The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-14

these children might have 70 endure ere merclIul
utions are taken against Ore It is not i@pos
sibe for such thing to be- as u mas Deen atey
es To- snturs the es here are banked in the
night and 'superheated steam" may be produced.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL NO. o.
heated by steam and the boilers are attended to
by man who has no license Or certificate, either
from the Board OF Education or the Police Board.
pupils, male and female. There are no hose at
are nreproof, are very narrow: They are IN
in the building about six feet square. The class
rooms are all very small and incoavenient, and In
case OF IRE the pupils would have to depend on the
GOODNESS OF their teachers Tor their safety. The
yards OF the school are clean and large which may
be accounted for by the fact OF the school being
comparatively new.
PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. AZ,
at Ninetieth street and Fourth avenue has about
sort Of branch Tor q" Grammar School S No. and
may be regarded as comparatively safe.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL NO. 81.
This is an old building and sadly IN want OF re-
pair At one period OF its existence 1t was heated
by steam; but for some reason best known to the
ss heating Tas
convenience. IL has three means OF exit-one
front and one on either wing, east and west.whch
yards are very small, and can but poorly accom-
mOdatc the 500 children who are In daily attend
ovens tSinHs he er Would be- able to DISMISS il in
about two minutes
GRAMMAR SCHOOL NO. %.
The boilers " hich heat this building are taken
OF by the janit0r who has not yet received his
certificate from the Beard OF Police but expects TO
when examined next week. The school house Is
q very large one and well appointed. The exits
are repro0f and are easy OF access from the class
rooms. There are about seventeen hundred chill.
dren-if youths with mustaches and maids with
waterfalls come under that head-tn the building,
who can be dismissed IN about two minutes The
boilers are fed by hydrOmetic feeders and there Is
little danger to be unprecedented from fire.
FlFTY-SEvENTH STREET SCHOOL,
Der last. There are about zoo pupils in it, and it
Is heated by steam, the boilers for generating
which are IN charge OF the lanitor. VINO says ne
itor Of the school In November last. All the exits
on the rear and sides OF the building are nreproof
being built of stone and brick
GRAMMAR SCHOOL NO. 27,
in Forty-sec0nd street, near Third avenue, Is
heated by steam. The janitor is = practical en-
gnecr. There Is an average attendance OF between
1,2C0 and 1900 daily. About two years ago two
fires occurred on the premises bur- owing to the
ment OF the principal-who, by the way, claims TO
be an authority on .superheated steam"-the chill
dren were dismissed without any disturbance or
accident When the HERALD reporter called the
examiners were examining the classes, and 1t may
be stated that the latter passed very creditably.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS NOS. 1S AND 40.
The former, in Fifty-frst street, near Lexington
avenue, is large building, heated by stoves. Its
exits. except the front one, are stone, and quite
convenient to the class rooms. No. 40 Is situated
in Thirty-sevcnth street, near Second avenue and
is heated by hot air. There four exits on the
primary HoOT anu CHTeC from BTLiilIildT
ment. They are freprOof and ample for the de-
mands OF the house, which accommodates about
two thousand five hundred children.
PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 10.
The average attendance in this school II s25; IL
is warmed by hot air. All the children In this
house are small, and are under the charge OF Miss
McCatery, who is confident Of her ability TO dis
miss them in Two minutes. The schools one OF the
best appointed in the city; the class room doors
are only three feet from the doors Of the stairs
There arc sixteen class rooms in the building, and
every door opens outward.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS NOS. IS AND 81.
The former OF these Is but imperfectly heated by
old stoves and is very crowded, the large room
being occupied by several classes for which there
Is no room elsewhere.
School No. 81, in Forty fourth street. near Tenth
avenue, Is heated by steam, and the boilers are
cared for by the anitor. who says he has had "fl-
teen years. experience in them things" out who
has not yet Deen licensed by the Police Board.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS NOS II AND 8
situated, respectively in FartysevenJh street.
near Eighth avenue, and in Eighty-second street.
near Broadway. The former 10 heated by steam,
and Is taken OIL by John COakley, who Is a
licensed engineer, and the latter is heated by
stoves.
SCHOOLS NOS 40 AND So.
No. 40 is small school and is heated by stoves
and No. 5S is heated by steam, and Is under the
care OF Frederic Meyers, who has been licensed by
the Board of Education and the Police Board.