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Chapter IV 
FIRST BOSTON OBJECT LESSON 
WINTER STREET AND THE SINGLE TAX* 
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SHOULD THERE BE A NORMAL RATIO BETWEEN THE 
VALUE OF LAND AND THE VALUE OF BUILDINGS? 
HE following text, diagram,tpictures, and tables 
A are designed to illustrate the absurd ratio 
existing between the values of land and buildings, 
and the possible application of the single tax principle 
MAP OF WINTER STREET SHOWING ESTATES NUMBERED 
^°tal area of lots 83,522 square feet, or one and eight-tenths acres. Total 
length of street 485 J feet. The numbers in small figures on this plan are 
the street numbers; the numbers in large figures are the square feet of 
area in each lot. 
* The statements contained in this chapter are adapted from an address at 
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® anquet given by the Massachusetts Single Tax League in the Hotel Vendome, 
5,1899, t0 Representative Business Men of Boston. This was the tenth 
to VI, contained in original Chapters IV, V and VI, are