Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-24
TREF BATHING.
Superintendent stevens submits an Inter
e~tiug E-Port the Esthing E~seh-

e~tiug E-port on the Usthing Reach.
Superiniendert W Y Stevens % Ii. bathing
heach. a. mentioned n THE STAR, has made his
annual report 90 the Commissioners. which Is
- follows Hstth~-s registered. 10. SIS Of whom
- we're female. receipts % doratiaus on boat
sccount, ef3 IS paid on boat account sS9.6 90,
ba.ance in hand. o. IS. received for rent %
snits since August n. Ssi.45, psii keepers.
s1o 20. net % superintendent. slO75, drown
ing. 2 one Who could 10, swim. lie did not
register. bat vas smuggi.! into a room By
frien1- rho registered for Themselves ouIv.
The other q colorcd tov Who vas swim min z
cut on deep wafer. became O., yhieEsf aud SAM
Since lad a bUat on the water nos one life
has been lost. and saving Al hss been rendered
O. seven persons. In one casa the bostman
Rsvmoud sssclf. dove o. the bottom and
tfought % boz who had sunk, and his HE
va sav~d
This years experience has added some items
- Information. Er-f. n proper facii.tIc- are
provided o. rent tathiug suits aad boats and to
s-I hight s1lbls- and drinks nothing intoxicat-
Ing ] think the beach will be sells supporting
To" drst year 90 might not Tay. the second
wouli uav FOR itsei: aud the third would nav
tur -hort8gs - the first To accomplish this
keepers house must be yroside,i with cor
vsuieure. @ handle crowd rapidly because
The main part - the bathing - done within two
frurs % each dav, a cheap little floating house
- AAA % IEthNlfAHl from Ntlifn 70 rent bnaES
snd q neat cookrv stand made These would
not iri ptse auy burden a. on the public beyond
their uifing frat cost and thry would be gladly
paitouizct By those wiling 10 pay for such con-
vCnlsuccs-
~ orUSR CT~IFs.
tn response g. Ietters which wrote 70 the
mayors o. the following cities give these par
ticuiarG Philadelphia has free public baths
costing sf2 U00 and maintains them ~ an
animal cost Of 81. COO Boston has had bathing
Iia-es for twenty-9vs years main tanned at an
annual cost % tI6 900 New York. free baths
cost her s202. 500 and an annual maintenance e
ass go In I.qi she registered 94J2 800
bathsrs. oue-t third % whom females. Now.
vhiio sfill believe that for the sIO. 900 asked
for last year, but not resolved. could have
provided Ogrseivos with ali the conveuiences
named In that plan. vet our past summer
r-curi ard the records % other cities show that
~ DID not plan 20 accotnmodate half the
t.th-rs that Washington viii present soon "a
tie bathing place IL What IL should be
Other cires have to lie content With floating
houses In which they hsvea little more swim
ming room than sardires IN can, bat Wssh-
iuxt0n Ia. beautiful haze OF clean water. out
- the pathways OF commerce uad navigation,
where ss have foothold and wherein We can
dan up smaller LAKE. yet larger than all the
bathing house. Of New York and large enough
20 serve Wsshtngtcn for q half century. Arl
While ws are abouttt think thatS dam cirClIug
out into the lake should be made drlveWu,
~ide enough for carriages TO pass and 90 stop
anywhere around 10 20 watch the sport -
bathers 70 view the scenery, because this
year the Whole bank along the beach has often
been 80 crowded With carriages that occupants
Ia the rear could not the swimmers. There
4 ned Of twice manv additional houses
- before proposed. making $40 new rooms AMI
twice many seats around the ann hi.heater.
a. 10 be shaded by neat permanent awning.
There should be provided ample gymua-uc aF-
pliance.. where athletes-our own BOYS and
girls-may exercise and perform over and IN
the w,ter, encouraged BY the pinudit- 81
spprectAtivs audience. What could add more
% the enjoyment OF thousands in hot weather,
and What other city Ia. 90 beautiful place IN
incpmber,d BY trade II Washington will az
Yroprfate one-half the sum that IhiiadelI hia
has expended or one-tenth a. much "a New
York ~ viii have more beautiful and at
Sscpy~ institution than can be found anywhere
sl-e and q permanent. self-sustainiug one. A
comprehensive plan should be arranged at
the outset. because enough earth NAV now be
taken from shore to make the dam wide enough
for roadway, bat narrow dam at
nrst made and the bank put in proper shape.
the earth. o. widen the dam another year,
would have 20 be hauled from n distance and
would cost two or three times a. much = now.
u ms comprehensive plan meets your Ap-
lFoval Will present plans and estimates for
your consideration. hoping that bill may
Fsss the next Congress 80 early a. TO permit the
completion Of the whole before June next.