The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-06-26
POOL CONDITION
IS GOOD STATES
INSPECTOR HERE
Shannon Springs Municipal Bathing
Pool In Sanitary Condition Says
State Engineer; One OF Best
In Oklahoma.
FRESH WATER SUPPLY
ADEQUATE, HE STATES
Says No Danger Contracting Disease: !:
City TO Be Congratulated on
Movement; People Lucky"
TO Have Shannon.

"Chlckasha II TO be congratulated cd
on It's having such a fine swimming
pool and recreation park" comment
ed H. ]. Darcy. state sanitary engi
noer. who was In the city today.
Il think II is one of the best In
the state Of Oklahoma. | am sure
Oklahoma City would be glad to
get one In as good condition as the
Shannon Springs pool Is in" Mr..
Darcy added.
In company with Harry Hammerly.
city attorney aud member of the
park board, MIR Darcy visited the
swimming pool and park this morn
Ing. He made close examination
of the construction OF the pool. the
water therein. the water sources and
the general conditions.
spool is Sanitary"
"The pool Is unquestionably san.
itary one" the state sanitary engi.
neer declared. Everything consid.
cred. the pool and the water is in
the pool should be even better"
II has been reported to the park
board that there was danger of con.
tracing disease In the pool TO de.
termine whether these reports were
based on facts, the board of park
commissioners asked the state sani.
tary engineer TO come to this city
and inspect the pool Mr. Darcy re-
sponded to the call and came to the
city this morning.
There is absolutely no cause for
alarm" he declared today after the
inspection. "The condition OF that
water from a standpoint OF santa
tion IL much better than you will
find in the average municipal bath
ing pool In Oklahoma" he said. mo
one should fear. the contracting of
disease In that water"
Thousands of gallons Of fresh
water from the city water mains
pour into Shannon Springs bathing
pool every day This water re-
places the water lost by evaporation
and seepage, and keeps the water in
the pool refreshened.
1t should not be a hard matter to
keep the Shannon park bathing pool
cleaned. the state sanitary engineer
said. The pool can be easily drained
by the raising of the water gate
which permits the water to flow
down the creek, into the Washita
river east of Chickasha.
When the tank is drained, the
bottoms should be thoroughly clean
ed before fresh water is flushed
into the pool, Mr.. Darcy said.
The drainage system installed in
the dam meets with the approval of
the state sanitary engineer who says
that little effort will be required to
keep the pool in very satisfactory
condition.
Bathing pools like the one at
Shannon Springs are benefit to
the health condition of city rath-
er than a detriment," Mr.. Darcy
commented. "That is great mu-
nicipal improvement for which the
city is to be congratulated The
people of Chickasha should consider
themselves fortunate to have the
use of a pool like this at their dis
posal.
"Of course" he said, There are
some improvements at the park that
might be made, but would have
had very few changes had | been in
charge of the designing and con-
struction of the park
Mr.. Darcy has number of friends
in Chickasha, having visited here be-
fore. Several months ago, he in
spected the city water plant ana
made several recommendations for
the Improvement in the efficiency OF
that plant.
Most of the improvements rec
commended by Mr.. Darcy already
have been made and others are now
being made. Mr.. Darcy declared
while in the city today that the
water plant is now in excellent con-
dition and that he anticipated no
more trouble in the way of impure
city water.
Only one hundred gallons of water
per day per bather would be required
to keep this bathing pool refreshed,
Mr.. Darcy asserted. On this basis,
enough fresh water flows into Shan
non Springs to keep the water in safe
condition if 1900 bathers go into the
pool every day. The average for
week days is between 400 and 300
and for Sundays about 1900.