376 PARKS 



Sheet metal work $1,029.74 



Painting and staining, 15,000 square feet 731-63 



Gates, turnstiles, railings, etc 4-15-53 



Hardware 383.70 



Lockers 6,087.37 



Watching, insurance and miscellaneous expenses 1,520.68 



Engineering and supervision 1,727.78 



General administration expenses 1,046.77 



Total cost $55,112.95 



Cost per square foot floor space, $5.19; cost per cubic foot capacity, 

 38 cents; cost per locker capacity, $40.82. 



FACILITIES FOR WINTER SPORTS 



The increasing interest in out-of-door winter activities has resulted in 

 a great demand for facilities for skating, tobogganing, skiing, ice hockey and 

 other sports. The supplying of the facilities is largely a responsibility of 

 park and recreation officials. 



Ice Skating Rinks. 



The following suggestions on the construction of ice skating rinks have 

 been prepared by J. R. Batchelor, field secretary of the P. R. A. A. : 



The ground and surface. The surface should be approximately level, 

 because it takes longer to flood an uneven area. The best surface is of clay, 

 but many playgrounds have a surface of gravel over clay, or some other 

 foundation, and this is not hard to freeze. It is practically impossible to 

 freeze a sand surface. 



Banks. The best bank is one which has been plowed up and tamped 

 before freezing weather. One furrow should be plowed around the rink 

 and the dirt packed down to make it sufficiently solid to prevent air holes 

 through the bank. If work is not started in time to do this plowing, a board 

 bank may be constructed of two-inch planks ten or twelve feet long, laid 

 on edge after the loose surface has been scraped to enable the plank to rest 

 on a solid foundation. The planks are laid end to end around the rink; 

 two by four-inch stakes about three feet long are driven one or more feet 

 into the ground at each intersection and nailed to the planks. This prevents 

 any moving of the planks. The dirt scraped from under them should be 

 tamped around the bottom of the planks. If a heavy snowstorm should 

 come before these steps are taken it may be necessary to make a snow 

 bank. At best, these banks are not very satisfactory, and a great deal of 

 time is consumed in making them, as the snow must be entirely frozen 

 through before any attempt can be made to flood the surface of the rink. 



The sprinkling and freezing process. After the bank has been made, 

 the rink is ready for sprinkling and freezing. This process requires a great 



