The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-17
START HUNT FOR
 FREE BATH HOUSE
Committee Named to Have Something Tangible to Present to Government Representative When He Comes Here.

A special committee of five members | appointed by President Robert A. Jones 10 begin a search for a site for the proposed new free bath house This action resulted from meet
 ing at the league last night to thresh out the objections to the bringing of the bringing of the free bath house to the corner of Central and Reserve avenue on Bath House Row.
 There were some who believed that opposition to any Of the plans as drawn
 by the architects would endanger the whole of the government plans here,
 and there were others who felt sure
 that the government would not want free bath house brought to the main portion of it's property if the situation were understood
 One proposed disposition of the free bath house had been to take 1t 10 lower
 Malvern avenue, but Malvern avenue entered it's objections. l. was appar- ent that Malvern avenue did not want the patrons of the free bath house cen . tered there.
 The fact of the objection Malvern Iayenue entered was used by opponents of the site on Central avenue to prove that it was improper "a locate the free bath house on the main thoroughfare
 for if it could he objected to on Nal vern avenue, certainly it was argued there would be objection to bringing
 1t to Central avenue.
 George A. Callahan had offered a resolution that all opposition be with drawn from the proposed site. C. N Rix offered a substitute that the mat
 ter of locating the site be left until tnt government representatives came here
 to look the situation over.
 \ compromise resolution by MT. Cal lahan was to the effect that d commit tee of five be named to look the stu ation over and report not later thar
 the first of the month, and the com mittee named by President Robert A Jones of the league is composed o George A. Callahan, NJ A. Eisele, liar | ry A. Jones, W, w. Gentry and r.. N l Roth
 ! There seemed no doubt but there
 was a general objection to the pro.
 posed bath house being brought to sucl
 @ prominent corner, and the appealini
 feature of the desire to withdraw ob-
 jection from it was the fear that il
 would jeopardi2e the whole of the gov 1 ernments anticipated improvements i Dr Parks. superintendent of the res Ieryation, when asked what the objec
 tions TO having the free bath house ou
 on Reserve avenue was, stated tha'
 tho hot water would have to bt pumped there, and that 1t would sep arate the bath house too far from tn,
 administrative department He sait 1 there were only an average of 300 fret bathers a day
 Architect Mann. who had drawn the plans, stated that the free bath house could be separated in the plans iron the administration building, and placed on another site, but that the question l of additional appropriation would bC brought into the matter if the plans were changed He said the architect:
 had no desire to dictate the location
 of the institution, but had found what they believed a suitable space for the free bath house and had located Il there. He said that the plans could lDe
 changed if the committee could furnish another place, but that to leave the free bath house on any of the front rart of the reservation property would cause general change in all of the anticipated improvements.