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PARKS 



be removed to form open shelters during the summer months. These panels 

 have four by four-inch posts and one and a half-inch sash, glassed with 

 D. S. glass. They are fitted with stops, and at the foot of each post is 

 an iron shoe with pin fitting into the concrete. Some of the Evanston 

 buildings are similar to the one shown in Plate 191 except that they have 

 only the central section without the wings. In the case of the smaller build- 

 ings, lattice screens are provided at the toilet entrances. The dimensions 

 of the central unit are twenty by twenty and one-half feet and each of the 

 end sections is approximately twenty by twenty-four feet, making the total 

 length of the complete shelter sixty-eight feet. The height is sixteen feet. 

 The construction is largely brick, with cut stone window sills and a roof 

 of prepared shingles. The floors are cement. The building is heated by 

 steam on the low pressure gravity system, and is provided with an Ideal 

 Arco Heater. The shelter rooms are each heated by three radiators placed 

 on the ceiling. The following is a detailed statement of the cost of the 

 Evanston building in 1926: 



Large shelter and comfort station with two wings: 



Masonry, concrete and carpentry work. 



Electrical work 



Steam heating 



Plumbing and sewers 



Connecting to sewers 



,100.00 

 140.00 

 829.00 

 746.00 

 154.00 



Small shelter and comfort station without two wings: 



Building $2,900.00 



Plumbing 625.00 



Electric 105.00 



Sewer and water 410.00 



Total cost $4,100.00 



Total cost $7,969.00 



FLOOR, 

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PLATE No. 192. FLOOR PLAN OF EVANSTON SHELTER HOUSE 



