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tains the teeter boards, sand courts and 
a wading pool at the end, near May 
street. This is circular in shape, and 
twenty-five feet in diameter. Beyond 
the open-air gymnasium for women are 
the tennis courts, ten in number. The 
large body of water along Augusta 
street and at the corner of May street 
will be used as a wading pool in the 
summer time and for skating in the 
winter. It measures 200x375 feet. 
No space has been wasted in arrang- 
ing the plan of Riverside Park. From 
the Morris canal to Market street, and 
from' Ferguson to Frederick streets, is 
devoted to some sort of a game, the 
only exception being a small area at the 
corner of Ferguson street and Passaic 
avenue, it is planned to make into an 
unbroken lawn. 
One feature of the Riverside Park 
plans is the swimming tank. It is partly 
surrounded by other structures, an of- 
fice for the attendant, and toilets. There 
is also a public shelter and veranda ex- 
tending in front of the latter. In addi- 
tion to the swimming pool, there is a 
wading pool for the small children. It 
is near the lawn which is to be set 
apart for them. 
The men’s open-air gymnasium is of 
good size. There is a running track 
around it, twelve laps to the mile. 
PUBLIC COMFORT STATIONS IN WASHINGTON, D. C. 
The two new model public comfort 
stations in Washington, D. C., illus- 
trated here, cost about $50,000, and 
were designed after a careful study of 
such structures elsewhere. Each has a 
complete system of heating and venti- 
lation. The air is changed with great 
rapidity by means of electric fans. 
Foul air is sucked from the lower part 
of the room by the fans, while fresh 
air is forced in at the ceiling. The foul 
air is drawn out through registers 
which are plentifully provided. Each 
station is fitted out with the most mod- 
ern plumbing and the walls and parti- 
tions are largely of marble. The chief 
difficulty of underground’ stations is usu- 
ally found in dampness. To avoid this 
the new underground station is com- 
pletely separated from the surrounding 
earth by layers of concrete tar paper 
and air spaces. 
Each of the stations consists of three 
apartment's — one for each sex and one in 
which the heating and ventilating appar- 
atus and the electrical mechanism is 
placed. On each side there are three 
pay compartments, the fee being 5 cents. 
Each compartment contains all conven- 
iences, including mirror, soap, towel and 
comb. The soap is furnished in very 
small wafers, each of which is used but 
once. The experience of Washington is 
that the pay compartments are used very 
little. Each side of the station is pro- 
vided with a cash regis’ter by means of 
which each patron records the amount of 
his payment. This affords a check on 
the attendants. In addition to the three 
pay compartments on each side, each sta- 
tion contains seventeen free compart- 
ments for men and sixteen for women. 
On each side there is a public lavatory 
where liquid soap is furnished free, but 
where 2 cents must be paid for a towel. 
The salaries of the attendants are the 
chief items of expense of operation. 
For each station four attendants are 
provided, two for the female side and 
two for the male side. 
The finishing touches have not yet 
been put upon the underground station. 
Where a sort of rude stovepipe rises 
from the ground now a large cement 
shaft will be constructed. It was hoped 
to top this model station with a fitting 
shaft, decorated with marble. But after 
the balance of the station had been com- 
pleted but $1,300 remained. And this 
was sufficient for only a concrete shaft, 
which will rise to a height of fifteen 
feet and will look altogether too much 
like a chimney. The cost of the under- 
ground station, was $26,530. Its electric 
fans are capable of moving 1,500 cubic 
feet of air per minute. The under- 
ground station is forty feet wide by 
fifty feet long, while the other station is 
fifty feet wide by 150 feet long. 
TWO MODEL PUBLIC COMFORT STATIONS', WASHINGTON, D. C. 
