El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-27
The EI pdSO Natatoriu1.

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finished 1t Will be the best all around
sporting headquarters in the south
west. 1t will not only contain a natat-
orium but will also have il the same
Enclosure a fine gymnasium, training
quarters for bicycle men, fine track,
six laps to the mile, for bicycle racing,
grandstand for spectators to watch
racing. a large dancing pavilion, a
bowling alley, and large space of
ground, which may be used for tennis
courts or foot ball grounds
The building for these different
amusements will be built in an ellipti-
cal shape aud will cover piece of
ground containing fully 120, 600 square
feet. The length of the building will
be about 400 feet and the width about
300. At the front of the building will
be large club building which will be
about thirty by one hundred end twen-
ty feet. On going in the front door
you enter large entrance hall, where
a man will be stationed to sell tickets
to the baths On each side of this
large hall are two large parlOrs. The
two to the right on going in will be
for the use of the women and the two
to the left are for the men. One parlor
on each side will be used to serve re-
freshmentS in.
Extending along each side of the BIZ
the baths. There are to be tub baths.
shower baths. and needle baths, besides
the pool bathing. There are to be
twenty-seven dressing rooms for wo-
men on one side and on the other side
eighty-seven for the men.
Leading to the pool there are two
passage ways under the cycle track,
one from the mems dressing rooms and
one from the women's. The pool will
hQ h1n6vo1 foot in 1nnnth
feet in width and is to be of the very
best cement. The depth of the water
will be two feet at the shallow end aud
ten feet at the deeper end, and around
the entire pool will be heating pipes,
for heating the water in cold weather
when people wish to 60 out for a swim.
Tie pool will also have 8 good deal of
apparatus for the use of those who love
to use the rings and trapeze. There is
also to be one of the long slides.
The prom Oters of this enterprise are
indebted TO J. l.. Campbell, chief
engineer of the White Oaks railway,
for the design OF the cycle track.
This fact alone is sufficient assurance
that the track will rank with the fast
est in the country, as Mr.. Campbell
has wide reputation among cycling
men and the engineering profession
for this new type and thoroughly
Sc1entlnc track design.
The track, as stated above, will be
six lap track, and will be one of the
best ever put down. Mr.. Campbell
has chosen for the track pine scantling
two inches by four inches. These will
be set on edge and will be nailed to
each other all the way round. In
this way the whole track will be So
lid piece of timber. The width of the
track will be about twenty feet widen
ed a little Oh the home stretch.
The training quarters for the cycling
men will be situated outside of the
track just back of the mems dressing
rooms, and will be under the grand
stand.
The grand stand will not only give a
good view of the whole track ali the
way around, but persons in the grand
stand can watch the bathers, and the
open space is in the center of the rae
ing track which is to be used for all
sorts of games, such as tennis or foot
ball The seating capacity of the grand
stand will be 1900. In the center of
the grandstand there will be fine or
chestra shell and in front of this shell
will be fine dancing floor, so that the
young people will have place to dance
in the summer time.
Coming back to the ground floor
again, back of the mems cycling quart
ers is the gymnasium. This gymnas.
ium will be fitted up with the very
best training apparatus of the latest
designs and will also contain very
fine ceiling.
The site for this club house has not
as yet been picked out, and the pro-
moters do not say where it will be, as
some of the final arrangements have
not been made.
The two men who have taken go
much interest in this master are B. F.
Tanner and G.. D. McClintock, and
they should be we'll supported in their
attempt. It is very near q certainty
supposed cost is to be $4,000 and the
HERALD is informed that over
$4,000 of the stock has been taken
The balance of the eight thousand.
will be held for the young men of the
city who wish to hold part of the
stock, and have a say in the way mat
tiers are run. OF course mem bership
can be procured by nearly any one who
wishes to. In this way the enterprise
will be on a sound footing with no
chance for the thing to drop through.
There were some rumOrS to the effect
that the promoters were to lease a
piece of ground for the term of FIVE
years and build this house on it, but
such is not the case. They will buy
the ground upon which it is built and
then there will be no moving.
Everything needed in the running
of this large club house is expected to
be owned by them. 1t will have it's
own electric lighting plant, laundry
for the washing of the bathing suits
and towels. and pumping apparatus
for the pumping of water into the
tanks.
The designs for this enterprise were
drawn up by Maydwell 81 McClintock,
arch itects and anQineers whose office