St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-25

erection of bath houses, but it has
been found too narrow. The plan
now is to erect a floating bath in
the river. Mrs. Wright has written
to New York and>Detroit for infOrma-
ton On the subject. and plans have al
ready been drawn for the bath. The
plan was shown by Mr.. Morgan. The
plan contains six private bath rooms
for winter use and swimming bath
24X75 feet. The pool is partitloned OIL.
Part of it is filled with water to the
depth of three feet. The rest OF 1t is
six feet deep. City water IS to be used
in the bath house, which is estimated
to cost $500 or $1,000. The city coun-
ell will adopt the plan and pass an Or
dinance authorizing its erection as soon
as the assistant city attorney returns.
1t is expected that the barge will be
built this fall, and will be in run
ming order sometime in April or May.
Ten cents will be charged for each
bath, and the money so obtained VIII
pay the running expenses of the bath.
Two hours each day the baths are to be
free. One day week they are to be
open to women. The Commercial club
has urged the city council to- adopt this
plan, and it is a certainty that next
season will see public baths i'll opera
ton.
Free Drinking Fountains.
Mrs. c. A Severance had an exhaust
i've report to make of the labOrS OF the
committee on free drinking fountains.
Three fountains are to be put in. The
park board will erect one at Como park
and one on the read to Minneapolis,
probably Oh Marshall avenue. Mrs.
Severance urged the need or placing
drinking fountains at the entrance OF
the cities, and said that the worst lack
of water exists in SWede Hollow. City
water mains are not laid there, and
could not be put in without great eX-
pense. The people who live there
drink water from springs in the bluffs.
The water is clear, and tastes well, but
an analysis reveals such impurities as
render it not only totally unfit to drink,
but an actual menace TO the whole city.
The Duluth railroad is to build a tank
in the hollow, and has offered the COM
mittee the use of the pipes laid for this
purpose. Under the high bridge there
are no mains. and river water, tainted
with sewage, is used. Nothing can be
done at present to remedy this evil.
The committee has co-operated with the
w. C. L. L.. and under its influence
various stores have put out bar
rels of ice water, till the business
portion of the city is reasonably well
supplied with drinking water. The
cost of fountain asked for from the
council will amount TO $500 or SlUU.
MIR. Morgan spoke OF the West side
flats in the Sixth ward. Well water is
used there: there are no water mains,
and q great deal of sickness results
from the use OF impure water, the own
ers of the property refusing to put IN
city water.
Dir. Hewitt suggested that instead of
erecting costly fountains the city mains
be tapped and faucets inserted. These
might be used at certain hours OF the
day under police supervision to guard
against waste.
Mrs. HoXsie resigned from the con-
tagious diseases committee. Mrs. Willis,
of the garbage committee, was out of
town. but Prof. Phelps spoke briefly OF
her work, and of the sanitation commit
tee in general.
talk on Sanitation.
The remainder of the afternoon was
devoted to an instructive talk on SANTA
ton by DR.. Hewitt, of Red Wing. secre-
tary of the state board of health.
IF | were asked to give a motto for
this organization" said DIR. Hewitt,
after compIimenting the society in most
f1attering terms on the great work 1t
has done, 81 should say Pure and
abundant light, air and water, and all
opportunity for work."
DR.. Hewitt advocates very strongly
the addition of wash houses to the free
gath, and in telling of his experience in
Europe he said that the wash houses.
where women might go and wash and
dry their clothes at a trif1ing cost, were
far more remuneratiye and popular
than the bath houses. He thought baths
and wash houses ought to be open the
year round. and was sure the income
from the wash tub would. prove far
greater than that from the bath tub.
He talked earnestly OH the garbage
question. The crematory," said he, lis
au outrage on nature, but 1t may be
q necessity" The method of removing
garbage, he advocates, is its use for
fertilizing purposes.
The speaker closed with a few brief
remarks ON the work of the Young
Women's Friendly association, and an
appeal TO the women present to insist
on vaccination and absolute sanitary
conditions in their own homes.
A unanimous vote of thanks was
given DR.. Hewitt as he closed his re-
marks, and with that pleasant formality
the meeting adjourned.
The sanitation committee does not
propose to let interest i'll its work lag
curing the winter months, but will
keep up its fight for ST. Paurs health
lhe year round.