The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-29
PUBLIC COMFORT STATIONS
How an Enterprising Western City Has Improved Business
 Conditions.
Perhaps Bridgeport Might Find the Example One Worthy of
 Emulation.

Emulation.
 The citizens of Pasadena. Cal, are to derive comfort and it's business men will undoubtedly reap some bene- fit from adopting the recommendation of A. c. Shaver, plumbing inspector of that city, which is to put into prac- tical operation a suggestion embodied in a paper on Comfort Station Marks and Equipment, by Frank K Chew read at the annual meeting of the American Society of Inspectors ot Plumbing and Sanitary Engineers, al Trenton. N. J., last February. A let ter from MT. Shaver, reprinted from Metal Worker of June 4, explains how the suggestion was carried out and is given. in part, as follows: <
 Following along the lines suggested In the paper which Mir Chew read at the last meeting of our society in Trenton, in regard to the use of a universal sign for comfort stations, we adopted an emblem and have it in general use in Pasadena. A short time ago made a canvass of the merchants and banks of our city to see if it would be possible to get them to co-operate with me in furnishfng 2 toilet accommodations for the public.
 ''The scheme was that they were to have placed on their windows an em- blern without wording that you'd sig iIlAy tHaI toiiOI RECOMMENDATIONS WSfS available and that they would make arrangements to take care of their own customers. was greatly en- couraged by the way in which the merchants took hold of the proposi- ton and after it had been brought up at one of the regular meetings of the Pasadena Merchants Association, 40 different business men agreed to dis play the emblem and they included the leading business men and all of the banks of the city.
 "The cut shown herewith was the emblem agreed upon, and as the colors harmonized. green for the circle, and red for the cross were selected. and 1t makes a. very neat looking sign with the white space between the two colors. The red cross was selected, as the whole proposition Is one to re- lieve the suffering, and then, inas- much as it is intended to provide for common need, the green circle was provided as further suggestion of re- lief.
 "The newspapers of our city were very generous in giving space and at- tention to the matter, so that the 1 people are getting quite well educat- ed to the significance of the sign.
 Where the accommodations are for men only white letter M is placed in the center of the red cross if for ladies the letter W is used and if there are accommodations for both sexes the cross is left blank.
 T am more than ever impressed with the valuable suggestion made in MT. Chew's paper, that some emblem should be adopted and universally us- ed: so that visitors to any city can tell at a glance where they can get the accommodations which may be needed
 The photograph reproduced is of the show window of the store of Brenner & Wood, a mems furnishing store, and shows in the lower left hand corner the comfort station mark, selected.
 The following is an extract from one of the Pasadena daily papers: "Be- cause Pasadena is lacking in public comfort stations, Plumbing Inspector A. c. Shaver has provided the next best thing in inducing the majority of the merchants of the city to adopt the proposed universal sign for com fort station as suggested in a paper by Frank K. Chew, read at the last meeting of the American Society of Inspectors of Plumbing and Sanitary Engineers, of which MT. Shaver is a member. Not only has he succeeded in supplying a long-felt need in this matter, but is also working on the plan of securing comfort station for the use of the general public and agents are now at work to secure a location which will be recommended for such a building
 The mark, of which a diagram is presented, is to have a diameter of in. to the outside of the green cir cle. The other dimensions of the mark are not given and possibly should be determined by each city, though, it would be advisable, now that Pasadena has taken the lead, to follow the example that has been set by that city. A sample of the mark secured by corresponding with MT. Shaver, so that the various dimensions and the colors can be adopted. Apparently this matter has become widely known in Pasadena and the people there are showing that it is a popular move by the use they are making of the sanitary accommoda- tions provided and the familiarity they are showing for the signs that are dis played in the 40 business houses which have made the movement a success by their generous action.
 The example set by MT. Shaver is one that is worthy of being widely followed and plumbing inspectors of all large centers will do we'll to be- come familiar with his plan of opera tion to popularize the idea and have it put into local use. A public off cial can be of no better or more val uable service to his people than in following the steps which have been demonstrated to be popular in Pasa- dena. It is a work in which all al lied with the plumbing trades should cooperate, inasmuch as it will lead to the equipment of many business houses with those sanitary convent