Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-12-20

The new school house is now practically
completed. and i'll a few days it Will he
turned over TO the county. Considerable
having been written and spoken about the
binding. we append below a brief descEii;-
ton of it,
The building j: IN The shape Of m L with
a tower IN tie RE: the en'is Of The bull
ing are . feet long on The o;itsile and the
on.rrsileS GO feet long. The ground was
first eNcayatcd to the Gepeh Of three feet.
from which point the founrl!tion VA; com
mcnccd. Boul,irrs were used in the toun-
lation up to the surface of tie ground and
for the inner and cross walls and piers mp
to the brick work and ints. The exterior
of the foundation walls from surface OF the
GROUND to brick work is OF sandstone: ell
corner and angle stones are hammered
smooth and square. pointed. in regular
courses. with raised joints. The stone
walls are two feet and four inches above
the highest point of ground.
The building is constructed Of brick: the
wall of the first story is lG inches thick
and tie wall Of the 2nh story II inches
thick. Every fifth course in the wall OF
first story is blind hea !rr: tie first
story is IA feet high in the clear and the
2nd story 16 feet high in the clear. The
floors are made by first laying ana railing
down rough floor OF one-inch lumber
:nd then on top OF that laying matched
| floor.
The first floor .joists are 2x16 inches; the
second 2x1S; both are placed twelve inches
on centers and bridged. The stairway is
built in the wall to make it perfectly Sc
cure All doors swing on the outside. as
required by law. There are three rooms
and hall on the first floor. In round
numbers the rooms, in feet, are 2oX26,
2jx2S and 26X2G.
There are only two rooms on the upper
floor, one 26X2j. tie other 2GX33. The
inside of the building is wainscoted
throughout in every room and nall. also
uD the stairs. All the interior woodwork
is shellaced and vanished, the outside
painting is three coat work. The plaster
ing is three coat work. hard or plaster OF
paris finish.
The walls Of the tower extend several feet
above the cone of the root Of the main
building; on top OF the brick walls is wood
. work extending the tower rs feet
higher. The top Of the tower is sllrmOunt-
cd with an iron railing, made byJ Finch
TIE height OF the tower from the ground
, TO ne top Of tie mansard roof is Is feet
10 the top of tie iron railing surrounding
, the roof. y feet and inches.
A trap-loor in lie root admits per
sons from below. and the view from tae
top Of the tower is perfectly magnificent
Nearly ali parts Of lie valley can be plainly
I distinguished; Fort Ellis can be plainl,
: seen, as well as houses p and 80 miles dis
u tant. The view from the windows of TIN
;. belfly is hardly less charming and will wei
L repay anyone's time and trouble.
From the above description Of the schoo
!. house it will be seen that every part Of it il
n built in the most substantial manner. TIKI
d workmanship on the building is fully III
: to the requirements of the specification:
/ and has elected words of praise from ev
0 crv one who has examined if.
$ In erecting this building Messrs. Beal
y and Chestnut have departed from the usua
style of doing work by the job. The.
have both taken an interest in their worl
and took as much pains with it as if tn
0 building was their own.
u Taken altogether. the building is tn
u greatest credit to Bozeman we have, an
!. something we have needed for years. l.
II H. o,,r.o Of . tow vaarS fhp children q
n this community will be receiving an edu
> cation at home at least equal to what the
e can receive in older settled communitie
a in the East; and when thenumber OF scho
y ars become too great TO receive ample az
o commodation in the present building, eN
d tensions can be built on until we do hav
+ room enough.