The New York herald., 1868-03-30
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
New Primary school No. IL in the Fourth
Ward.

New Primary school No. IL in the Fourth
Ward.
Undismaycd by the threatening array OF figures
which young attorneys and antiquated taxpayers
have prepared and promulgated, and with which
they threaten to annhilate the system OF education
as at present established In this city, the Board
Of Education is steadily prosecuting the work
which the local boards in several OF the wards have de-
cared to be absolute necessities. and have prepared
plans for improvements to be made and new build.
ings to be erected for the purpose OF aorng school
accommodations to the large number of children who
daily necessarily refused admittancc to the schools
at present In the Fourth ward the young children
have been obliged crowd themselves into miserable
III lighted, badly ventilated, crazy crannies, and
the school officers have been trying for some years
past to obtain piece Of ground ON which to erect
primary schoohouse. They finally succeeded in
effectng an arrangement with the trustees Of the
Mariners church, and purchased the property Nos s5
81 and SO Roosevelt street for S32 500 and few days
tyone feet four Inches front by sixtythree feet Deep
aud this surface will be entirely covered by
the proposed building. The crowded con.
a'0n a. no very % disisbt aud day % he grade Of
Roosevelt street win be raised nccessitated 4
change from the genera pan ,,, 1t the proposed
an acuteanglcd alcove will be constructed, ~ that
light may be secured to the rooms at the back n the
nuJoih'ik PlVptIty Uc CONtIcu WIN
AT each end OF the building at the back spaces Of
seven feet deep are left as TO secure additional
light room. The pupsi entrances on the front
are each TO he reached by q short flight Of stone
steps, 80 that when the grade OF the street Is
raised the play ground will be level with the street.
The Infants gallery on the second door, with the
reception room, will be constructed so that there
can be no crow,ling on the seats. Ample space will
be allotted for each child and iron arms viii he used
TO divide the seats, rs In the ferrybOaa. new and
desirable feature will he introduced on tiis moor.
This consists of retiring and toilet rooms for the
teachers, OF whom there win be perhaps thirty TO
forty engaged In the building. There VIII be eight
class rooms on the third moor, 80 laid out that
one side ol each room viii he brick wall. THIS
arrangement will assist the ventating, which will
be accomplished by means OF stationary inclined
iron laths set in the walls. Through these vcnti-
lators the cold air win enter the wall and by an inn
proved method 0f construction viii first pass down
ward and under % section IN the wall ana then up
ward and into the rooms through the ventilating
registers. while large Archimcdean ventiators on the
roof, with which each room ~ also connected, VIII
assist the work. An improved aslpt and con-
ductor, which the superintendent Of school Buildings
has invented, and by means of which the ianitors
are saved the labor OF carrying the ashes down
from all parts OF the house TO the street,
will be introduced. The plan prepared by Mr.
Miller, and to be introduced into as many OF the
schools ~ IL practicable, proposes large aslpts TO
be located In the cellar, into which conductors
from each story viii be constructed into these con-
ductors the person making the ilres VIII empty the
ashes, and there Is no further trouble about them
until II becomes necessary TO empty the ashpits.
The proposed Internal arrangements OF The entire
building are such M to Insure the greatest amount
OF strength with no waste OF space. The building
win be three stories N height the mont built "f