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Show Community Garages In Duluth. Community garages, says Popular ! Mechanics Magazine, have been lntro-j lntro-j duced in Duluth, Minn., which show some decided advantages over the usu- al Individual garage. With the aid of j good architecture and landscape gar-' gar-' denlng the structures add to the appearance ap-pearance of the neighborhood, and I back yards are left free for gardens and playgrounds. A saving is made In the cost of constructing buildings anil driveways, and the heating problem prob-lem is simplified. A single plant heats all the rooms most economically and all rooms are kept at a minimum temperature tem-perature of 40 degrees even In the severest se-verest winter weather. There Is a solid wall between each group of four rooms. The otller partitions are of , concrete to a height of three feet and of galvanized wire netting the rest of I the way to the celling. The construction construc-tion is of hollow concrete blocks, metal met-al lath and cement plaster. |