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THE POOR IN GREAT CITIES
 

torn, while in the case of plan A, the dividing walls are pierced by
windows, only about four feet distant from those in the next house,
so that these walls offer no security against fire.

In addition to the saving of 100 running feet of brick wall ex-
 

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Figure 6—Plan C.
 

tending from foundation to roof, there is another saving of 330 run¬
ning feet of partition, plastered on both sides, on each floor; the
cost of these two items would amount to over $5,000, which should
be deducted from the estimated cost by plan B.    Now we have: