The morning times., 1896-11-14
BATHING BEACH CHANGES
recommendation Submitted BY
Superintendent Stevens.
Has Made Soundings of small Tidal
Reservoir Estimate of Cost to
Sand 1t Not Yet In.

Superintendent Stevens yesterday SUBJ
EItted 10 the Commissioners "a report Oc
the recent soundIngs made Of the sunni.
tidal reservoir which IT is intended u
guu.crt JUJu "a uJtuug beach. uit.l wien it
made an estimate OF the filling and GrcIg-
IHE required tp adapt Jae B.-iu 20 tuc pat
pose Indicated. Nj stevens will next
-..Ds.lIt .tu s>IutJt' ur jue cost ul JI. ut.,r->
sdry iupruveru enJ
IN HIS rgfJr, J.uay the superintendent
sateS Thai iHs proposed water level ur
the basin is two feet above low tide. aud
.ue- Tow Jt.lc us.A Is ,lr u.tsy .uJ ,t,.
masonry IN The vail haiiy about the IarE,'
tIIa! reservoir. The landings wvsc meas
Urrd from Jhis water level, and wee
made al intervals OF ten Feet. All sound
InES were uptri on the map accompanying
The report.
There are some sunkcn wrecks. some
..u''.n. ItH.TI'.. aup,v .,.e N.-r. Co.. %,
ana many scows in dilapiJated cunli-
.."n I".Lrt atpuE Gue saory>. u,.r- ,arr
also five pavllIons in good condition, =
number OF steam tugs and other boats
anchored in the basin.
ON the surrounding land" Mr. stevens
says, "wui-H au~ been ;iSsI gurd by tu.. sec
retary OF War tor the pUrirls,. oil Jnc bath
ing beach, are heaps ot >anu Which has
been unlOaded there from SCows by a
land dealer, the public domain being On
croaChcd upon Tor private commercial
prutJ. The same puauHcr is profanity
The owner OF mos of the boats ana wrecks
! enumerated.
"inr eNtrut OF the fill required is o.
0G3 cubic yards Of earth, and 4 80 yards
OF sand. According TO the plan this sand
will cover the whole area to "a depth %
SIX inches. The area over which sand ~
To be spread is 2T,24i square yards.
The plan COntemplaJes forming a car
riagc drive furJy feet wide on the beach
aonE the northwest shore, sin inches
above water level, and to continue tho
Drach thirty feet wide at the s.tn, level
,hc rest Of the way around the basin, eX-
cept for distance OF two hundred feet
aJ the north end ur the east side. Here
is to he the natatorium for naked bath
ing, so there should b. no beach Tor parld-
ing.
From the waters edge the sandcd
! bottom is to slant to a depth OF four feet
at thrty-two feet from shore, from which
| line parallel with the shore. the bottom
Is 10 slant six inches to a depth Of four
! ami one half feet at the edge OF the diving
| pool.
This pool is to be 800 feet long by 30
! feet wide and : feet deep. Here is the
| only place where dredging is necessary,
| and the average is only ten inches The
| whole amount OF dredging IS $40 yards 10
/ 1
! ties trespaSSng upon the premises, either
| on lanC or water, be notified to vaCata
| within ten days, and that the Secretary OF
| War be requested 10 fix the bounds Of the
! beach; that bids he invited for reTuuving
| all wreCEage; that bids be solicited Tor
| dredging, IIlling, grading, and sanding
J the bottom, ana for building and sinking
| in the basins mouth a fIumc fifty feet
| long by nine feet wide, two sliding gate.
a t the inner end Of the flUmc, and u plank
| bridge forty feet wide across the flunp.
that bids be solicited, also, filling in
| good solid earth at each side Of ths
| flume.
He also recommends that the old office
| and one block OF dresSug-rourus be moved
to the east side OF the basin, the Cth-rs
| 10 the south side, and that additional
I rooms be constructed, Increasing The
| number to 500. lie also wants an office
| building. and asks that the banks sur
| rounding the beach he graded aud Sown
in Bermuda grass, and the grounds other
| wise cleared ana beautincd, and that an
item be entered IN the appropriation till
for grading Seventeenth street as 20 dirt
road from = street north to the tidal
reservoir, a distance Of about tyO SQUARES