St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-09-07
Inral Hrns.
The Union school Building Re.
modelled and Occupied.

and the roof We're destroyed, and por-
tlons of the brick walls were damaged
50 that IT was necessary to repair them
III places. The basement alone re-
manned uninjured. At a school meet
ing held on Saturday evening. Nov.
II, it was decided to repair the build
ing, and the work was placed in the
hands of "A committee consisting of w.
l.. Pearl, Harvlin Paddock, Geo. l..
Walker, .. w. Orcutt and Geo. l..
Bradley. For this purpose the COM
mittee had the amount of the insurance.
-, 800, and they were authorized to
borrow such an additional amount as
might he necessary to complete the
building in such a manner as they
deemed best The debris was removed
from the basement, and the work of
repairs was commenced about Dec. l..
Work was completed last week and
the building was occupied by the
regular schools on Monday.
In the construction of the front of
the building, pressed brick from Con-
cord, \. H., were used, which give the
front an appearance of having been
painted. The ground in front of the
building is bricked over, widening to-
wards the street, and the spaces be-
tween and on either side of the two
school buildings next the street will
bc converted into grass plots. The
entrance il Il double one, of Gothic de
sign: and an iron post is placed in the
centre. The lobby is spacious, and the
visitor is impressed at once with the
fine appointments and appearance of
''thc outer courts A commodious
hallway runs from the lobby to the
western end of the building. At the
farther end of the hallway is the JAM
tors room, being Il place in which to
keep articles of any kind, and some
marble sinks, with running water. for
toilet purposes for the use of the
scholars. On either side of the hall
way and the lobby are rows of hooks
occupying all available space on which
To hang hats and outside garments.
There are steam radiators in the lobby
and in the halls, and there are three in
each of the large rooms. The lower
story is fourteen feet in height and the
upper story fifteen feet. The wains-
cotimg and finish in the halls and in
the rooms is of birch and spruce The
shutters were manufactured in Burling-
ton and the doors and dnor-caSings at
Lebanon, y. II. The door knobs and
iacingS of the locks are nicklc-platcd
throughout. In each room is a fire
place, with Il mantcl of marblciZed slate,
and ventilation is obtained by means
of the flucs in these and the transoms.
The Railways and stairways are cover
ed with mating, which affords noise
less ingrcss and egrcss. The black
boards in all the rooms, with the ex-
ccption of the primary department
which completely encirclc the rooms-
in thickness, which, in point of dura-
bility, will he found to he il good in
vcstmcnt. In the primary room the
board is of the ordinary material.
On the north side of the building, on
the first and second floors, are large
rooms each forty feet square, which
have been finished but will not be oc-
cupird until the necessities of the
schools demand it, which will not be
at present. The first room on the
south side, on the first floor. is the |
sob primary department., which has
seating capacity for forty-eight schol- |
ars, under the instruction of Miss Har-
vey. The next room is the primary, |
under the instruction of Miss TOwne. !
This room has fortY-two seats. Com |
municating with it, on the west side,
through a high arch, is Il small room,
supplied with seats. which will in |
crease the seating capacity of the pri-
mary department to over sixty. III
desired at any time, folding doors can |
Ice put in between the two rooms and |
the smaller one be used for a recitation |
room. In each of the primary depart
ments there is small cloak-room for
the teachers use. On the second floor.
over the lobby, is a small
room that is to he fitted up for a CON
Sultatlon or reception room for teach
ers, scholars or visitors. Miss Arnold's
room corresponds in size with the one
on the opposite side of the building,
and is calculated to seat sixty scholars.
Communicating with this room, in the
the use of the assistant or for classes
from any of the other rooms.
For convenience we shall designate
this remOdelled school building as
school-house No. |, and the other brick
school-house erected last year, few
feet north of this one. school house
No. >. The Mo- building is heated
by steam generated in two boilers in
the basement. No. l is to be heated
10y steam from these same boilers taken
10y Steam-pipes from the basement of
the one to the basement of the other
and then distributed through the
several rooms into Smith radiators.
81 called. These radiators are
placed under the windows and are
made to stand about the same height as
the window sill. They are comely in
design and detract in no way from the
beauty OF usefulness of the room. Air