Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-25
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Service to Bathing Pool.

To the Editor: l have felt cmstrain
ed to relieve my feelings by expressing
my opinion in regard to tae service t
and from the municipal bathing place
and even more 50 in regard to the peo
pie who use the ferry.
have nothing but praise for the way
the people at tnc beach conduct them
selves. | never saw a iOilier, better
hammered crowd or had pleasanter time
than while minglinE with the bathers
Every one is relaxed and in mood
/ to be kind to Others Wden they start
for home they soon forget the holiday
spirit.
We all know the hog who climbs into
the trough to keep his fellows from
getting any Of the slop; and also the
street ear hog who expects to occupy
two or three seats, but We found that
for the real hog yn must 90 to the
ferry landing.
I've heard of men in time of great
disasters becoming so excited that they
trampled over "Omen and children,
crushing them to death; but never ex-
pected, in an American city, with all
our boastcd civilization, to see crowd
Of people Sc anxious to get home from
a pleasure jaunt that they forgot all
manners and common humanity and be-
came a mob, pushing, crOwding and
stepping on children in their selfish eff.
fort to get past or over, if need be,
those wnO arrived first at the ferry
landing.
! have always had a great deal of
faith in humanity but must say, after
my experience of few evenings back,
| have lost some of my faith.
If the women and children had been
alone they would never have been able
to resist the force behind and would
Rave been showed into the water. Luck.
lily there were few men in the front
to nelp hold back the mob behind.
In view of people being ruled by such
spirit, it is unsafe for the landing
to be left without police to protect the
people at the waters edge.
| understand that some people who
tried to earn few nickles by carving
passengers to and from the island
were made to stop Sc as to not inter.
fere with the privilege of the ferry
boatman. On such days as it is i'm,
possible for him to handle the crowd
why not let others help, or does he
naVe a right to lie in the trough? If
1t IS the commercial club back of him
who gets the profit from carrying the
passengers. Le5 them have the credit,
by all means; give credit where credit
IS due. Ve!y likely they need the mon.
ey to support suffering families; such
generous, public spirited gentlemen
could hardly be playing the hog. /,
nope to- be convinced that they really
are striving to serve the public and
not tneir own private pockets when
next 60 to the bathing place.
Ihe journal states that 100 people
p3ld cents each Sunday afternoon.
which would he $5j. We crossed in
a boat at - o'clock; the ferry did not
move till about . clock. and There
were easily 100 bathers when we ar.
rived all willing to use a public con.
Neyance if it had been running. If'
ihe commercial club is running +be
peach it looks as if they could afford
TO furnish reasonable service.
J. nope to see real free municipal
bathing place established another snm.
mer but please give us what we are
wiling to pay for this year.
ONE OF THE SUFFERERS