The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-28
TO TRANSFER TITLE
DIR. OHAGB WILL TURN OVER PUB
Lie BATHS TO CITY
THURSDAY
DEBT HAS BEEN WIPED OUT
In Handing Title to Mayor Smith
Several Conditions Stipulated
To Remain in Health COM
missiOners Charge.

The excursions on the river under the
auspices of the Commercial club tog 4tner
with few generous donations received
from private sources Jast We k, have at
last freed the public baths from debt,
and He alth Commissioner Ohage will on
Thursday evening at $3.50 have the pleas
ure of transferring the title of the prop
erty from himself to Mayor Smith, ia
trust for the people of St. Paul
The doctor mas devoted almost two
years of unremitting labor to the deve!-
opment of the baths and it will be a
proud moment for him when he turns
over to the city the fruit of his toll, in
full running order and ent rely free from
membranes of any kind. The occasion
Will be gala one, and will eclipse the
eclat of the formal ops ming of the baths
year ago. The grounds will be bril-
hantly Illuminated throughout with Chi
nese lanterns, good band will furnish
music and complete programme of
athletic sports will be enc of the f, atures
One or more of the Turner societies of
the city will figure prom nently in this
portion of the celebration. No formal
invitations are toabe sent out, but all the
civic officials, both branches of the coun-
Gil members of the Commercial club and
all private friends of the baths will be
made heartily welcome. The g NAL DR..
Onage will be master of ceremonies, in
full charge of all the arrangements Adj
dresses will be delivered by Mayor Smith,
the doctor and some others.
MUST KEEP THE FAITH.
In order to thoroughly safeguard the
interests of the baths and to prevent the
possibility Of their usefulness being i'm
paired by any future contingency, the
! deed transferring the property to the city
VIII contain seN eral conditions, all of
which must be implicitly lived up to-
The hrst is that the grounds and the
buildings are to be used exclusively for
baths and Fairgrounds; next they are
TO be under the direct supervision of the
health commissioner; third, they are to
be kept open on Sunday during the sum-
mer season; lastly, they are to be nam
tanned as a non-political and non-secta-
ran institution. In imposing tlles con-
j dltlons, DR.. Onage says he is casting NO
reflections on anyone, but he has seen
so many changes in the policies of diff
terent city admin stratiCns that he feels
lt~best to have an understanding from
the start.
! Speaking of his future plans, the doc
tor said yesterday: 1.-The two pools now
in use will be turned over to male SWIM
mers exclusively, and two more will be
quilt with the city's appropriation of &c.
OOO, which becomes Immediately availa-
+ BILE. One Of the new pools will be for
women and girls and the other for fam
i lies. The baby nursery will not be for
! gotten, and a small pool viii be con-
! structed in which the children can battle
/ in perfect safety"
All the committee in charge of selling
/ the Commercial club excursion tickets
! had not reported up to last night, but
considerably over $500 had been turned in,
and total of $1,O,O was thought to be
certain by the time All the reports mad
been received.