The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-30
BOAT CLUBS PLANS
THE ORGANIZATION MAPS OUT
THREE THINGS 1T HOPES TO
ACCOMPLISH.
INCREASE ITS MEMBERSHIP.
THE PRESENT INDEBTEDNESS OF
THE ORGANIZATION TO BE
WIPED OUT.
NEW RoArHousE AND GYMNASIUM
The Latter to Re Modern and Con-
tain All Kinds of Athletic
Equipment.

The directors of the Minnesota Boat
club have hit upon a plan by which
three things are to be accomplished
namely, the present indebtedness of
the popular organization is to be wiped
out, the membership is to be increased
from 50 members, the present figure,
to 300. and the club is to build and
equip a magnificent new boat house
and gymnasium on it's property on
Raspberry island. Great care is being
exercised in the selection of the new
members who are expected to infuse
new life into the club, and eight lists
have been placed in the hands of some
of the men who have worked hard for
the clubs success. 1t has been decided
to make the initiation fee $35 OF this
amount $40 is payable March /, and the
balance i'll monthly installments of S..
The applications are made subject to
several conditions.
First, the club agrees. on or before
March ], to effect a settlement of all
its outstanding Indebtedness. Next it
agrees to commence and complete in
the coming spring a new boat house
and gymnasium on Raspberry island,
which is to be thoroughly equipped
nances, the whole to call for an outlay
of something over $4,000,
A further condition is that the pay
ments are to be made to a committee
Of six, three Of whom shall be appointed
by the club directors and the other
three by the signers of applications
put of their whole number. This COM
mittee viii have entire control of the
ion Of he
and the disbursements of the funds
therefor and shall have full charge
thereof until the building is completed.
The final clause provides that not until
200 signatures shall have been received
shall the applications be effective
The members of the club who have
been working on the new plan are
much encouraged, as already nearly 100
desirable members have been added to
the roster. The very excellent gym
nasium which is projected appeals to
every man whether he is an oarsmen
or ever hopes to be, and 1t is expected
that before very long the balance of
the requisite number will be added to
the names of some Of the best men in
the city.
The building is to be constructed
where the present boathouse stands,
and will be an attractive tWo-Story
frame clubhouse to occupy q space
72X132 feet on the nOrtherly end of the
island. Save a small space which is
to be given to the machinery needed
to heat and light the building, all the
ground space will be devoted to the
boat room and swimming pool. The
boat room will be a spacious one with
one main and three smaller entrances
H. j.
the four divisions. The pool will be
a full-sized affair." surrounded by
felt track tWenty-eight laps to the
mile. \ stairway from the boat room
leads to the gymnasium on the second
floor. The space given to it will be
SOX50 feet. and within the four walls
will lie placed the handball courts.
boxing rooms, and a complete equip
ment Of up-tO-date apparatus of all
sorts, including the most approved
system of continuous pulley weights
dumbbells, Indian clubs, punching
bag, horizontal and parallel bars, ira
peZe bars and rings, Vaulting bars and
horses, rowing machines. in fact the
essentials to a first-class gymnasium.
Adjacent to the gymnasium are the
dressing rooms supplied with some
200 lockers. and several shower baths.
On the up-riyer end of the second
IiOOi WI! NS Tic leeulhS anu c4uD
rooms, eight in number, occupying a
space of 60X38 feet. Here any func-
tons, meetings, etc can be held.
Around three sides of the second floor
will be a verandah twelve feet wide,
from which an excellent view of the
racing on the river can be had AS
stated the cost of the structure will
be $4,000, and it will be ready for oc-
cupancy by July. The grounds sur
rounding the club house, which are
well wooded, will be improved, and
certain amount of space will be al
loted to tennis courts.
In addition to rowing. it is the inten-
ton to organize football base ball,
hockey. and other clubs in their re-
spective seasons. so that the cherry
and white of the clUb may hereafter
be seen in the various departments
of athletics.