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Laundry
50
Breakage
LOO
Coal
50
Insurance
50
Taxes
50
Water tax
25
Incidentals
1-00
Stock (average)
40.00
Total
$86.59
For a business of this character the cash receipts
ought to be at least $100 a day, making a net yearly
profit of $4,194.20.
In the foregoing proposition the question of keeping
open on Sundays has not been considered, either in
the matter of expense or receipts, and the saloonman
is not advised to violate the law for the sake of a
few dollars more. But when there is no Sunday law
and it is possible to keep open then the proposition
becomes a different one, and the income becomes
larger in proportion.
Then again, there is the question of location to b'o
taken into consideration. The saloon in a strictly
business district would hardly expect to take in $5 on
a Sunday, and even in the evening trade would be
hardly worth considering. All of these things will
have to be figured out carefully for the mere item of
a bar with bottles behind it doesn't mean a paying
business.
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