The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-01-24
rHE NEW NORnAL scnoOL BuILDiNG

The new bnIIding stAnds In ErsRt
" DE ola 0as, facing the head of
Commercial street aad forsns 9 eery
prOnlueAt aAd attractive fanlsh TO
he street. Its extreme dimeasiods
are l3s by se feet. four stsries high
With anansard rooG The aesiSn 10
. ]esy rich one, and was seiected
from among ten plans ptessnted to
competition. T.. T. Carr, OF Leav.
is The architect, via de-
servedly stands at tie had OF his
profession in the west.
Tho front OF the building presents
three squsre.topped gables, two
square towers, unequal In siEe,
(through which sre the main en-
trances) and two ornamental Ventil-
ating shaits. Each end presents one
gable and two Ventilating chats.
The internal arrangement OF the
building Is the result OF the COM
bined experience Of the Faculty and
Board Of DiFectoVp, modified aud
improved somewhat by tho ekiIl Of
the architect, aud seeuree'thc largest
possible space, combiaed with con.
veniencc aud perfect adaptation to
tho uses of tho building. The base-
msnt story, eleven feet high, con-
taIns two CLOAK rooms for stUdents,
slsrgc Gymnasium, two lssge rooms,
connected BY folding doors for
practical experiment 10 tho Natural
31ssnces, q boiler room, fuel roem,
and Janjtor's room. The basement
has dyo entrances, two in front,
ono at each end and one IN tho rear.
a corridor ton foot wide eItonda
the entire length Of the basement,
Intersectcd By two others In which
arc placed tho stairs, extending
from tho front entrances. Tho flrst
or main door has four entrances,
two In front and one At each eud,
and Is divided By corridors the samc
Is the Placement. and contains elk
largo class or Lecture rooms, a receP.
Iion room, en- oGlce and three closets
or closk rooms, for che Iss OF The
Faculty. Thls story il fourteen
feet high. The MOTT etory contains
I've recitation rooms, al apparatus
room and On audience roem capable
Of seating, 81 single deske, two hun.
dred aud flfty students. Thia room
occupies tho whole center of the
buIldIug. and Is twenty -ilFs feet
high, With arched ceiling extendiag
90 the root. All other eooms on THE
door arc fourteen feet high. The
ncxt or upper storS consains two
large rooms for the uso Of literary
societies, q library and museum.
Tbs rooms " this story ara also
fourteen feet high. Tho priDcin0!
tower contains largo iron water
tank tsupplicd By Q pwmP IN the
boiiog room) from which water e
conducted TO al! tho wash rooms and
iabratory. Above tho tank, In the
summit Of the tower, "a Atl outlook,
commanding q splendid view Of the
country fog many miles. The base-
uent Is Of cut stone. from the Cot
touwood valley, which ts admitted
By ell to be the Qnest hnildiRg stone
yet found Ia tho vest.
The entire stone work. including
tho corners aud trimmings Of DOORS
and windows, wss done bS Champ.
lin b Hughes, Of this city, end re-
nects great credit on them as master
mechanics; aud the promp,Dass and
6doiity with which they executed
their contract will recommend them
70 all who wish good WORT done on
quick time.
Tho balance Of tho building, In
Guiding nearly all the partitions, IL
Of brick, manufactured Ut tho En.
poria yards. and laid up inShatcare-
full and workmsnIike manner for
which Pope B Keoler, who sDpsrin-
tended this branch OF tho work, arc
noted.
The roofing, both thu and slate,
wss done by o. P. Bowman, OF ibis
city, which Is equivalent to saying
that It u tho very best OF its Kind.
Mr.. Benson has had his hsnda full
IN overseeing the scores of carpen-
ters who have been employed, and
has performed his task tofthe salts
faction Of ell ceqeerned* Frank
Mccain, wbon everybody Knows a.
the champion RlSsteF,". superln-
tended . email army of mon
10 las line. Brewer, gcnoral mana
ger for tho contractor, has been an.
firing In his efforts to rush forward
che work, aud has succeeded admir-.
ably. II. J. Miller & Co., Of Le&v.
had th9 contract for heat.
Ing and plumbing. The gas, stcatp,
Aod water pIpee, steaTu coils, boiler
md cold air boxes arc OF tho bosE
Charles Wheelock, OF this city,
was employed as supervIsInx
aud be has perform.
ID his duty With q scrupuIous
ddolity. Every particle OF materisl
nnteripg Into tho construction of
he building possed under his per.
'o0al inspection, aud every stroke
of labor Was done correctly or he
wculd not approve It. To John
the contractor for the
sntirs ballding, great credit Is due
for his untIrlug energy In compIes-
irg go large Q contract In go short q
lime, IN tbs face OF many Obstacles
md embarraes@ents. he work.
I'd day aud night binselG. sud
IDfused his iadomitAbje pluck into
III his SubocdIsatcs. We are now
'Afe In saying that tho entire build.
ng WILDE completed and ready for
by the middle OF Febru-
ny The building committee or
he Board Of Directors have given
much Of their valuable time to the
supervision Of the work
'or several mouths. and the State Of
Kansas and city OF Enporia owe
hem debt OF gratitude for dem.
onstratlng the fact that srpropria-
Hons for public hUiIdings can be
honestly, faithfully and judIclously
appended e .....
It 10 Q oonmoa remark bp visitors
rom this and other states, that 81
public building Of this character
vas ever completed for so small aI
'um. We venture to cay that no
tate or city ever eAde 90 sppropri.
lffrn g.