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Show enterprise and should remain such. We hope it will prove a civic asset as well as a civic attraction. attrac-tion. In all of our experience we never could determine why municipal enterprises should not be as successful as those conducted by-private interests. in-terests. The criticism against the bathhouse has been that it cost almost double what- the commissioners com-missioners promised. The people wanted this improvement, furnishing proof of the desire in voting 5200.(100 in bonds for this purpose. The complaint came when the city commission drew a sight draft on the public for an additional SI 30,000 to bring the project to a. point where it could be used. More money will have to be spent to finish the project. We hope the amount can come from the earnings of the enterprise. We do not know whether private capital could build the bathhouse for less money, but we do know that the city commission broke faith with the people when it exceeded the expenditure authorized for this purpose. We hope the bathhouse will pay 'expenses and a fair return on the investment, thereby making it a good business venture, and I for this reason we hope the place will be liberally patronized. Patrons will get full value for their money and, what is more, they will display that interest in public property which is essential to the success of good government. : . J J J Our Municipal Baths ' : ISAAC I3LAIR EVAN'S, former United Stat?s ' district attorney, writes Mayor Neslen that, after trying the municipal baths at Warm . Syrinx for the first time, he is converted to the ! expenditure for the new bathhouse which was constructed at a cost of $33o,ooo. He suests that the mayor organize a parade of disgruntled, : taxpayers to look over the new project, and if this is found not to be feasible, he would have . one or two Salt Lake editors visit the institution, ! all of course with the view of silencing any criti-! criti-! dsm pertaining to the building of the bathhouse. Editors, like other people, should bathe fre-l fre-l quently and some of them do. Had Mr. Evans ! been more specific he might have been personal. . Xs it is, his editorial references are confusing. We can recall only one newspaper which has I offered any criticism on the bathhouse, or anything any-thing else for that matter. And this particular newspaper has but one editor, and so we wonder .why another was implied. The editor we have ; in mind has visited the new bathhouse a number j of times, before and after it was placed in operation. opera-tion. In the light of these facts, we are forced I to conclude that if there are any editors in Salt '.Lake who are in need of a bath, it is not the one we think Mr. Evans had in mind, e The new Warm Springs bathhouse Is a won-Iderful won-Iderful place. It is a civic attraction and we be-speak for it liberal support from the people of Salt Lake. The water is fine. The building is new and clean. The main pool is large and smooth, and lends a sense of luxurious comfort' to the bather. The service, under Manager John ;Cook, is all that could be desired. The suits and ftowels are soft and clean. It is all within easy -reach of the public. The prices are moderate nd everyone who patronizes the institution gets .value received. All of which, we hope, will be interpreted as meaning that we enjoy bathing as .much as Mr. Evans. I The bathhouse belongs to the city and is juider the direction of the city. It Is a municipal . k ' - . |