The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-01-10
The. New sohool buildings


I The New School Buildings --On
! Monday, th. schoOls met 10 The NV T 0'ns,
/ greatly 90 The cuihiOrt aud delight OF teach
ers ard scholars. Both bni' 'dings are neat
/ the present need of the schools The build
ing Oh tiret-ast- side is plain but the work on
d /. itisdane j ia the best manner. The two
school, ppams, one on the first and the other
on the second floor, occupy the whole space
with the exception of few feet cut off for
the h; Il, aud viii seat about 81 pupils each
The lower fodr only, will he occupied this
winter, By the Intermediate aud Secondary
schools under charge of j. B. LovELAND.
The room is seated with TIE double desks
fiom the old High School room, which rre
in good condition and Of the most approx cd
pattern. The arrangements for light aud
ventilation are excellent, and we Sc. only
one objection, The method of heating, 10 the
entirs plau of the building. A good base
ment has been built, however, so that at some
future time the more economical and comfor-
table furnace may be substituted for the
stoves which must be made to answer for
the present
The High School Building is the only
public building in town we have any right to
be proud Of. 1t is handsome building ar
cbitechturallv considered and tor comfort
and convenience it is as perfect as it could
be made for the money invested. Entering
tie building from the handsome north por-
tico we find surseves in an ante room IL feet
Square On the right opeus recitation
room u 2S, on the left cloak room of the
same size, which viii be used by both schools.
Opening from the ante room is the Grammer
School room kept.by F, NJ. GIsN, and the
Intermediate room, each 40 K IS feet and
furnishing seats for 81 pupils The seats
were made by TscHUMY & DoECYsoN, the
iron work being cast at. d. JUNE Co. s
Foundry, The second floor is reached by
the sfairways which wind up the towers.
Between the TWO halls is the Library Room
which is to be occupied by the District Lib
rary and Library Association. Across the
halls from the Library Raom ere capecious
c'oqk rooms The High School room, 40 x
SO feet, is fitei up in elegant style with
single desks and sa"cenodatiosss for 100
scholars, Opening from. it at the east end
are two convenient recitation rooms, one IL <
Is and the. other u 20 feet. The third
floor is given, up tt the Lecture Hail, 5lx64
4 e. nd Tod FIR
Lecture Room in general plan, Above, the
garret is room 10 fit up gymnasium at some
future time, The building is at present
i warmed with sOves, but the Board boie to
! put in furnaces at no distant day, and have
planned the whole building with this object
in view OF course it would have been bet
ter tconomy to put them in at once, saving
the purchase price of stoves and pipes but
money was lacking and Il e Board Were oh
liged to resort to stoves with the certainty Of
making greater expense in the end. A fea-
ture OF the building, which is worth men-
ti6ning al d which we have never seen in
any other. is the Auesaw run from the
tor 10 the bot.omof the building at the cor
ners and serve t. a'd the ventilation and
carry the sweepiugs of the different floors to
the basement. ?"
| Both SCHOOL buildings were put up by
JuSE & BuckLAND, the contract price being
SIS, 500 il we remember rightly. Mr.. W.
A. CocHRANE wss the architect aud superin-
tended their erection, DANIEL JUNE, Jr,,
overseeing the mason work.
Our teachers have never had an opportun-
ity to do themselves justice in school in
stru rtion or school discipline and we shall
expect 10 see marked improvement in every
department, during the coming year.
Green Creek. The prlject of bringing
Green Greek TO this city and using it to
build up stfong manufacturing interest is
growing in favor every day. Among our
substantial and practical citiz ms and it is
pretty generally understood that the work
on the improvement will begin next sprirg
The meeting called on the 2Od to hear the
report of the survey was well attended and
resulted in-the appointment of O. H. BELL,
10. BALL, L. O., RAwsoN, JAS. PARK, n. @.
WEST, VIM HERBsTER, @. o. TILLorsoE and
W. A. RICE, as a committee to take the
necessary steps towards permanent organ
ization.
The report of NJ. AMsDES who made the
survey, was in every way favorable to the
enterpriss and we give it in full below.
To L. q. Rawson, G. H. Bell, and O. o.
| Tillotson, Committee:
GENrLEMEN:-Un nder your Instructions |
proceeded to ascertain, lst, Whether il is
practicable TO turn the waters Of Green G eek
and empty them into our river at some point
within the corporate limits of Fremont
Sd. About the amount of water power it will
furnish, aud an approximate estimate of the
cost.
! 1 report as f5llows: | leveled two lines
across. | started the first near West d
/ Dana's steam saw mill on what is known as
the old Wilkes farm, aud run in north.
westerly direction, and intersected the river
opposite TIE west end of Mulberry street.
l started the other line from the old Parmen-
ter mill, aud run also in a nortbwesterly
1 direction iHtersecting the river at the elbow
j opposite the county fair grounds. As these
lines were not run with view TO locate, but
simply to answer your queries | 90 not deem
it necessary TO give details on either,
In answer To your questions. first; is it
| practicable? | think II is The entire work
of bringing it across viii be, first, moder-
ate dam across the creek channel and bot
toms. Second, the excavation of a race.
Third, the building of reservoir, the ground
fer which can be found in three CT four
places. There will be needed about seventy
five cubic yards of masonry to cross the G.
| d 7. r, r. and Snake Pond Creek no
other culverts or crossings, except two or
three road crossings, until you get into the
corporate limits of this city.
As to the power it will furnish, | am rot
prepared to speak very definitely, having
no practical knowledge of such matters.
The water can be carried to the bluffs at any
point on the east side of the river within the
corporate limits of this city, which are about
| 81 feet above the water in the river at all
points along dead water, and about 43 to 45
| feet along Downs d Co. g dam, and the rapids
| bolow. Green Greek, at its lowest stage
| this season, has furnished about 1900 cubic
feet of water, per minute, which, with fall
of 30 feet viii give, | think, about 230 horse
| noWer or a novpr suffiaiant In furn % rl,n os