New-York tribune., 1915-11-21
$4,000 WINTER
POOL COMPLETED
First Project Finished in
plan TO Make Brighton
All-Year Resort.
NCLOSURE EXTENDS
INTO THE OCEAN
n0yeIopers Intend to Spend
{, 100000 on Improvement
Work at Beach.

~, sso 600 winter pool az Brighton
!ss ;nst completed, is the first Of
Ds.. .sss Of construction tasks, the OBJ
.' ~ which is the development OF
i.h,on into an all-year resort.
biIsas b. Tor the development Of the
t.a"' pr,rhton Baths property, COW
ehtiV .;,,v acres and having an ocean
s,onisge Of 1900 teet, were reported
y 5s,sil several months ago. These
~ II included the building Of $780,
6oo o' S,atler hotel, facing the ocean on
Wv near Manhattan Beach Estates,
s.one and concrete bath house to
80 ,be place of the present wooden
'srn..,,re and the reconstruction OF
~. Brighton Pike into an avenue OF
W. sbops. Plans for these fire
No. bindings already have been
~ bv Densmore & LeClear, the
pas,cr architects, and have been ap-
a,'sJ pvS,J nv those who are financing the
.velonment. They will cost more than
a 100000 and are TO be completed
lsfore the winter Of 1917. -,
TIE winter pool is an ornate build
49, Il measures 300x150 feet. 1t eX-
tends out into the ocean on a solid
,isr Of ereosote spiles. IL Is made al
nos, entirely of glass, the rooI OF the
snpola carrying ten tons IN Its Twelve
sEflights. This skylight glass is semi
snscne and wired. The sides, front and
~ of the structure are clear glass
sssb making the interior as light as
Ssv and allowing the sun TO stream IN
AZ ali hours Of the day..
Though the construction OF a hotel
ssS other planned buildings depends
- Great extent on the success OF the
r;nter pool as a magnet for New
yorEis amusement seeking millions, ac-
so,ding 10 the promoters Of the pool,
,be~s 4 no fear, they say, OF their
rlsns falling through. They base thelr
ropfdence on the fact that ALREADY
sssrly 5000 persons living In Man
haitian. Brooklyn and suburban sec
lions 10 the north, south and west
rave made inquiry as to the opening
date They state that since the close
~ the summer bathing season thou-
sands Of men and women have visited
the beach every Sunday.
Heating was one of the great prop
LENS Of the winter pool The necesslty,
for comfortable dressing rooms ana
ionngipg places, where bathing suits
xonld be the only garments worn was
mi I'd 10 heating and ventilating eT-
rsrts. and they devised a system which
Z guaranteed TO keep the entire IN
slosnre at a temperature OF 40 Ge-
srses in zero weather. Iemperlng the lt,
water of the tank to degree usually
fopnd In the ocean during august was
another problem, the more diihcult De.
rsnse Of the necessity for cons, tahe
sSsnce in the water. A combination
of live steam and a heated coil clIcu-
Istor Ia solved this problem. A thermo-
stat regulates the heating Of the wafer w,.
AID prevents overheating OF cooilng'
There Is also a time lock valve "hlch
automatically empties the poo. once &c
everv twenty-four hours, rehlling II
,bree hours later after 1t has been
scrubbed. v,
There are roo white enamelled dress
inc rooms I'm the inclosure. A Turklsh
hath department has been built on INC
yoof A gymnasium has been Installed
IN a separate building adjoining the
roOl