Mr Donaldson's letter on the cost and distribution of manure : 5th March, 1849.

  • London (England). Metropolitan Commission of Sewers.
Date:
[1849]
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Credit: Mr Donaldson's letter on the cost and distribution of manure : 5th March, 1849. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The cost of the additional hose-pipes will be— £ s. d. 300 yards of 3i-inch, at Is. fid. per yard 200 yards of 3-inch, at Is. 2d. per yard The probable amount of wages weekly, as follows :— 1 engine-man, at 30s. per week 3 labourers spreading, 20s. each per week 1 barge-man, 3fis. „ 6 assistants ditto, 20s. ,, 1 labourer loading, 24s. ,, 1 gangsman to superintend and assist, 30s. Wages . . . . Barge hire, 6 at 36s. each per week Horse hire for hauling barges, 2 at 10s. a day each, per week .... Coals for engine, per week Total per week . . . 22 10 O 11 13 4 34 3 4 1 10 0 3 0 0 1 lfi 0 6 0 0 1 4 0 1 10 0 15 0 0 10 16 0 fi 0 0 1 10 0 33 6 0 Besides which there will be the tolls and other charges upon the River and Canals: appended are lists of each. The tolls for manure upon the River are— To Brentford, l|d. per ton . Isleworth and Richmond, 2£d. per ton Twickenham and Teddington, 3|d. „ Charged on Register Tonnage. Upon the Regent’s Canal the toll for manure in boats is 6d. and in barges 7d. per ton, with a further charge of fid. per ton for loading or unloading in the water-way. On the Grand Junction Canal the toll on manure (unmanufactured) is one halfpenny per ton per mile, but not to exceed 2s. Hd. per ton in all, and a charge of 2d. per ton for unloading over the towing-path. On the Basingstoke Canal it is from 6d. to 2s. 6d. per ton according to distance. With these proposed arrangements I expect to be able to apply about 300 tons of sewer-water per day, or from 1,800 to 2,000 tons per week. I propose to apply about fifty tons to the acre. The quantity applied last year was from sixteen to twenty and in two cases thirty tons to the acre ; and from what I have seen of its effects, I am of opinion that a much greater quantity may be applied to advantage. If I am successful, according to my estimate as above, in applying 2,000 tons per week at fifty tons to the acre, the cost per acre will be about 17s., exclusive of tolls, which on an average will amount to 3d. per ton, or about 25s. per acre. The Grand Junction Canal Company, on my explaining the object and extent