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winter for Public Entertainments, and plentiful means of
ingress and egress has been sought to be provided by each
Competitor.
With one exception all the Private Baths are placed on
the same floor as the Swimming Baths.
The accommodation provided in Dressing Boxes to the
two Swimming Baths varies from 56 to 81 in the 1st Class
Bath, and from 65 to 88 in the 2nd Class Baths.
In the Public Laundry the number of Washing Compartments
shown varies from 70 to 80.
The Boiler House and Engine House with its necessary
adjuncts has been placed at the end of the building in
Harvey Road in all the designs, though in some cases more
conveniently arranged than in others.
I should mention that in several of the plans the exact
boundaries of the very intricate site do not seem to have
been strictly adhered to, but such variations are but slight
and do not affect materially the arrangements of the several
plans, and therefore do not in my opinion disqualify the
designs in which they occur.
The Estimates sent in vary from £23,822 to £25,350,
and deducting the amount specified in each case to be
cluded for Engineering Work and Fittings leave amounts
which if divided by the Cube feet of each Building gives
only 4d. to 4½d. per cube foot for the buildings themselves.
This seems to me a very low estimate, but it may be
possible to obtain Tenders within such limit.