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Cost estimate of a four room railroad employee's cottage at Las Vegas (Nev.), July 1, 1909

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Date

1909-07-01

Description

Typed, itemized estimate of costs for a four room cottage to be built within Clark's Las Vegas Townsite. Document includes item description, material cost, labor cost and total costs for construction and freight. The railroad cottages were built by the Las Vegas Land and Water Company for employees of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad between 1909 and 1911.

Digital ID

snv002563

Physical Identifier

97-19--Box 1, File 1199

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1pv6bn4j
Details

Subject

Business enterprises
Finance
Real estate development
Railroad companies
Dwellings
Building

Place

Las Vegas

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

documents (object genre)

Archival Collection

Union Pacific Railroad Collection

Digital Project

Southern Nevada The Boomtown Years 1900-1925

Citation

snv002563. Union Pacific Railroad Collection. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1pv6bn4j

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Standardized Rights Statement

Copyright Not Evaluated

Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Date Digitized

2010-08-26

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff

Estimate of cost of a four-room cottage at Las Vegas, Nevada. Size 24' x 32', including front and rear porches, using floor plan and elevations similar to design No. 1, drawing No. 15573; exterior walls of 6" concrete blocks, and "Ready Rock" roofing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description Material Labor Total ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excavation (House, fence posts, etc)8 c.y. @ $.40 3.20 3.20 Concrete foundation, 6 c.y. 8.00 21.00 27.00 48. CO Chimney on brackets, 10 lin. ft. 1.20 7.50 4.50 12.00 Exterior walls, 6" conc. blocks, 960 sq. ft. .195 64.80 122.40 187.20 Rough lumber, 3,750' B.M. 34.00 71.25 56.25 127.60 Flooring, 1,000' y. . 43.00 28.00 15.00 43.00 "Ready Rock" roofing, 13 squares 3.30 29.90 13.00 42.90 Finish lumber, 600' B.M. 55.00 24.00 9.00 33.00 Ceiling, 400' B.M. 45.00 12.00 6.00 18.00 Moulding, 320 lin. ft. .04 6.40 6.40 12.80 Moulding, 330 " " .015 2.48 2.47 4.95 Base, l"x8", 250 lin. ft. .12 15.00 15.00 30.00 Windows & Frames, 7 2Lts. 3'0"x4'6"xl 1/2" 7.50 35.00 17.50 52.50 " 1 2Lts. 3'6"x4'6"xl 1/2" 8.50 6.00 2.50 8.50 " 2 2Lts. 2'6"x3'0"xl 1/2" 5.00 G.00 4.00 10.00 Window screens, 10 .60 4.50 1.50 6.00 Doors and frames (Interior), 8 7.00 38.00 18.00 56.00 " " " (Front, 1 12.00 8.75 3.25 12.00 " " " (Screen) 2 2.00 3.25 .75 4.00 Porch screen, 60 sq. ft. .05 1.80 1.20 3.00 Kitchen cupboard 14.00 6.00 20.00 Hardware 45.00 45.00 Plastering, 300 sq. yds. .25 25.50 49.50 75.00 Painting, 206 " " .20 16.48 24.72 41.20 Plumbing 110.00 35. 00 145.00 Board fence (side and rear) 1126' B.M. 34.00 21.39 16.89 38.28 Iron fence (front and side) 65 lin. ft. .35 16.25 6.50 22.75 Cement walk, 24'x3', 3" thick, 72 sq .ft. .10 2.16 5.04 7.20 Electric lights (single drop lights) 8 outlets 2.50 11.00 9.00 20.00 Electric lights (2 light fixtures) 1 outlet 5.00 4.50 .50 5.00 Cast iron ventilator plates, 6"x12" 6, per doz. 3.50 1.75 1.75 10% supervision & contingencies 65.35 48.21 113.57 _______________________ Total estimated cost less freight $719.02 $530.28 $1249.30 Freight at commercial rate 180.00 180. 00 _________________________ Total estimated cost plus freight at commercial rate $899.02 $530.28 $1429.30 Los Angeles, Cal. July 1, 1909.