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<br />nQ23~3 <br /> <br />- 16 - <br /> <br />TABLE E-28 <br /> <br />ALLOCATION OF PROJECT P.4YROLL TO VARIOUS TYPES <br />OF CONSUMER EXPUIDITURES <br /> <br />" <br /> Percent of Estimated <br />. Item Total Income y Explnditures .2/ <br /> Food 24.6 7,457,000 <br /> Housing, Fuel, Light & Refrig. 13.2 4,001,000 <br /> Household Operation 3.9 1,182,OOO <br /> Furnishings & Equipment 5.8 1,758,000 <br /> Clothing 10.7 3,21J3,ooO <br /> Transportation - Auto & others 11.1 3,36S,000 <br /> Persona.l care 1.9 576,000 <br /> kedical care 5.4 1,637,000 <br /> Recreation 3.2 970,000 <br /> Tobacco 1.2 364,000 <br /> Reading 0.7 212,000 <br /> Education (Formal) 0.3 91,000 <br /> Biscellaneous 2.2 667,000 <br /> Gifts and Contributions 3.9 1,192,000 <br /> Insurance 4.2 1,273,000 <br /> Net Surplus 0.0 0 <br /> Personal Taxes 7.6 2,304,000 <br /> <br />I . <br /> <br />~ Based upon U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' breakdown of <br />expenditures for Denver families vlith two. or more persons in <br />1948. The average of all income groups receiving less than <br />ZlO,OOO used in this computation. <br /> <br />~ Based upon the total estima.ted project cost made by the Bureau <br />of Reclamation and increased to current price levels as recom- <br />mended by \/. C. Rhoades, Homer & Sv!itzer Construction Company. <br />Payroll estimated as 33.3 percent of total project cost as <br />suggested by W. C. Rhoades. <br />