, 1870-04-30
TIE NORMAL SCHOOL,
Visit Of Members Of the Board
Of Supervisors.
Dangerous Condition Of Roof and
Floors-Waste Of Money-Re-
pairs Ordered.

4 pilgrimage was made to the Normal scnn.
building yesterday, by = few Of the members {
the honorable Board Of supcryisora The mar,
| consisted Of Supervisors Waite, Morrison, IN
| WsId, OF the Educational Committee, and supe,
visors Worthington and Gerber, who were there o
their own private and Individual hookH- Nj. Mic
d1eton, the gentleman who Is endeavor1ng to cur
the east wing OF the Court House OF Its aiIuent
and defects, WIS On hand as sort OF sem1-otIcis
architectural adviser. Ar. Coleman WRs therf
| too, be being one Of the School Directors Of tn
| town OF Lake. Nj. r. T. Crane was also present
The Supervisors did not traYel In ca,rtaoes
BONG Of them using the ordinary mode Of traus
portadon to EDglewood, rio the railroad, WIN
| others went In bugg1es Of their own. They dl
not set ont there YETI early, IN tact not until
| mansion, where the hospltalides we're prolonged
| until O'clock, more or less Then they went Il
search CT the brick building On the prairie, anJ
The school house had not moved SWAY, Il WI.
] alongside the big overgrown chimney, end VA
fastened 70 It. as Of {oEe, BY sn 1giY iroR piping
shone Ii the sun Ike bright til kettle. Hrouut
I the sidea we're the beginningB OF yerandahs, auS
on the cornerstone Sill shone the names Of tht
immaculate committees who planted the structure
The object Of the ot11cts, visit Was to hsye ,oos
at the building all over 80 as to take steps to recu
md to make the best Of the bad job 1naugnrated
and established By the old board. The gentlemen
OF the committee seem to feel as II they had an
enormous elephant thrust upon them tor care aud
keeping, and IS they could lot gel out Of tie t.
could.
They went Into the basement and examined the
heating apparatus constructed BY Nj. Crane. The
work kWAs admired and generally approved OF by
the committee There Was no small fauit found
e Th eoen os ad pesn 70 husnsed ssa e ID
changes In the heating apparatus, which
allded enormously TO The expense
The isn Which III Thomas % wanted ii d to '1 nut o1t
doors had to be put tn one OF the rooms intended
for school purposes. The engine had to be taken
acceun. II Il he pe Ieova u ise Z fa Then s sone
other changes, such as the building Of wall, cut
ting ont 9 door, DC, became necessary, adding
concern. The committee was forced to endorse
these e1ras because, II they refused to do so, the
building would never be finished. The coils ranged
along the walls IN tho corridor and In the spoms Of
50 far as could be seen Ters found
to be satisfactory. One OF the registers, accorlng
middle q one q tic rooms among the desks and
furniture, where It could not help being very
much II the EaE. The committee ordered the 10
committee found were required and ordered them
to be made. One Of the rafters IN the basement
Vas split In critical point
ment CD sta1ra the gentlemen wanted TO Inspect
the upper regions OF the elephant, and. indeed,
tho condition Of The animal IN vas not healthy OF
Ieas made IN carpenter work aimee the last visit,
some two months aEu.
The NorInnl HalI, which mcans, It Is believed,
that the apartment IS to be honored By the normal
JounE ladies aud gentlemen listening to the nDrMal
instruction Of their normal teachers, WAS visited
and examined with no little interest. The door re-
cGtved special attention. The 6putn end had sRgged
an inch and half, and jumping upon It made 1t
bob up and down Ike spring bed The floor
above, In the audience room, Tas found to have
sazged about the same, but having wider span
the vibration was proport1onately greater.
not allowed e + e1setsdr mter ffeaf t6sy
put IN, leaving tae door II the
cases struck some Of the gentlemen With great
force, and they determined to put tn the pillars
and insure safety anyway.
The roof Tas next examined. The south end
Eas found to hare gagged some four Inches, and q
very slight pressure made 1t Fibrate to dangerous
extent 1t ERa also determined to secure the roof
by Ashoreing" 1t up Que Of the Eirders on which
the Ioot rests sas M found to be holloE aad rotten
curiry OF the nDore as Hi. Van Osdel and Hr. Mid
tlIeton pronounced them unsafe a few days ago.
They viii have to be made safe even Il more m0n-
ey has to be expended. Nj. Crane WAS directed
not TO cut Into the walls to widen the nles, but to
put in double thesnumber Of half the size.
The country around the school Is rs 1at and as
b the committee Residents Of the 10
callty nze sanSulue Of having large settlement
around the Normal School In short time.
That building is to bo made nucleus around
estate In its vicinity hold It up as m induccncnt
for buyers to invest One or two buildings are
going up now, and II the wind sweeping over the
prairie does not blow away the lumber hesp before
houses there before the end Of the year.
The Committee returned to the city at s Z. N.