The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-07-10
THE SWIMMING POOL
Opened July 4th to the Public.
Enjoyed by Hundreds Of
People.

Lexington have risen to great {
occasions and with courage and
ineXhaustable energy have done a
things that would be an honor to +
cities with ten times the pOpula-
ton of Lexington. When oc-
casion demanded the citizens of !
Lexington have contributed in
unstinted measure towards the
fulfillment of some project that
would have an enduring effect
upon the comfort and happiness
Of all classes of her people, Col
Iectively, her citizens have kept
pace with the progress of the
times in the general improve
ment Of its physical condition,
and made the city a shining
example of what may be accomp-
lished when all respond to
wise and unselfish leadership.
The Goose Pond project was
conceived by men who had the
welfare of the whole people at
heart, and with no private ak to
grind, set about to remedy an
almost intolouable condition and
meance; and what appeared to
be almost impossible was ac-
cOmplished in "a few months.
Those who were merely asked
to contribute money that the
work might go on, don't realize,
and perhaps never viii, just what
the leaders in the Goose Pond
improvement were up against.
All Of the opposition had no ef-
, feet except to accentuate their
determination to transform the
pest hole into something useful
| and healthful- The mere
, lrsinage OF the weeGllgTown ra-
I vIne is alone no small asset in
determining the better health OF
The community. The first visible
result has taken form IN the
, now completed swimming pool,
and while not yet "a thing CT
beauty, It's location, peamanenee
of workmanship and convenience
l lof arrangement, make it
: thoroughly practical ;GRd enjCg-
, EaFBe.
The leading figure m the
whole Goose Pond project has
been L. J. McGrew. His praefi-
cal enthusiasm and dogged De
termination has carried to "a
, suoeessful conclusion a town b6t-
, tement along big lines. The
swimming pool rs a elimination
OF MIR. McGrew7s ideas at This
point IN the general scheme Of
improvement. No detsil has
| 'been 80 small or i1'ksOme not tS
receive his careful supervision,
nor has time or money deferred
him from carrying out his ideas
\ in It's construction
II The pool is built of reinforced
concrete. 1t is 100 feet long, 30
feet wide, and from 2 to 12 feet
deep. Around the pool is a
eonerete walk II feet wide ca the
east, 10 feet on the west, s feet
On the south, and 6 feet on the
north. On the north are built
the dressing rooms, 3S in number.
This building has a 6 foot porch
projection towards the pool, and
under this is a 715 foot shower
| under which everyone entering
:he pool has to pass. The Shove
has an inlet and an outlet gate.
The inlet gate turns on the water
when you enter, and the outlet
shuts it off as you go out. The
ladies' toilet is in the east end
of the building, and gentlemen s
n the west The pool is prOvid-
ed with a running board and a
II foot diving tower on the west,
and a copper lined shoot-the-
shoots on the east. The running
water over this helps to keep
the pool at a delightful tempera-
ture. The whole is inclOsed by
7 foot unclimbable fence.
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