The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-02-14
Puma hon Going to swim.


The authorities of Oahu College
have added one more to the many
attractions OF the institution at Puma
hou. The new departure is capa-
eiuus swimming tank forty-five feet
loug and thirty-eight feet wide, with
an incline in the bottom giving q
depth at one end of seven feet aud at
the other of five feet, and having q
capacity of 64.000 gallons-Of water,
not of boys or girls. The bottom con-
sists of rock pounded i'll the earth and
filled with grOut; over this is layer
of from ! to I inch solid cement. The
walls are eighteen inches thick and
consist of granite coral and cementN
Fifty barrels of cement were used in
the structure. Around the tank there
rises board fence ten feet high. Near
the door and at the more shallow end
of the tank are four well finished
dressing rooms. The water supply is
from the overflow of the Pup2hou
spring. Before entering the bufSving
the water is received in well abSHt
three feet deep from which it OverfleWs
through screen so that all the sedi-
ment will be left in the we'll, which
will be easily cleared out from time to
time. In he bottom ut the lowest
part, and 1T the corner opposite to
that where the water enters, there is
an escape pipe and valve and regu-
lator outside, so that in case of the
tank being empty the outflow can be
stopped. IN ingenious arrangement
of pipes outdoors brings the wates;A
back uphill to point level with the
surface of the water in the tank
whence it is conveyed across the lot in
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the land for irrigating purposes as may
be required.
Appliances for the safety of swim
mers are also provided in steps, lad
ders of iron bars fixed in the masonry
at each corner, and staples ut regular
intervals from which ropes may be
drawn across the surface. An ingeni-
Gus device with half joint of stove
pipe at the outlet of the water into the
irrigation ditch provides for the low
ering of the water inside by some four
teen inches if needed, and also pro-
vides ii very pretty imitation of an
artesian well.
The great bath was formally opened
at $3.50 D. m Saturday week by Master
Albert Frank Judd, son of the Chieff
Justice, taking the first splurge The
Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, Mr..
c. VI. Cooke, next entered the dressing
room and soon came out with n rush,
taking fine "header,n and coming
up in due order on the opposite sitsAg6
The boy and the Treasurer having duly
dedicated the great bath to its proper
purposes the gentlemen spectators I'M
locked themselves out and after par
taking of refreshments ut the, domestic
hall, the lady visitors went in a body
to make their inspection of the new
structure.
The visitors who had come to honor
the occasion were Chief Justice Judd
and Mrs. Judd, Mr. Justice MeCully
and Mrs. AIeCully, Mr. 2. G. Jones
Hon. c. r. Bishop, Rev. Dr. Beck
with, Mrs. Beckwith, Mr.. J. b. Ather-
ton, Mr. G. NJ. Cooke, Mr.. S. D. Fuller
Rev. a. o. Forbes and Mrs. FORBES,
Mr. f. w. Damon and Mrs. Damon,
Mrs. 5. {. Damon, Mrs. H. M. Whit
ney, and representatives of the GA
ZETTE and Bulletin.
The visitors expressed themselves
highly delighted with 5he prospects Of
a new, useful and heGthfuI source of
amusement for the Punahou students
and only regretted that they were not
among the number themselves.
This addition to the Punahou equip
ments is provided for by the generos-
ity of the Hon. Fl. p. Baldwin, of
Haiku, Maui, assisted by other friends
of the institution, at a cost of about
$4,000.