-------------+--------+------+--------+----------+-----------+------ | |No. of| | | | | | Loads| Total | | | |Contents| to |quantity| | | Gain | in | cover| of | | | per Cart or Van. |Gallons.| beat.| Water. | Time. |Difference.| Cent. -------------+--------+------+--------+----------+-----------+------ | | | |Hrs. Mnts.| Hrs. Mnts.| Bayley’s van | 450 | 5¹⁄₂| 2475 | 1 23 | .. | .. Ordinary cart| 225 | 11 | 2475 | 1 50 | 0 27 |24¹⁄₂ -------------+--------+------+--------+----------+-----------+------ Bayley’s van | 450 | 5¹⁄₂| 2475 | 1 38 | .. | .. Ordinary cart| 237 | 11 | 2607 | 2 10 | 0 32 |25 -------------+--------+------+--------+----------+-----------+------ Bayley’s van | 450 | 6 | 2700 | 1 45 | .. | .. Ordinary cart| 290 | 11 | 3190 | 2 10 | 0 25 |19¹⁄₄ -------------+--------+------+--------+----------+-----------+------ Bayley’s van | 450 | 8 | 3600 | 2 15 | .. | .. Ordinary cart| 260 | 17 | 4420 | 3 30 | 1 15 |36 -------------+--------+------+--------+----------+-----------+------ This shows a mean gain of 26 per cent. in favour of the van, and the following tables, made by an inspector in 1873, showing the actual occupation of the ordinary carts and Bayley’s vans during a day’s work, are extremely interesting, as showing that while the van is engaged in spreading the water the time of the cart is wasted in travelling to and from the stand posts, and when it is borne in mind also that the van spreads water more widely than the cart, there can be no doubt that a saving of at least 30 per cent. can be effected by the substitution of these vans for the old-fashioned cart.