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would be necessary to use the piece of vacant ground
fronting the Willowbrook road, for the Wash-houses and
for the Steam Boilers and Machinery.
Question No. 2:—
If such buildings are, in his opinion, convertible for
such purposes, what should be the position, measurement,
and manner of the construction of such Baths, Wash-houses,
and necessary offices.
Ansiver:—
Reference being made to the accompanying plan, traced
from the one furnished by the Vendor, and on which the
rooms of existing buildings are marked respectively A, B,
C, D, E, F, Gr, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, and adjacent rooms,
practically under one roof, are cross-hatched similarly.
I am of opinion that the best way of utilising these
buildings as Baths will be to have in A a swimming bath
60-ft. long by 25-ft. wide at the surface of the water, and to
construct dressing boxes along one side and at the two
ends. Room could be found for from 33 to 45 of these
dressing boxes, according to the accommodation to be given.
If the room A were lengthened by building upon the
vacant space R, the bath in this room could be made 100-ft.
long, and the number of dressing boxes might be 55 to 70.
The rooms B, C, and D might be thrown into one and
used for a swimming bath about 55-ft. long, and 18-ft. wide
at the water surface, with dressing boxes for, from 35 to 45
persons.