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attendance. Arrangement of exits from locker rooms makes possible collec- 

 tion of towel, suit, and key by same attendant by whom distributed, when 

 desired. 



26. A locker is provided for each bather, a common dressing room for 

 men, and booths for women; 494 lockers for men and 258 lockers and 44 

 booths for women ensure sufficient dressing facilities for maximum use of 

 pool. However, it may be necessary at times to assign more than one 

 person to a locker or dressing room. Advantages: The individual locker is 

 recommended in preference to the basket system. The latter necessitates 

 more help, and even then does not permit of handling large groups rapidly, 

 since each basket must be handled four times for each bather. 



27. All bathers must pass showers and toilets from locker room to 

 pool. 1 Advantage: Added incentive to their use. 



28. Three inches of water in vestibule at entrance from pool to locker 

 room. Advantages: Feet of all bathers are thus rinsed upon entering and 

 leaving locker room. Particularly valuable where area around pool is not 

 completely turfed. None but bathers may enter locker room from pool. 

 None but bathers may enter the pool enclosure. These basins are not 

 unsanitary if properly cared for. 



29. Bathhouse of stained shingles with rough stone porch columns; fence 

 and grounds as well pleasing to the eye. Advantages: A swimming pool 

 may be a beauty spot, and being such is an added incentive to patrons to 

 maintain hygienic and sanitary conditions. Tapestry brick is conceded to 

 be one of the most attractive of materials for a bathhouse, but the above 

 is suggested as one of the most attractive of frame structures. 



Construction costs for a pool embodying the foregoing specifications, 

 based on estimates secured in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1925, follow: 



Swimming and wading pools: 



Excavation $3,400.00 



Grading for floors 423.00 



Concrete work 7,000.00 



Sidewalks 1,569.00 



Forms 1,450.00 



Reinforcing 2,700.00 



Tile drains 400.00 



Concrete pipe 300.00 



Sumps 300.00 



Springboards 200.00 



Asphalt markings 350.00 



Water supplies 1,000.00 



Ladders and galvanized chains 300.00 



Diving tower 300.00 



Miscellaneous iron 3 50.00 



Total $20,042.00 



Brought forward 

 Bleachers . 



$20,042.00 

 450.00 



Bathhouse: 



Foundations $500.00 



Concrete floors 800.00 



Shingle roof 450.00 



Framing and finish 2,700.00 



Miscellaneous 



Stone porch 



Windows . 



500.00 



600.00 



600.00 



Plumbing 1,500.00 



Electrical work 500.00 



Painting 2,000.00 



Fence 1,000.00 



Total $11,150.00 11,150.00 



Total cost of project .... $31,642.00 



1 In many pools, showers are so placed that persons entering pool are obliged to pass under them. 



