The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-16
new YORK CITY GOSSIP
FREE BATHS TO BE BUILT TO
ACCOMMODATE THOUSANDS.
New York Banks Ship Millions to
Chicago to Pay For Harvesting in
West-Pennslyvania's Tunnel Is
Favored by Committee Of Aldermen.

NEW YORK, July 15.-Plans are I'M
Ger Amusement for the placing of
mammoth bathhouse at the foot of
East TWentythird street, where 49,
600 persons may enjoy a miniature
Coney Island
The project has been made practical
Die by the cooperation of Borough
President Jacob A. Cantor and the
dock department, and, according to the
present outlook, will be completed
within year. Aablock of property is
owned by the dock department along
the river front at Twenty third street,
and to equip the floating bath pro-
Iosed will require an appropriation of
$500, 900
Mr.. Cantor has purchased a site for
a bathhouse for the upper east side.
II will be located on d plot just west
OF Second avenue, where three old
frame houses-East One Hundred and
Ninth street-now stand. The pur-
chase price was SIS, GOO. Other Sites
have also been chosen, though the To-
cations will not be announced until
later, and all the new lighthouses are
promised for the latter part of August.
so that sweltering New York will have
some benefit of them before the sea-
son is over
The PRESENT bathing Facilities"
said Mr. Cantor, "arc totally made
quate, and we propose to increase
them as rapidly as possible. The COM
fort of the average citizen is one of
the cherished ideas of the present adj
ministration and the work will go on
as speedily as possible. The dock de-
partment is working with us in this
matter, and we shall probably have
the Whole scheme in practical working
order very shortly"
President Birmingham, of the board
OF education, is urging the necessity of
more baths for the public schools He
| announces his intention OF opening the
shower baths in public school No.
from to II a. m. on Sundays for the
Use of adults. The school is situated
at Henry, Catherine and oliver streets.
Six other bathing places are now under
construction.
Money For the West.
New York banks and the subtreas-
ury shipped about $2,000,000 of gold
and currency to Chicago for distrIDu-
ton throughout the harvest section of
the West, where the money is needed
to pay the expenses of garnering the
early grain crop. Only small portion
OF the money will be used for specu-
!ative purposes by the syndicate which
is conducting the corner in July corn
On the Chicago Board of Trade.
A large proportion of the money
shipped" was not actually transferred
ty-hour trains, as has been stated.
Immediately upon it's deposit in the
New York subtreasury by a local bank
to the credit of the latter's Chicago
correspondent. Assistant Treasurer
Jordan notified the United States treas
urer at Washington, who in turn, tele-
graphed the assistant treasurer at Chi
cago to pay the currency 20 the Chi
cago bank.
Buy Rye Beach.
In order to prevent Rye Beach from
becoming a second Coney Island the
wealthy summer residents of Rye have
formed combination and bought it.
The price paid for the resort, which
includes the Rye Beach hotel, bathing
houses, theaters, merry go-rounds and
other buildings, is said to have been
about $4,000.
The new owners will raze many of
the buildings and either turn the tract
into an exclusive residence section or
build large hotel on the plan of the
Oriental at Manhattan Beach.
Aldermen Favor Tunnel.
The first franchise to a private cor
poration for which this city has OBJ
tanned money will go before the board
of aldermen with a favorable recon-
mendation.
The committee on raMroaGs of the
HOe1i VI cilACIIIlGu save d nearing TO
the Rapid Transit COMMISSION, as rep
resented by President Orr and Comp
troller Grout, in support of the fran
chlse recently granted by that commits
sion to the Pennsylvania railroad for
tunnel across Manhattan and into the
Borough of Queens. The full commit
tee was present, Chairman John Diem
er presiding.
Although opposition appeared to the
Endorsement of the contract, the senti-
ment appeared to be favorable.
Every feature Of the contract was
explained by Mr.. Orr, Mr.. Grout or
Counsellor Edward NJ Shepard 1t
was shown that the railroad was will
ing to pay large rental for UNDER
ground privileges that would be value
less for any other purpose, and for
which neither London or Paris made
any charge; that the Improvements on
the West side between Twenty third
and Thirty-f1rst streets, would add
millions to the taxable vaiues of the
city, and that between 100000, 900 and
$50,000,000 would be expended on the
work within the next six years.
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