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STATEMENT SHOWING FLOOR AREA OF NEW AND OLD 



ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS AS COMPARED WITH 



THAT OF THE OLD BUILDING REMODELED 



ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU'S PLAN. 



New Old Remodeled 



Building. Building. Building. 



Sq. Ft. Sq. Ft. Sq. Ft. 



Entrance and information 875 ... 217(a) 



Corridors 882 293 644 



Vestibule 84 



Toilets, washrooms and janitor 904 287 275 



Board room 1,104 638 638 



President 348 



Committee 323 



Stenographer 100 60 ...(b) 



Secretary 240 ... 172 



Superintendent and stenographer 390 224 390 



Assistant superintendent 285 . . . 170 



Engineer 340 ... 170 



Drafting room 1,056 594 693 



Engineer's vault ... 384 



Comptroller and bookkeepers 988 806 889 



Comptroller's vault 364 148 302 



Athletic director 260 ... 322 



Landscape gardener 150 . . . 181 



Police captain 182 ... 182 



Buyer 150 ... 181 



Telephone operator 92 24 56 



Library 510 



Stationery ,. . . . 266 . . . 615 



File room 241 



Total square feet 10,134 3,074 6,481 



Note the space in new building wasted in hallways and rooms for 



the Board, President and Committees. The Board consists of only five 

 members. 



(a) Information is combined with comptroller in plan of remodeled 

 building. 



(b) No separate room necessary. 



V. INSURANCE OF PARK STRUCTURES 



The South Park Board does not carry underwriters' poHcies 

 on any of the property under its control, but maintains an insur- 

 ance reserve fund to be used in the replacement of buildings or 

 contents which may be destroyed by fire. This reserve fund was 

 established in May, 1903, by setting aside $1,366.02 of interest 



