Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-09-04

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Work ON the new public school housc.
which now fast approaches completion.
was began ON the twenty.third day Of
June. The building h located ON Tsle-
graph street. on n lot Immediately adj
joining the site Of tho old school build
ings. The foundation IL. composed Of
both STONE and brick. and Is OF the most
substantial kind. The lower. or stone
portion. IL three feet thick pm the bot.
tom. two ON top. and Of AN average
hight Of nine feet; ON top OF this comes
IA. brick. two feet high and ono foot
thick. The front and lower end Of the
lot il inclosed by
Asssss Walt.
az n total length Of $50 feet, $50 in
front and % on the lower end. The av-
erase hight is i6 feet, although at one
point IL Is fully that hight above the
ground. Il is fve feet at the base and
two ON top. II will be ~surmounted by
nh iron railing. large rocks in which
holes will be drilled for posts, being
placed i've feet apart on the top Of tho
wall. There is n depression In the wall,
opposit. the front entrance OF the school
house. to mako room for steps leading
TO the above mentioned entrance. The
space between the front Of the school
house and this wall. - feet or more.
will be filed in with gronnd taken from
tbs rear Of the building. no that when
completed. tho whole lot will DO on a
level with the top Of the wall. This
grading. and tho wall. which. at a rough
calculation, contains about 300 perch
81 rock. will cost in the neighborhood
oi $4,000.
The lsailai.g
Is forty feet wide by n~inety-two In
length. II contains forty-four windows.
each having twelve panes Of glass. those
in the lower story being twelve by twen-
ty.eich, inches. and those in the upper
twelve by twenty -four. The building 10
divided into three sections. each having
n separate roof running from Telegraph
street back: so that Il Is in reality three
houses in one. The middle section IL
thiuy.two by thirty.six feet; four feet
narrower than the end sections, being
sunk in two feet on each side Of the
building. The cornicc OF this portion
il archei to correspond with that Of the
entrance doors. The doors are double.
each portion being three and q half feet
vide, the entire door being seven feet
wide. The front AMI rear % the build
ING are alike, with the exception thai
the front door has both side and tmn-
somo lights. while the rear lacks the
latter. This had To he dispensed with
ns II was in the way of the landing rom
the first fight Of stairs.
~ Isserser
IL divided into three portions. both
down and up stairs. The school.roons,
four in number. and thirty by forty feet
in size. being in the end sections, while
the center portion, tho dimensions OF
which have already been stated. Is d.
vided into halls. antc-rooms and q reel
iaiion room. The lower hall or entrance
to entire building IL sixteen by thirty
six feet. In the center Of this In the
first stairway box stairs) Eve feet vide.
aud eleven In perpendicular hight. II
faces tho front door. From the TOP OF
this. there is ON each side Of 1t q short
flight. five feet in perpendicular hight,
which lands ON the second story OF the
inilling.
There are Eight Aase-Ressns.
-Four ON each floor. one being for the
boys and the other for the girls In each
~sehool.room. There arc doors leading
directly from the ante TO the school
rooms, 40 that il IL not necessary TO
come out In the hall. after hanging mp
hats. etc. in orler TO enter the latter.
Mater is brought into the ants-rooms In
pines anal each will contain n wash.bowl.
soap, towels. etc. So that the young idea
can always have u chance to keep itself
clean. The builiing has W chimncys
which run up through one corner OF the
back ante-roons.
TIE Rseitasiea Recon-.
Fourteen by sixteen feet. is on the
second floor. between the two front ante
rooms. and directly In front OF the land
ing. This makest the upper hall sixteen by
twenty-five feet.
The sehssi.neess.
A before stated. arc thirty by forty feet,
the ceiling in the lower story being six
teen anil in the upper fifteen feet high.
Each room il lighted by eight windows.
three ON each side. aud two ON tho ends.
The remaining twelve windows are dis
tribnteL as follows: One In each ante
room, two in the recitation-room and
I've ia the upper.hall. The windows
have box frames In which "a weights.
adjusted 10 the weight Of the sashes. so
that the lower sash Of every window IN
the building will remain where opened.
without putting q stick VI wool undsr
IL 10 hold II up. Each room has sir
Registers.
Ten by fourteen inches. so that there
never need be any difficulty about ,en-
tilation.
Roth stories are w~ainscoted. TO q
hight Of three ami q half feet above the
floors. Over this In the school rooms
come blackboard. made Of redwood.
excluding completely around them.
Above that the walls are plsstsrsd. The
ceiling is Of Oregon pine. as also the
floors and wainscoting. with the e.
ception Of q small portion Of the Latter
in the recitation ROOM. The specidca-
tons called for redwood ceiling and
w~ainscoting. but there is such a demand
for il that mona we'll seasoned could be
procured. IIf tho contractor only knew
Il, however. that would make but little
difference, for redwood Ia u timber that
shrinks bal very little. and that Little
mostly sndwiss.-RxP.1 Each school
room will contain afty-six or si1ty
asata.
The scholars to be seated separately.