Table For Estimating By Cubic-Foot Unit. The following table of unit prices will give a rough working estimate for various types of building differentiated after the custom of insurance adjusters. The prices are for 1915 and to be of any value must be compared with known costs of similar structures in the community in which they are to be used. Any evident variations in unit costs so discovered should be noted and corrections made.

Cubic-Foot Unit Estimate

COUNTRY PROPERTY

PER CUBIC FOOT

Frame dwelling, small box house, no cornice...................

5c

Frame dwelling, shingle roof, small cornice, no sash weights, plain.

6¼-

-7½ c

Brick dwelling, same class...................................

8¾-

10c

Frame dwelling, shingle roof, good cornice, sash weights, blinds (good house)............................................

8¾-

10c

Brick dwelling, same class ..............................................

11¼-

12½ c

Frame barn, shingle roof, not painted, plain finish..............

2¼-

3¼c

Frame barn, shingle roof, painted, good foundation.............

3 -

4¼c

Frame store, shingle roof, painted, plain finish.................

6 ¼

8¾c

Brick store, shingle roof, painted, good cornice, well finished.......

8¾-

11¼c

Frame church or school house, ordinary.......................

6¼-

8¾c

Brick church or school house, ordinary........................

10 -

12½c

If slate or metal roof, add ¼c per cubic foot.

CITY PROPERTY

Frame dwelling, shingle roof, pine floors and finish, no bath or furnace, plain finish (good house)...........................

7½-

8¾ c

Brick dwelling, same class...................................

10 -

11¼c

Frame dwelling, shingle roof, hardwood floors in hall and parlor, bath, furnace, fair plumbing..............................

10 -

ll¼c

Brick dwelling same class ....................................................

10 -

12½c

Frame dwelling, shingle roof, hardwood in first floor, good plumbing, furnace, artistic design, some interior ornamentation, well painted................................................

12½-

15c

Brick dwelling, good plumbing, bath, furnace, pine finish, well painted................................................

13¾-

18c