The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-03
INTO THE YARD.

After the customer has deposited his
valuables he passes out into the yard con-
tanning tho dressing rooms. The mems
yard Is much the larger, and contains 602
rooms. The women's yard contains 400
rooms
The dressing rooms are arranged on
two tiers. or stories, and are planned so
that the corridors on the basement story
are open To the sky as well as those on
the upper tier. The bathhousos in these
yards are rooted with gravel and tar.
They average feet by on the lower tier
and 4 feet by AZ feet in the upper story.
Only one person is allowed in room, ex-
cept where small children are accom-
panied by parents or guardians. Each
room contains a good plate glass mirror,
and each bather Is furnished with large
Turkish towel.
Everything is arranged so that there
can be no confusion about the corridors
or halls in the bathroom departments.
On the mems side call boy is stationed
in each corridor. On the womvn's side a
young woman Will perform the same
duty. III person finds, after getting into
room, that the suit secured at the
| counter does not fit he or she does not
| have TO leave the room, but tho suit is
| changed by the attendant in charge OF the
| corridor.
When prepared to go into the water the
! bathers reach the beach through subways
or passages that go under the boulevard
| and tho shelter that Is in front of the
| bathhouse. This is one of the greatest fea-
| lures of the whole establishment, and
will be welcomed by those who do not
care to go through crowd OF loungers
while In bathing costume.
COMFORT OF BATHERS.
The care for tho comfort of the bathers
| continues even after they have left the
| subway, for long runs of asphalt have
| been constructed so rs 70 reach far toward
| the waters edge, thus relieving the bare
| footed bather from the pain OF walking
over the pebbles near the crest OF the
| beach.
After leaving the water, entrance to
the bathhouse is gained by the same sub
| ways, and here the bathers find shower
| and foot baths ready for their use.
Upon leaving the dressing rooms the
| bathers do not In any way mingle with
those who are on their way To rooms.
| Those who have dressed pass out in an
other direction. and find themselves down
| stairs in tho rear of the building. The
| rotunda may bo gained again by % broad
| stairway in the center of the building.
1t Is impossible for the men and women
! TO iningle while In bathing costume until
| they are mt the waters edge. Great care
| has been taken To prevent any annoyance
that might arise on this score.
AN INTERESTING PLACE.
The laundry is one Of the most interest.
! ing places in the whole building. 1t Is
| about so by 30 feet, and Is just heneath
| the big cupola. The water for the use Of
! the laundry comes from two large wooden
| tanks up in the cupola. One has oapac-
| ity OF l2 600 and the other 5000 gallons
| of water. These are filled from the arte-
| sian wells.
There are four big washers each with a
| capacity of about 800 suits at q wash.
| Two of these tubs or washers Will be
! used for the mems and two for the
| women's suits. Then there is big
centrifugal force wringer, which makes
! 1900 revolutions n minute, and tumbler
| for the cleansing of the towels. All the
| articles are then put IN the drying rooms.
| of which there are two. one each side
| of the laundry. The temperature In these
room is kept at 220 degrees when the
suits are being dried. Noxt thew are
| placed in tho Dig ironing machines ard
arc neatly smoothed, after which they nre
| ready TO 10 sent down the elevators TO the
| dry suit room OH the main floor.
In the front Of the building, just off the
| laundry room, are the Offices that are TO
| be occupied by Reservation Supcrintend-
ent West, Bathhouse Superintendent Gill
man and the chief clerk, Mnot ID. FenDo
| of Revere. This room Is suitably furnish.
] ed for its purposes, and has an apartment
for the use of the metropolitan park COM
missioners whenever they may be at tho
reservation. This will be the adminstra-
tive a.lice Of the whole reservation, and
~ ,s here that Supt West will hereafter
make his headquarters, abandoning the
ola administrative building, or police sta
tion, 20 tho use Of the reservation police
department alone