White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-30
'SW|MM|MG POOL TO Be
CONSTRUCTED At ONCE

The work of improving the new
municipal park is being vigorously
pushed toward completion under the
direction Of City Engineer Frank w.
Millard. who has force OF men at
work with teams and machinery. and
progress is being made with a snap
which has caused favorable comments
to be made from all sides.
Mayor Gallagher. with Councilmen
Pursell and West, went over the
ground with City Engineer Millard
last Tuesday morning, and before the
usual breakfast hour as scheduled in
many homes important matters had
been decided upon.
Not the least of these was the ex-
cavation work necessary for the
swimming pool which will be con-
structed at the south side of the park
and just west of the present tennis
grounds. This will be sixty feet long
by thirty feet in width. 1t was first
suggested to make this pool fifty by
one hundred feet. but at the council
meeting last Monday night the city
engineer submitted figures showing
that 10 concrete a pool of that size,
WIN "a VAIN HFC ECCt th Wiotii
IT,, would cost about $4,000. The
matter was discussed at some length
and by way of comparison it was said
that such pool would be about dou-
BILE the size of the city hall site.
There are perhaps not three plunges
that large in any of the Turkish bath
establishments in the United States.
A pool thirty by sixty feet, as now
staked out on the grounds. will meet
the demands for the present. 1t will
be eight feet in depth at ono end,
with gradual slope to three feet at
the lowest point when the pool is
filled, and this can naturally be de-
creased by shutting off the water at
any point desired.
There has long been demand for
a public swimming pool in Ely, and
while the matter of the excavation
work has now been decided upon, this
step was taken by the city authori-
ties primarily for the reason that il
can be done at this time practically
without cost, by reason of the fact
that the material to be removed will
be needed in covering the tailings
While the cost of the concrete work
will be reduced to approximately s2,-
600. there will not be sufficient money
to do 1t this summer out OF the
amount ON hand for park purposes.
1t has been fully realized from the
start that the sum of $4,000 received
from the sale of the city bonds would
not. be sufficient to pay for the
ground and properly improve the site
With the amount of money available
excellent work Is being accomplished.
such as the cutting through OF First
street along the foothills, grading and
leveling the entire site, covering up
forever the tailings which have al
ways been the source Of great annoy
ance to the public in general during
the summer months, the moving of
the bath house. the completing of the
shower baths therein, and the install
lation of drinking fountain where
proper provision will be made for the
filing of the radiators of automobiles
and the like. All this in connection
with athletic grounds which will be a
credit &c the city is a grand accom-
plishmeEt
The suggestion has been made by
several active citizens that the swim
ming pool will be such valuable ad-
iunct that perhaps the necessary
funds could be procured by some gen.
eral movement for The welfare of the
community, and as conditions are
now steadily improving the hope is
entertained that ways and means may
be provided whereby the children of
the city may enjoy their daily swim
this summer, To say nothing of the
number that would naturally be at
tracted from other sections of the
county just to take a long dive and
test their power of enduance in the
water and see how many times they
can go over the sixty-foot course by
any approved stroke.
The number of tourists through tho
city is daily increasing and with the
acconm odaticns in Ely, which will
within The next few days be second to
none fer this travel, the great adver-
tisement will get its start at the OPEN
ing OF the season. which will mean a
steady and desirable increase OF
tourists