IHE BOROUGH BATHS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10527, 4 December 1916, Page 6

IHE BOROUGH BATHS

to the union Sir. — i read with hire no,, the report in Saturday s “Sl;ind.'u-d’ > ct rhe special meeting held I : lie Borough ( 'mined to eonsidot the bath, question. The point, however, upon wl.-i I. I, and I think a good many oilier rally -err, would like to lx* enlightened is this; Tire Campbell street School Committee are eonstnioling- a bath to oo rormiiodfile hclwucn 700 and 800 childroit and incidentally as many of the public :u. fhome to avail tlieniM-lve.; ,f (he privilege, and the whole thing, including Iteming ap pandits. 1,1 going to cost them a little ovei £IOOO. Tlie Borough Count il tell in. that a public belli of a einular nature cannot b< had lor less, than seven limes that amount. Now win-re dues this enormous dill'crenw come iii { Ibe bath-, are to be erected at tlie back of (he Opera Jlou.-.e and will there fore lie practically out of sight. There is. therefore, no need to -pend any money on ereinfect lira 1 display, and I noticed that one of the -peaker- at the mooting of v.iiu mors In-id (lie oilier evening stated that the rani: of (he proposed Borough baths would be about the same size as the one at ( anipbell street. Under iht-se circumstance: it would he interesting to know how this extia f 6000 is to be spent, t was -onv to see llt.it (V. ( Vablife suggestion to call fo; competitive designs was turned down. Tin epinio-i is held by a good many peoph a meaigsi whom are the swimming men, who .".re, <4 . .mrse, me most- in : i'i,. nil >ll ilie matter, that if ilns course eve adopted bade: i-r. ild 1. obtained which would noi only satisfy the .swimmers, but would men the requirement* ol I hr? town for many year; to come, for the amount of the loan (£4000). I hope that at the Council meeting on Tuesday evening t r. Crabl will bring ills resolution forward again aiui Ihal ihe Council will seriously consider it. if tlii' * decide to adopt it, and give the ratepayers a rim for (heir money, instead of ihe walk-over they suggest the result- will lie that when we get our long-promised baths, both the swimmers, who will use them, and (ho ratepayers, who will have to pay for tie in. will feel satisfied that -bey have go: the best baths which could be ol>- ■ ialned with the money available.--1 am. eta, AQUATIC RATEPAVEH.