The Golden State: Where & How to Live, Secure, Visit, Enjoy and Thrive in California

Estimating Frame And Brick Houses

Table showing amount of lumber in rafters, collar-
piece and boarding, and number of shingles to four lineal
feet of roof, measured from eave to eave over ridge.
Rafters 16-inch centers:

Stables and Closed Sheds.

For the cubing of stables the following figures may be used safely:
Complete, but exclusive of coach-houses, forage stores, men's quarters, etc.

FIRST CLASS.

As for racing and hunting establishments, including superior fittings and finishing:
25 to 35 cents per foot cube.
$5.00 to $6.00 per square.
$6.50 to $7.00 per stall or loose box.

SECOND CLASS.

As for large town and country houses of gentlemen, cavalry officers' stables, etc. :
22 to 28 cents per foot cube.
$3.40 to $3 80 per square.
$4.50 to $5.50 per stall or loose box.

THIRD CLASS.
To accommodate large numbers of horses, as for tramway and omnibus companies, general carriers, cavalry or military troop stables, etc.:
17 to 22 cents per foot cube.
$3.00 to $3.30 per square.
$3.30 to $3.60 per stall.