The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-05-25
|SPLASHED IN THE
MtLLiONAlREPOOL
FOR JUST A DAY
Crowd Invaded Bathing Place Of
CIV. Case Deerlnu and Now
= the SpringboarGs Gone

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There's weeping and wailing and
gnashing Of teeth among the flock Of
batbqrs who have been wont 90 every
now and then paddle in the coral.
str6wh waters at The county bathing
place, The word epaddle" is used adj
visedlv, for Il Is seldom that n greater
depth of water thanNa' foot anda half
can be obtained, without going Gear
cut to sea. ta Ngar Co.," MEs
IT'S a sad story, mates. Az ea
Millionaire and devotee Of the art
natatofial, G. w. Case Deering, re-
Gently chartered q 100O.seahorse'powe
dredeer, and after months of work a
beautiful channel was excayated IN the
lagoon opposite his palatial Waikiki
residence, extending from the seawall
10 perhaps hundred yards seaward,
and being thirty feet wide, with q
depth Of from eight to ten feet. Beau
tiful blue water 1t is, and just dandy
for swimming purposes. 5aa
After the dredging had been com
pleted DeerinR had four metal supports
fixed in a concrete base situated plumb
in the center Of the pool, and on these
supports he had o diving platform bnilt
and equipped with a beautifully springy
board. On one side Of the structure q
fight OF steps dropped gracefully into
Round the pool "Danger-Deep Wa
ter !" signs were placed, and on the
platform was nailed a notice in great
big letters, HKAPU.' Another notice
' on the steps leading from the water to
the grounds Of the residence conveyed
the intelligence that "THIS IS FRI
VATE PROPERTY, o.. ... ed
ffDesfing had several very recherche
LITTLE abafhfBg parties in his new pool,
and was generally congratulated by his
friends on having secured the best
bathing place on the beaeh--har none,
Deefing was tickled to death. Asl
Last Sunday week was an ideal day
for bathing. Men, women and children,
short Of the price charged for swim
at the adjacent hotels, foeked to the
public baths. There was less water
than usual. ~ One man declares that he
walked seventy three yards from shore
dry-shod! " sSV1s.f,s0 s.n#IEt ID
"a few yards Eva of the dry patch,
the water in the Deering pool rippled
blue and inviting. eve mustn't 20
there" said the crowd; its private
property S.Ers ..
II Private nothing answered a dem
II Ocratie' young chap who had some time
read up on the law of eminent domain.
l"I I'M going over" I'D.
\ He went. The crowd at the baths
watched him, breathlessY. Nothing
haprened as hespinged iutO the cool
depths. II sla-t--' r., ", - ,.
lie ssskh out 10 the diving station
\ ma rhoittteti the STEPS. Still nothing
happened,
he Stood on the platform and yelled
Justify: 'I'ome on, fellows; the water $
finei" And he continued to live, move
and have his being.
The next thing that happened was
, that the crowd at the baths started a
tree-for all for the Deering pool and
splashed about in the water just Hike
!, millionaircs. They scrambled on the
platform, and for hours they were there
r as thick as flies.
Deering witnessed the descent on hi,
/ pool with astonished eyes, lie thought
he was dreaming.
| Rushing over to the county baths
he asked Manager Jack Kia to cal
, the crowd back. They mustn t tres
pass on his property-they absolutely
, muslin t.
Kia was extremely sorry, but h'
really didn t know what he could dc
; to remedy matters, HI confessed t.
being nonpluSsed, He had cigars, pea
nuts and pop for. sale, and al his Gus
, toners had gone to visit Deering. II,
felt that he, too, had kick coming.
81 The next day Deering is said to have
, consulted with a lawyer, who told hin
that by some extraordinary law, doubt
J less made in the Dark Ages. the public
had a perfect right to use the reef anC
its waters, the beach and all pleasure
aPpurtenaht thereto bang up to high
water mark.
! The next morning an amphibiou
> wight, seeking his matitudinal dip a
the county baths, observed that tn,
} platform remained, but that the diving
board had been taken away and tina
the friendly steps were no more. Yes
terday they were still conspicuous by
, their absence
!, Pie patrons of the county bathing
nlace are a sadly disappointed crowd
| for what is swimming without diving
II Manager Kia stated yesterday tina
!. he hoped that Mr.. Deering could SCI
his way clear to dredge similar poo
IN the lagoon of the baths of which
he is the custodian. This, he says
would insure the privacy Of the Deer
ing pool. .''.s
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