True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1837-04-19

will be furnished by the present city works;
and as it will be carried oil from the basin
by the suhteraneous pipes and the already
mentioned apertures, Just as fast as 1t shall
enter the basin from the fountain, it will,
OF course, always be fresh and pure; and
here is an instance in which we may
make literal application of one of the
h5urativc expressions of the Night
Thoughts" that,
: in the same !treans ever hathed him t,rics "
The basement story of the edifce is to
be entered from the street, by flight of
marble steps, extending along the whole
front and rear. The principal story will
be entered by grand flight of steps, on
abe exterior. occupying the entire front
OF the prof C ng portico of the centre
The basement story will be composed Of
an open colonnadc, so feet wide, and ex-
tending like the portico along the whole
of each side of the ediice, thus afford
ing delightful promenade. The columns
are to be of the Doric order, and superb
workman hip. Proceeding through the
colonnade, in the SINE rection in which
I'VE at first ente ell, we pass out of it, into
small rooms, which are, as it were, the Sc
cond stories of the small bathing rooms al
rea ly described. Here the bathers will
IN Ire : and deposite their apparel, and
descend thence, by flight of stone steps,
i o he bathing room, from which they
m y, Wien they wish, enter the grand ba-
sin, by orening the Venetian blind door,
as b ere mentioned; and thus have COM
P ct ID my description of the BATHING
de t'artmcnt OF the institution 0jTs1t should
be particularly understood, that one side Of
the bath shall be go constructed, as to have
the water of mild temperature, either
tepid or warm for those who shall require
or prefer such bathing, and that the bath
will be illuminated by gas
But before l proceed to the remaining
details of the contemplated establishment,
it is necessary for me to offer few expla-
natory observations.
| 1t would be useless to attempt the fur
NJ hing of the momentous dcsideratum for
, VIII ca this insitu ion is proposed, unless
tie, object be as nearly complet(y' furnish
ed as human means can compass it. A
NJ vely p,,vrtiM attainment Of such an OBJ
iect, would, comparatively, be of no aua1.
re means ,.ercby proposed, however
vii, hope, be found upon experiment
to be altogether ade, nate to the purpose
intended, fer many yea. 5 TO come, II not
forever. But such bathins 'es'anilShmeht
could not be erected without a very heavy
expenditure, and tie cost of suss, '."1"S IT,
(eS"ecially here,) would be proport,, 'nso'y
g e1t-&o great, indeed, that we coulo hos
expect the receipts to be at all adequa,, e
thereto. In founding such an institution,
therefore, although the primary, nay, in
fact, the 0niy object aimed at, be the fur
nlshlng of a suitable bath, yet we realize
an imperative necessity for connecting 9TH
er departments with the primary one, the
usefulness of which shall constitute an at
traction OF such an aggregate patronage
from the community, as will suffice tor
the sustenance of the whole conce17l.-
And hence the cause of the various ram.e-
cations INTO which the proposed establish.
ment Is to be extended. Those ramifca-
tons or departments, Will now endeavor
to describe; requesting the reader to bear
IN mind, as | proceed, that the same
ground, and the same confo rmation of the
basement story, which would he required |
1 ~! the 6afh a/one, as also the same exren-
dture OF money, will also answer as the
basement of the requisite superstructurc.
10 bathing establishment as extern
$ We as that hereby prop osed, there must
nc the treest possible admission of air; to
secure which it is intended that the super
structure shall form a ho1loap square, from
the bottom ofthe basin upward, throu ohout
It's whole height, which hollow square shall
he OF the sane size as the basin, from the
bottom to the top of the building. There
will he no roof, or covering of any kind, to
this opening.
The front of the eliEce will be orna-
by cupola, 90 feet high, which
rnpoia will be surmountcd by statue of
The second story will be reached by
grand stairway in the front, and minor
one in the rear; and thus also will the
third story and the attic be reached. Each
1t those upper stories are L.: be divided off
mo large and cnmmodious halls and roou,,s,
o he appropriated to the use of an AGA
1emv ot Arts, an Atheneum, Museum,
Libraries. and other departments, alike
'on luclvc tc the mo al and Intellectual
,mlture and refinement of our population.
he several windows Of the halls and rooms,
IN those sides adjacent to the hollow
quare, will be so constructed as to prevent
nch persons as may be in those halls and {
oomS from seeing those who may be hath
ng thus securing the requisite privacy to
he bathers.
Atthe top of the edifce will be prom ;
made gallery, projecting out beyond the
utter walls, from whence widely extend /
ng view of the city and its vicinity will be !,
ttorded. This promenade will be pro- F.,
ecied by handsome strong railing. |
Thus, fc!low-eitizens, you have succinc, :,
description of the proposed instimtion.- !
hat such one is much needed in New '
orleans, no one will hesitate in acknow- !
edglng; and that it would exert salu- {
airy influence over the physical moral and {
mental interests of the community, no one :
an deny. But the undertaking cannot he
arried into practical effect without money !
\ large capital will be required, not less !,
han TO 81 100000.
To raise the required capital, company !
'ill have to be formed, by whom the stock =,
will he taken in shares of 500 each. A |
harter has cen obtained for that purpose. !
socks will be opened for subscription to {
he stock. And now, having done all that /
ny one individual, of my humble ability, !
ould do. in furtherance of such an enter s
rise, must, for the present, close my la. {
ours, by appealing to the selfinterest,
lie public spirit, the pride, and the mag i
animity, ofmy fellow citizens, fora prompt {