Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1909 . Public Comfort Station in Park atWorcester, Mass. for public use, they should be placedwhere the public congregates in largestnumbers. Consequently the most con-gested districts of a city should receivefirst attention. Market places, publicsquares, street railway intersections,parks and congested retail districts alloffer good opportunities for locatingpublic comfort stations. Fortunate isthat city which has diagonal streets orfrequent open spaces, either circular ortriangular, or which has reserved to it-self small squares in its conge
Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1909 . Public Comfort Station in Park atWorcester, Mass. for public use, they should be placedwhere the public congregates in largestnumbers. Consequently the most con-gested districts of a city should receivefirst attention. Market places, publicsquares, street railway intersections,parks and congested retail districts alloffer good opportunities for locatingpublic comfort stations. Fortunate isthat city which has diagonal streets orfrequent open spaces, either circular ortriangular, or which has reserved to it-self small squares in its congested por-tions, for these offer the ideal sites forsuch structures. Fortunate, also, is thatcity which, in having been so laid out,still has its alleys free from pipes,wires and other conduits, as in suchcases the stations may be located un-derneath the alleys with approaches atthe sidewalk curb. It is seldom that. Toilet Station at Cleveland used in 1906by 1,485,620 Men and 306,780Women. a city which has attained such a sizeas required conveniences of this kindwill have its steeets free, so that thestations may be located is always a sense of fear on thepart of mercantile establishments and
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