
2 brackets, stiff, 2 burners, each at $10 20.00
Dining room, 1 chandelier, 5 burners 45.00
2 brackets, stiff, 1 burner, each at $5 10.00
Hall, 1 chandelier, 4 burners 30.00
Library, 1 chandelier, 6 burners 50.00
2 brackets, stiff, 2 burners, each at $10 20.00
Lavatory, 1 bracket, 1 burner, stiff 2.50
Kitchen, 1 center fixture, 2 burners 4.00
1 side light, stiff, 1 burner 1.00
Butler’s pantry, 1 drop light, 2 burners 4.00
Pantry, 1 side light, stiff, 1 burner 1.00
Cellar stairs, 1-bracket light, 1 burner .50
Second floor:
Bedrooms, 11 double-swing brackets, 1 burner, at $5 55.00
Dressing room, 1 double-swing, plain, 1 burner 2.00
Hall, 1 stiff bracket, 2 burners 6.00
Stair landing, 2 stiff brackets, 1 burner, each at $4 8.00
Bathroom, 1 bracket, double swing, plain, 1 burner 3.00
Attic rooms, 5 stiff brackets, 1 burner, each at $.75 3.75
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Total $316.75
PIPE AND FITTINGS
_Quantities and Cost_
54 ft. 1½-inch pipe, at 10 cents $ 5.40
30 ft. ¾-inch pipe, at 6 cents 1.80
30 ft. ½-inch pipe, at 4 cents 1.20
205 ft. ⅜-inch pipe, at 3 cents 6.15
Fittings 4.00
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Total $ 18.55
LABOR
Labor, assumed to be one-seventh the cost of materials
(fixtures, pipes, etc.) = $335.30 ÷ 7 = $ 47.90
_Summary_
Fixtures $316.75
Pipe and fittings 18.55
Labor 47.90
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Total cost of gas-fitting $383.20
WIRING
=13.= At the present time, most houses that are as large as the one
under consideration are equipped with electric door bells, and probably
with electric bells from some of the living rooms to the kitchen. Such
an equipment would cost, say, $25.
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