110 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE FLORIDA CANAL


A comparison of estimates of cost of Atlantitoulf ship canal by special Army
 board, Public Works Administration, and board of review

 Special Army board Public Works Administration I
 Item Item
 no. i
 Quantity Unitprice Cost Quantity Unitprice Cost


Excavation-........
Purchase of land--.
Cluaring land ......
Locks and auxiliary
 works ........---
Water supply or
 control works-..-
Bridges frrs and
 highway and rail-
 road relocation- .
Aids to navigation.
Turning basins, etc.
Contractor's profit.
 Net construc-
 tion cost....
Engineering, super-
 vision, and con-
 tingencies ....---
 Total con-
 struction
 cost, exclu-
 sive of in-
 terest dur-
 ing con-
 struction. ..
 I. Cost, exclusive
 of costs as-
 sumed to be
 chareable to
 local interests_
 II. Cost, including
 interest dur-
 ing construe-
 tion (based on
 item I)........-


Cubic lard
I426,083,000

 -3-- --


3 $ 1984
---------.
----------
----------


84, 550, 00
 2,535,000
 2,825,000
 50909.000


Cubic yards
S415,309,000


 2


'$0.1065
----------
----------


 S..... .. 11, 00 000 ........................
---.1--- ,35000 .... ............. 0
 ---- ----- -------- 2,560000 1w... .. ......
 () () -------------------------- +10%


---- --- --- -- --- --- 1K6,473, 000 - - - -- - - -


$44 21, 150
 3,054,000
 2,181, 00
 21,861,800
 1,862,000

 7,015,000
 415,050
 593,600
 8,600,000

 89,814, 100


----... ......- 15% 22,354000 .... ......----- 19% 16,385,900


 178,827,000 ........................ 100,200,000



(7,445,000) ..... ............. (None)
 171,382,000 ..--.... .......... 106,200,000


192,000,000


115,000,000


 Board of review '

item Item
 Quantity Unit price Cost


 CMm gards
 1 Excavation. .............. .......... ....-- ... 570,75,000 t 0.197 $111,900,000
 2 Purebse of I land ..... ... ................ ........................ 3000000
 3 Clelaand.....------------------------------------------------------------100........................000........................ 1,300000
 SLcks and auxiliary works--------.-------------------.................. None .------- None
 5 Water supply or control works--..---....-...-------......-.. .............. 000 000
 SBridgs, 1ris, and highway and railroad relocation...-...-..................-... 7,204000'
 7 Aids to navigation-....................................... .-..........-- -.......... 1,400,000
 8 Turning basns etc...-----... ------..--- ---.. --.... ------------..... -- 1,400.000
 9 Contractor's profit-..----.---..--.... ---------- () () ..............
 10 Net construction cost.---.... ------.---. -----...----------.... 127,200,000
 11 Engineering, supervision, and contingencies --..---.-----. -----15% 19,00, 000
 12 Total construction cost, exclusive of interest during
 construction...-- ...... ................ .......... 146,200,000
 I. Cost, exclusive of costs assumed to be chargeable to
 local interests -....--...--...- ..-- ...-....-- .............................. (350 000)
 S142, 700, 000
 II. Cost, including interest during construction (based
 on item I) ).----.--------------- --..... ( (7) 160 004000

 S30-foot lock canal, with varying widths.
 2 30-oot sea-level canal, with varying widths.
 3 Wehhted average for all classes of excavation.
 SIncluded in unit price.
 I Based on $149,0s8000, which is cost exclusive of land and damages and certain bridge*.
 Based on 26,000,0 which is exclusive of contractor's profit and land.
 7 6yeer period at 4 percent.
 4-year period at 4.14 percent.