Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-25
Door Openers Are Disposed Of
And Taken Possession Of in
Most PrepIeSing Way.
SCORES CARRIED OFF DAILY.
How Salt Lake Physician Provided
For Friends on Future Crowded
Days-General Gossip.

The management OF cdltdlI IesoIN 10
graphing just now with big graft
.n which the grafters are apparently
individuals OF the dear general public.
and the chief sufferers are other indi-
ylduals OF the same dear public.
The trouble is In the bathing facilities
which are now admitted not TO be large
enough 10 accommodate salt Lake this
scar, the reason being that salt Lake
has taken q big jump In population ana
the patronage has suddenly increased
beyond the capacity Of the bath rooms
10 handle IT, Next year the 800 addl-
tlonal rooms may help some. bat for
the balance OF this year there Is a
great problem on hand and It is how TO
get the fullest possible use out Of tho
80 hath rooms available, and the trou-
bic here Is that keys are stolen, lost.
misplaced. and carried away by the
score every day, thus temporarily put
ting out Of business q good portion OF
the available rooms.
As the demand for rooms has in
creased. the troubles with misapproprl-
a,ed keys has also increased as the
temptation to take them has been cor
respondingly raised. An investigation
OF the trouble reveals a complicated
condition. in which every trait Of hui
man characteristics from a mere desire
% help a friend, 10 a desire 10 grab
special privileges to the exclusion OF
others is shown
HOW TT WORKS.
OF the latter class a well known salt
Lake physician furnishes a good ex-
ample He was seen by friend at
Saltaif The other day 10 take from his
pocket five or six keys 10 the bathing
rooms. When "joshed' about his
trophies he explained that he had dis
covered a great way TO keep a private
bath room. and that by keeping the
keys On his pocket he had always been
able 10 find a room. no matter how big
the crowd. II he found the manage
ment had made duplicate Keys 10 one II
his private rooms he used another
KEY til he found vacant room The
men IN charge at the bath suit rooms
declare that new keys are made every
morning 70 all rooms where keys are
missing. and that it takes from 50 10
20 keys "a day 10 make up for losses
CARING FOR FRIENDS.
Not an Of the keys, OF course. are
purpose!y CARED away to be kept Tor
the use OF the taker. ON crowded DAYS
one person uses room and remembers
friend who is coming out on
later tran. He then retains the key.
and KEEPS II 10 eive 10 M" friend not
thinking 4 tho big crowd which wants
To battle iL the meantime and hnos
string Of vacant rooms with no keys.
when 1t tries TO 90 into the lake. SIN
another c1ss OF people either throw
or drop their keys into the lake. as
oyer 100 wcIc recently recovered by an
exploration u the sands beneath the
pavilion.
WORKING 1T OUT.
Manager Langford says that he is
convinced the key system as at present
lr vogue, fails 10 meet the situation,
and he Is planning 20 Put ina substl-
TUE. Many have been suggested. one
is 10 have an attendant Tor each 100
rooms. with an Office % which the
bather may apply to be admitted TO a
room both on coming out and going into
the water This plan is said 20 work
successfully az COney Island. where
a large number OF people use the bath
rooms Another plan Is 10 charge a
key deposit. and require the bather 20
return the key 10 an attendant before
leaving The bathing platform
ABOUT DEPOSIT QUESTION.
This plan may be put into effect at
once, according 90 Secretary Jos Nelson
of the new Saltair company lie says
that he doesn't know Of any other
method 20 secure immediate action on
the key question. as that the loss of a
large part ~ the keys every day Grip
pies the service. and fails 20 satisfy the
public which is entitled 20 The best
service that can be given. Personally"
he said, II would rather put up a small
deposit, and be sure that ! could get
key, than 10 60 out there and take a
precarious chance Some people who
get keys near the FIRST numbers. car
ny them clear out 10 the end Of the
pavilion and II they find vacant
room there, use a.. and leave their fret
keys out there