The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-17
POLISH UP YOUR SKATES.
NATATOnIUM, SKATING RINK AND
ROOF GARDEN FOR SEATTLE.
Charles Crane Retsrns From the
East ana Says . Company VIII
Soen Introduce This Combined
Attraction--site Already securea.

Mr.. Chas. II. Crane has returned TO Sc
the East and South. His trip will result
in the adding OF another step toward met
ropoltanism in the many that this city
has taken within the past few months. and
as the feature In the plans that Is most
conspicuous Is one that Will contribute
largely 10 the entertainment aud amuse-
ment of the public, the public enjoys no
ineonsiderable interest. Mr.. Crane states
that matters have progressed far enough
TO warrant discussion OF the practicable
.;y Of the scheme. which is that OF the
building OF big market bfi.ding that viii
contain besides the market proper a huge
natatorium in the basement a skating rink
on the upper floor and to top it ali roof
garden.
The site for the building has been chosen.
but for certain reasons the company does
not care 10 name the location at present.
The distinct novelty will be In relation
tt the skating rink. which Is to be bulls
son the moss approved plans. similar in
many respects to the great ice rink In
Philadelphia. which has accommodations
for coo skaters. The Seattle rink will ae-
commodste from six 20 eight hundred per-
sons and the season will last all through
thu late fall. winter and early spring
months. IL will undoubtedly prove fash
tonable and in the East II absorbs the In
terest that during the summer months
ie given to the bicycle. Mr.. Crane says
tina, the floor Of the upper story win be
laid with pipes, three inches apart, and the
Ice will be scraped every morning, remov-
ing the marks that the skates left tho
night before. Every week the floor VIII
be retiooded and frozen. The rink Will be
so large that IL can be adapted 20 MANY
uses In the summer months and the root
garden sn connection VIII be feature that
IL decidedly new TO this part OF the world
The site where the building will be eraT.-
ed commands q fine view Of Elliott bay.
and the panorama OF water and mountains
with the moving shipping in the harbor
viii make the place attractive, pariieu-
LARRY TO these whose eyes are new TO the
beauties OF Puget sounn III summer.
All OF the schemes tina. can be worked
in connection with the tee works VIII enter
into the calculations OF the projectors or
the enterprise. The company which VIII
build the new market house and pieasurs
resort consists largely Of Philadelphia cap
.;alis,s. VINO have similar investments else
where 1t IS the Intention 10 make the
market a model establishment az its kind.
20 iEclade al OF the later sanitary ideas
ana these contemplating the comfort OF the
occupants Of space
The sals water nasatoriEm in the base
nsnt viii rot b. eNcelsed in point OF s.xe
or convenience except by the Sutro BATHS
at san Francisco ard some OF the gr@at
bathing posols 81 some OF the interior re-
sorts OF tie country. The prosecution %
the work had been decided upon for The
immediate future. but the matter has been
temporarily deferred pending The settle
Ynant es the anessson ~ war.
Mr.. Crane visited St. Paul, Minneapolis,
New York. Chicago. Washington. Phsla-
de!phia, Louisville ard his Old home in
Yasco city. Miss. he says that with the
sxeepsioa Of Caicaso he found . radical
oastnsss Improvement asd q general pros
peet CT saed tiEeA In Missssssrp. he
fcand that, in srste OF the low price Of
cotton. there Were many other branches
OF the agricultural Industry that farmers
had interested themselves IN during the
past syw years, and the losses on cotton
were SDcre thaa made up by the liberia.
p<sess eass-neS for stock ard fsrYn prod
ucss other than cotton. This conaitsan.
he found. pres allied generally through ts.s
South Opinion vas cfvsded on the auAr-
ia - wAf. In The East anA 0outh -