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to pollution. In June, July, and August, weather and conditions 

 permitting 25 days average usage per month is available. If the 

 loss of use due to pollution runs at $325 a day, the loss computes 

 to $8,125 per month and for the total season to about $24,000 in 

 round figures. Conservatively speaking, the total annual loss 

 amounts to $30,000 in parking fees alone! 



It is most important, however, that these figures in dollars by no 

 means reflect the true loss in recreational facilities due to 

 pollution. Fifty cents is charged whether one car with one passen- 

 ger or a whole family parks in the parking lots. Most of the time 

 whole families are affected in this figure of 50 cents per car, 

 usually most families from modest if not low socio-economic back- 

 ground whose residences are within easy reach of these beaches, 

 such as Newark, Elizabeth, Manhattan, and Staten Island. 



The economic loss resulting from loss in corollary sales is not 



included: soft drinks, ice cream, and snack sales which constitute 



a business for many seasonally employed people are not included 

 in this case study but have to be con idered. 



The present condition of loss in recreational facilities was 

 reported by officials of the Park Department and verified through a 

 direct interview on April 1969, with the Manager of the Parks 

 Department, F.D.R. Boardwalk. The pollution was verified by N.Y.C. 

 Department of Health. Coliform count at Midland and South Beach 



