, 1876-07-15
PUBLIC BATHS.
Utilizing the Ponds at lau>
coin Park.
The Commissioners Look on t3,a
Scheme with pisfavor.
Mr. Kadiah Comes to the Front with a
Feasible Plan,

Eea8lple Ilan.
Tie presence OF the heated term, always pro-
vocattvc Of desire to plunge Into any conyen.
lent body of water, has cn,lacl considerable act-
tation, literary md otherwise, On the subject Of
bathing In tho la]eo at all hours and In The Lin
coin Park ponds between certain hours Of tbe
night. For the past week or more the papers
have contained communications on tlis subject,
In which opinions Of ali shades have been prc.
sontcl. Tho general feeling among certain
class Is. however, tfat It would DO Glorious
scheme to bo allowed to dive oil into tho lake
whenever one was 30 disposed, or to dcvote
tho hours Of the night to padding in
The ponds at Lincoln Turk. Those who
maintain this vicw Of the case are
con- so%posca y, ;,,.t ., two S slassssGshs hardworkng
need the desired recreation. The latter sro
afflicted norc with desire To pass tho time IN
PLEASANT WY, thar 70 secure any sanitary I'd.
gantage.. If they must bc idle, why not be
Idle IN thc water, wl,cra It Is moro comfortahlt
by all odds tllnn lounging around the hot dusty
stfeets7 Tic workers would like the pot,ls al
night, and possh1y some Of them would enjoy
2 swim after working hours i1 tho afternoon.
swim III the lake. mud final bath In tho park
Jnnds Ia the evening. All have uno argument
against whnt they term the mock mod.
ss,sty s,y ,;i,, Of ttc super ssenstise portion d
BE- be- sloekca they necda't put themselves n tl's
way to be mortified. III their opinion tlIs act
tlcs the wh"lc question.
4 TRIBUNE reporter Faw several OF the LIN.
coin Park Commissioners ycstcr,lny, anil OBJ
taincal their Views ot the subject Of bathing in
tho pot,ds. Thr first Commissioner seon VIVA
49,. JOSEPH BToCKToN,
who was decidedly uppused to allowing people
" f,athc In The ponds Ut Lincoln Park. IN The
nAt rHrf n NIL 1T111 H.
mem9crcd mem tnat people were sttttng in the park
to have lathcrs In tho ponds Mt such times. The
fen .eou ~ Snd ws. sS e avo5s s
Of the most respectable kind. There wcrc lin
blc to be many rude people, not t., say roughs,
among thctIi, aud the result would be anything
but deatrablc. Mothers who were out with
frcsh nir, which they could not gci In their pcnt.
up houses, would &c compelled to listen to The
obscene md proianc remarks Of a crowd o1
loafers. II tte city was IN condition to erect
he should be in favor u giving tho land
fur that purpose, but unfortunately tho
city had no MONEY to spend In that way, and q
bsthlng-h9,sae, ho thought, would cast some
tng-housc should be divided into compartments
for males and females, ns bathing was Just as
necessary for the latter ns Il was for the fOr1nnr
II the bathing could be made private and kept
~ IL
but lie should object most decidedly to tho
parks being given over nightly to d crowd Of
Idle, and perhups vicious, men who would
tramp down The grass and very probably keep
hight, and such wns not the purpose for wl,lcl
the park was established.
MH. wlrnnow,
another Of the Commissioners, WIS also onposed
aud boys around tllors making night hIlcous,
Hu 1,ad once Itycd nenr a pnrG where this iaJ
been done, and hc knew what 1t was. IIe want
cd no moEc Of It. II would also DO bud for tho
trees anu shrubbcry in the mark and It would
be difficult to keep good order. a larger iovcs
Of policemen would bc required, and tho Park
Commission now pall abolt as many Is they
felt they coulki pay lie was, However, IN fayoi
Of pntpe. a; es wasa sssssSd s esp@ en s @ ga
he couadcred thAt 1t must inevitably como I'd
that.
Mn. KAn1sB
was IT. favor Of a clearinghouse under the res't
Police. 1Io was sorry 10 say that In prcyioul
c1rcrtmcuts, wIcru private partics aad nut IN
| bathlug-houscs here, bathing Ind been merely 1
secondary consideration. Thu prImu ob]ect VA
established, It must be undcrstooi TINT bathing
! vas to bc tic prime feature Of the tiinc, ana
4 any prlyilegss were granted 1t9nor:ssllers,
Mr. KaaIsls ideas tl!iIcr somcwhat from those
| generally entertained on tits subject of batI,.
ing. lle would have this bathng-f,olso In fact
What il Is in name, mud not wasl,-house. IL
nj home. The bat!l.houso Should bo
for tin n,lr,ose Of recreation and irarninr fo
swIm. II vas yery popular Idea that the CITY
ought to proy,do imtnensc wasisI.ouscs for til
misses. ] - il tic eity wus ablc to do TIL, and to
c sio1,H is IN M favor ~ that tt,t n t,a nrss.
cut state oi the city's finances Il wns ~ ali ont o,