Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-07
PUBLIC lighthouses
HOW SUCH ESTABLISHMENTS ann
CONDUCTED IN ENGLAND.
REGISTER OF The LAND OFFICE

REGISTER OF The LAND OFFICE.
mr.. Carter Berkeley 10 lie C"n"i-
date for This Plnce-Hichmona anu
a.. n A. R.-.yudge Christian Has
Defined Ex-Confederate' fosi''"A'
WASHINGTON. D. c., september
(special.)-sInce the question OF es'ao-
fishing public bathing and s"iih'"'"e
pools I'm Richmond is being considereu'
some extractr from a recent report nia.e
by Professor Edward Mussey Hart"eh
TO the Department of Labor may Do u
interest. Speaking of bath-nouses
England, he says of the Pier-Head Da'h'
Liverpool. established In 1873;
.erhe total cost Of the building and Keep
ing It in repair UP to 1895, according "
official reports, amounted to fi5'oSo es-i-'f'''
The establishment includes two SWIM
ming baths, one 46 feet o inches ny
feet in area. and the other 40 by ~ iee''
also two small private plunge oa'hs'
eleven private tub baths, two Vapor
baths. and one douche bath. fiitereo
salt water from the Mersey Is used III
all these baths, except one private path
tub, in which fresh water Is empioyeu.
From the beginning Of May untii the emu
of September the swimming baths are
open on week days from "A. NJ uiitii
p. NJ. and on Sundays from TO a. NJ
During the months of April and Octo-
Der they are open on week days ohiy'
on Saturdays from A. Nj. unul T. NJ
on other days they are closed at T. NJ
From November until the end OF March
these baths are open from A. NJ uhlii
p NJ from Mondays to Fridays. ana
ON SATURDAYS from A. NJ. until 4. M
They are not open on Sundays. Inc PIT
vate hot and cold baths and vapor anG
shower baths of this establishment are
omen during the same days and hours as
are specified above for the swimming
baths.
"Tickets for the public plunge or SWIM
ming bath from October to the end OF
March, and from to A. Nj. from Apri.
TO the end of September, are soid LOT =
shlllings (971-2 cents per dozen. "A pri-
vate warm bath of fresh water costs L
| shilling 241-2 cents). The women
plunge baths, two tub baths and the
| doucbe hath. are now closed being out
| Of repair
"In 1892 the plunge baths were used by
42s1 bathers, 1913 being. men and 6loS
women. In the same year the NUMBER
| of yapor baths was col for men and only
| for women. of warm baths, 2,59S for men
| and $50 for women; of cold baths at
| shilling. $50 for men and So for women
| Rut II should be said that the total num-
| her of bathers was smaller in 1897 than
| in any other year from 1890 to 1888, with
| the exception of 1894. During the SIX
wears in question the total receipts OF the
| establishment exceeded the expenditures
by 1914 G4,AS). 100.
| .Tbe Pier-Head Bath-House is the most
| costly of the Liverpool bathing establish
| ments. Next to II comes the Corvallis
| Street Bath. which cost for site, building
| and furnishing, the sum Of f27 ,9i5 Hl35,s9D'
| 1t was opened in 1851.
| 'In 1916 the first bath and wash-house
| act was passed by Parliament This act
| authorized municipal corporations ana
| parochial governing boards to raise loans
| for the purpose OF erecting and MAINTAIN
ing baths and wash-houses for the oene-
| fit of the poorer classes, provided tha'
| such establishments should be built AND
managed by local board OF commission
ers. At present the corporation OF Liver
pool, through it's Bath Committee. mann
tains nine establishments under the pro
| visions of the act of 1876 and Its amend
ments.
BATHS FOR BOYS.
''The total cost Of these establishment:
| - ha nj
f1G0 09D (or s77S,7 3T. These nine establish
ments are not all of the same kind. The
Frederick-street establishment is wash
house only The Burllngton-Street Bath
which was opened In a very crowded
quarter in 1895. within 800 yards OF an
existing bath-house, at cost or fiV
(s3.4O0. Is swimming bath only, fanc
consists OF a single pool, lined with con
crete and cement. 70 by GO feet in area
1t is entirely open to the air, and Is thu
only one of the Liverpool baths for which
; no admission charge Is made. 1t Is fo
l the sole use of boys under the age OF i
years. During July and August, 1885
II had an average weekly attendance O
: over 1900 bathers. Three of the Liver
: pool establishments consist of combines
1 bath and wash-houses with total ac
| commodations for 211 washers, while fou
2 establishments are lighthouses withou
2 wash-houses attached. The swimming
I baths under roof in the Liverpool estab
lishments number Is, all told. The bath
houses contain PA private tub baths
The scale Of charges varies slightly In tn
4 different establishments. Latterly, specia
rates have been made TO swimming club
and to bathers from the board schools
e which correspond to public schools Il
4 America. The rate for school-boys II
e some cases is as low as a half penny
q cent? per bath.
: 'In the six years 1890 to 1895. inclusive
& the running expenses of LiverpooPs bath
and wash houses exceeded their receipt
S by e, 1888 (s17023) The total excess of ex
IA penditures. including expenditures for i'm
: provements, amounted to fS,226 SiOO32)
e With the exception of the Pier Head es
= adjustment which is on the bank of tn
Mersey, near the landing stage. all of tn
Liverpool bath and wash-houses are sit
uated in the interior OF the town, anc
for the most part, in densely populate
districts
1T would appear that in 1924 bath
? Of some sort were maintained at publ
, expense by at least 191 municipal board
, or parishes in England and Wales. TIL
net receipts Of these boards amounted I
= ff24, 227 G2O64.5 500, of which the amour
, of f227 $40 Isl. 107. 226) was received froi
bathers and washers, and from the rate.
. etc. the residue being derived from loan,
, The expenditures Of the same board
amounted TO f377,4A Gl,S56,s3D, less tina
4 half of which was out of loans raise
for purposes of building or repairs. tn
2 outstanding loans for baths and WASH
houses at the end of the year 1S93'94 |
: England and Wales amounted to q, 29i, o.
1928, 324l.
"Of the 1871 boards mentioned above,
a were classed as town councils OF count