Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-16

apartment is 81 30 feet and u feet b;.a
There are IA widows. The room il finished
IN Indiana ash with birch floor, and this /,
tne finish throughout the entire build;ro
Inc room Is heated by radiators from tbs
BOILER in the cellar, which gives a mois. and
neaithful atmosphere. A, the east end i, m
open fireplace, with a marble mantle
and chimney piece. An open fire in
schoolroom. Think of that 70
niddie aged men who shiveringly imbibed
knowledge in a school-house which was am.
ply ventilated by chinks in the walls. Though
this magnificent model school-house great
attention has been paid to ventilation, and
the methods for securing a constant supply
OF fresh air are simply perfect A black
board of the best slate runs around the room
Inc furniture of the room is in keeping with
the sumptuous interior. The desks were made
by o. D. Case & Co. of Hartford. Conn.,. and
are Of the most improved pattern They are
said to he the best desk manufactured. and
are In use in the new high school in Gardiner.
RECITATION Rooms
There are two recitation rooms leading
from the hall. These are each 2sxls feet
and IA feet high. In each of these
rooms there is an open fireplace and a mar
Bile mantle. A large closet opens from each
The ventilation of these rooms is on the same
plan as in the school-room.
THE MAIN HALL.
In each corner of the hall is a marble
drinking fountain. with running water. The
entire building is supplied with water brought
from spring on the hill in the rear of the
High School, generously given to the trustees
by Mrs. Helen Gilman of Portland, daughter
of the late Reuel Williams. From the main
hall stairs run up by double passage to a
broad platform; from this platform a single
flight leads to the
UPPER HALL.
In this hall is a closet with water for
chemical and philosophic experiments, and
also teachers room, in which is a marble
washbowl and sOapstone sink. There are
two large rooms opening from the upper hail.
each 80 Il feet and IL feet high, with four
windows. These will be used for library and
other purposes.
HALL FOR EXHIBITIONS.
Directly over the school room is another
apartment of the same size, and finished in
similar manner. 1t is heated by four "a
diators and by indirect radiation. In the
east end is a marble fireplace. This room
will be one of the prettiest halls in Maine.
1t is to be used for graduations and for school
exhibitions, and is a perfect jewel for such
purposes.
Up INTo THE TOWER.
BY the time you climb the stairs and lad
ders remaining. and get up into the tower,
you will be pretty well out of breath. But
the view will amply compensate for the exer
ton. The city les spread out at your feet like
great map. To the south the river stretches
far away like silver thread. Hallowell
seems an integral part of Augusta. To the
north and west you see houses and fertile
farms as far as the eye can reach. We know
of no point in the city where finer view
can be had
Down CELLAR.
The descent from the steeple into the eel
lar may be abrupt, but it is pleasant to get
out of the April wind which is sitting through
the open tower into the warm cellar where
huge boiler made by the Swamscot Machine
Company of South Newmarket. \. H., is
out great volumes of heat. The
cellar extends under the entire building. 1t
is II feet deep, and has cement floor.
A CLOSING WORD.
The Cony High School was built by con-
tract. Mr. N. S. Wilbur of Boston, native
and former resident of Sidney, was the con-
tractor The brick and mason work were
done by Messrs. burlington K Norton of
Waterville; the plumbing and steam fitting
by Henry A. Taber of Augusta the painting
by Mr.. J. d. Iysom. The cost of the build
ing will he about $4,000, and it is believed
to be the best school house in the State. The
drainage is perfect, and the location admir-
able The trustees have put up build
ing which is in every way suited to the wants
of a free high school, an ornament to the
citv, and memorial to the high character
and worth of its founder, one of Augustus
early and great benefactors. Situated as it
is in spot retired from the noise and din OF
business, surrounded by picturesque views,
with ample grounds, shaded by old and mag
nificent trees, it cannot fail to soon become
a popular location, and we believe its man.
agement will be such as to make it success
ful and noted school.