The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-20
SWIMMING TANK
Is NOW OPEN
Rapid Transit Employees Club
Receives Handsome
Present.

The opening of the new baths ant
bowling alley which have been pre-
! scented TO the Employees Club of tn
Rapid Transit Company, took plac
last night with appropriate ceremo
! MES. The men of the day shift wer,
! gathered in the clubrooms with tn,
directors and officers of the compan,
and a number of short addresses made
This was followed by various stunts
in the new bathing tank and a bowl.
ing game between the platform en-
ployes team and a. team from the 9TH
er departments of the company.
The swimming tank is one of the
best in Honolulu. It is thirty-six by
thirty-nine feet in size and the water
varies from four feet nine inches in
depth at one end. to nine feet at the
other. The supply comes from an
artesian we'll and fresh water is con-
tinually coming in, keeping the baths
in the most sanitary condition possi-
Bile. The tank has a capacity of &c.
900 gallons.
Shortly after s o'clock, President r.
E. Tosh, of the Employees Club, called
those present to order and in a few
words introduced l. A. Thurston, as
one of the representatives of the COM
pany, who had great part in giving
them the new opportunity for healthy
exercise and recreation.
Mir, Thurston spoke of the history OF
the road and of the high character
of it's service. This, he said, was due
to many things, but one of the most
important of these was the high char
acter of the men whom the company
employed He said that cleanliness
was said to come next to godliness
and that the new swimming tank
would be an aid in this direction,
though he did not believe, with the
men who We're employed by the road,
there was any need of such apparatus
for this purpose.
He went on to state that he hoped
in the future that the company might
suitable quarters for the unmarried men
in its employ. There they could have
a comfortable home in which to live,
close to where they worked and might
have a good hot breakfast, instead Of
a ham sandwich, which was all many
Of them could get now when coming
to work early in the morning. In
closing he paid the men a high COM
Iiment for the way in which they car
ried themselves under all circum- |
stances.
In reply to this speech President |
rosh delivered quite a lengthy adj
lress saying that he felt, as did all |
he men, that they were being given |
me of the best gifts which corpora |
ion could make to its men. In every |
,ase that it had been done he said he |
lad heard of its being a benefit both /
n the line of health and of bringing
he men and the management closer
ogether.
In the name of the employees of the !
ompany, he thanked the management |
nd the directors for the many favors
# the past and in particular for the
lew bowling alley and swimming pool.
Manager C. G. Ballentyne was next
allied on. He ran over the character
sites which give good service, sum-
ming them up as good construction
york and high character among the
nen at the operating end. He stated
hat it had always given him great
leasure to be connected with road
yhich was so well operated. He. spoke
f receiving many letters from stran-
l.. at tn, Il vx-T,s,
-rote of the efficiency of the service
nd of the general politeness of the
len. In ending he said:
1T is, of course, true that some
redit is due to the management of a
pad, but there is one still more inn
ortant thing. To have men who are
lithful and loyal, is what is bound
, bring the greatest success"
The last speaker called on was Jas.
/. Castle, who responded in a very $
wv words, speaking of the matter
ON the health standpoint. He said
lat the idea was given by, some, that
lis was a country where exercise was
lrtful. On the contrary no one could
W here without exercise. He advis-
| bowling till a heavy perspiration
Id been worked up and then a swim &
IT five minutes in the cold water.
his. he said, might make one feel like I
Methodist, Congregationalist, Bap-
st, or EpiscopalIan, but that 1t would c
, better vet, it would make one feel
xe a clean, honest wholesome man. /
After the various athletic stunts at I'c
e. tank, which is fitted with swing Q
2 rings and trapeze, light refresh
ents were served and the party broke t
, a bott II O'Clock a