, 1879-08-24

| IL seems to Do Mayor HAnR1sONtS tate tC
| run plumb up against some prominent Dem.
| ocrat at every turn he makes. The. result
Of these unfortunate encounters is that "the
| Mayor of the entire city has MAIDS almost
! as many enemies among the people of his
own party as anong those who are polite
| ally opposed to him. AR. F. f. WINSTON,
| local Democratic chieftnin, 'is the latest
accession to the ranks Of the malcontents,
aud it WIS Mr.. HAnn1soN's suggestion that
free use Of the grounds and waste water at
the Eorth-Side Water-Works should be
granted for the erection of d clearinghouse
that aroused Mr.. WMsToS's wrath. Mr..
WINSTON thinks that such clearinghouse
would be nuisance to the neighborhood,
aud disputes the moral and legal right Of the
Council to donate city property to the uses
Of an enterprise whi.h. whether the charges
bo large or small, contemplates the max
ing Of profit for private benefit
AIr. WINSTON is doubtless right in the
position lie has taken. The neighborhood
Of the North-Side Water-W Works has been and
is being built up with costly residences, and
the location Of free or cheap lighthouses at
that point would be q good dealof uui-
sance: nor would that location be central or
accessible for the mass Of people who would
want to avail themselves of the proposed
privileges Nevertheless there is some good
in Mayor HARR1soS's suggestion, aud the
plan for cheap baths may possibly be carried
out in such manner Us to furnish the priv
i1ege and yet avoid the objections which Mr..
WINSTON has made. We should like to have
"the artisan, mechanic, and laborer ITO
use the Mayors words-enjoy the blessed
boon of bathing at nominal cost, and We
should also like to see the prominent and
influential Democrats like A1essrs. HARn1soN
tisan fraternity.
The bulk of the warm water thrown off at
the WGter-Works is that which is poured
upon the condensing- cylinder to assist in the
collapse Of the steam. There is large
quantity Of it, but it runs of at level al
most Us low as the bottom of the sewers.
Any utilization Of this warm water will re-
quire the adjuncts of pump to raise it the |
required elevation and q pipe to carry it off.
This water can be taken mile nway from ]
The Water Works at cost not much greater
than would be necessary to pump it into
natatorium located upon the Water-Works
grounds. The pipe for carrying it off can
be laid in a wooden boz md packed around |
With ashes or some other non-conductor of
neat, so that the water would be almost as
warm after being carried mile away as
1hen first thrown of. The proper plan
SM be to give Mr. KD1sH,
,r some other person or corporation, the
rec use Of this warm water if such person
'r corporation will agree to furnish the
the pipe for carrying it off, the
vailed tank for bathing, and a proper bond
o furnish baths under the direction OF the
3oard of Public Health, and at cost not to
1ceed five cents for children and ten cents
or adults. There is 1arga slip OF low and
ground lying along the lake
bore north of the WateT-Works, Cd acre OF
'hich could be leased at low rental for
his purpose and without any objection on
be part of residents of the North Division,
+ the waste warm water could be carried
yer into the Seventeenth Ward to deslra-
10 location for the same purpose. The
'aste water at the West Side works
ould be utilized in the same manner,
nd enable the erection Of cheap bathing
ouses in some thlckly-settlcd part Of that
'ivision. It would be proper and COM
,endable action for the city to contribute
ais waste water without charge upon coli
Iteration Of securing cheap and capacious
aths for the poorer classes, and there is
JASON to- believe that:it. will pay private
3terprise to furnish the necessary pump,