. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. er leaving thesestations was approximately the same. In Village Square, Brookline, is found a situation similar, on a small scale, toconditions in the localities recommendedby the Boston-1915 committee. Al-though the total numl:)er of people dailypassing through Village Square is a verysmall proportion of the masses thatcross Bostons squares, between Feb-ruary 1 and December 31, 1910, 500,433men and 132,065 women used the Brook-line station. The average daily use atVill
. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. er leaving thesestations was approximately the same. In Village Square, Brookline, is found a situation similar, on a small scale, toconditions in the localities recommendedby the Boston-1915 committee. Al-though the total numl:)er of people dailypassing through Village Square is a verysmall proportion of the masses thatcross Bostons squares, between Feb-ruary 1 and December 31, 1910, 500,433men and 132,065 women used the Brook-line station. The average daily use atVillage Square is 1,500 to 1,800 men andhalf as many women. This station isopen from 7 A. M. to 11 P. M. Within a week after the opening ofthe station at Lawrence it was estimatedthat between 500 and 600 persons usedthe station daily. On holidays and Sun-days, this place is visited by 8,000 to10,000 men and women. In Clevelandin 1906, one station was used by 1,485,620men and 306,780 women or nearly 5,000a day. Brooklyns six stations averaged,in 1907, approximately 5,700 a day. BOSTONS NEED FOR PUBLIC CONVENIENCE STATIONS 07. STATION IN BERLIN SHOWING ARTISTIC TREATMENT One station in London, in 1906, accom-modated 2,500,000 paid users and amuch larger number of patrons of thefree conveniences. This gives a general idea of the enor-mous demand for toilet accommoda-tions. Since 1879 the only stationsbuilt by the City of Boston are those atthe Fens, Arnold Arboretum, FranklinPark, under the supervision of theBoston Park Department, and the largeunderground station on the Common,under the supervision of the Board ofHealth. The sanitaries on Flagstaff Hillin the Common, the two wooden struc-tures in the Common for women, andthe stations at Merrimac Scjuare and atRichmond Street, were built between1866 and 1879. The two sheet ironurinals at Eustis and Washington Streets,Roxbury, and at Blackstone Square,placed there in 1879, are to be rebuiltat a cost of about $400 each. The demand for c
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