. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. tle St.,near school building yard, both alike,(above ground) 1908 $1, one station $ 16x32 boys, urinals and4 toilets,girls, 8 toilets 2. Cambridge: Kingsley Park on FreshPond Lane (above ground) $3, $ 20xl6 men, 3 toilets;women, 4 toilets 3. Metropolitan Park Comm. (1) Quincy Shore Reservation(above ground) 1910 $5,(approx.) $ 48-10x20-6 women, 7 toilets;men, 4 urinals, 4toilets 4. (2) In Canton Ave. Blue Hills Reser-vation (above ground) 1
. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. tle St.,near school building yard, both alike,(above ground) 1908 $1, one station $ 16x32 boys, urinals and4 toilets,girls, 8 toilets 2. Cambridge: Kingsley Park on FreshPond Lane (above ground) $3, $ 20xl6 men, 3 toilets;women, 4 toilets 3. Metropolitan Park Comm. (1) Quincy Shore Reservation(above ground) 1910 $5,(approx.) $ 48-10x20-6 women, 7 toilets;men, 4 urinals, 4toilets 4. (2) In Canton Ave. Blue Hills Reser-vation (above ground) 1894 $5, $ 26-10x36-10 men, 5 toilets, 7 urinals;women, 6 toilets 5. Brookline (below groimd) 1909 $8,(approx.) $ 24-6 X48-6 men, 6 urinals, 6 toilets;women, 6 toilets 6. Lawrence (below ground) 1907 $13, $ 42-6x40-6 men, 8 urinals, 6 toilets;women, 6 toilets 70 BOSTONS NEED FOR PUBLIC CONVENIENCE STATIONS 7: j^^^^^i | 0lon Roof Plan eacj) sic| iiill £ S? c ■8 ^^ ;. Courtesy Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies PLAN OF PUBLIC SANITARY, BROOKLINE Alexis H. French, Engineer. Street Church, Roxbury. Whereas suchstations as those in Kingsley Park, Cam-bridge, and the Arnold Arboretum, cost-ing between $3,000 and $5,000, wouldserve the purpose in the less congestedsections. The cost of maintenance was$3,316+ during 1910 for the Brooklinestation, and about $5,000 a year for theunderground station in the Common. The differences in cost per square footin the list of stations on page 70, is due todifferences in material, plans, excava-tion, sewerage connections, etc. The two stations in Lynn costing $ asquare foot were constructed of brick,with no attempt at ornamentation,under the supervision of the SchoolBoard. Stone was used in the stationsbuilt for the Boston Park Department,and wood in those built by the Metro-politan Park Commission. The costof the small stations under the super-vision of the Boston Health Departmentis compa
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