The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-17
TRADES TAUGHT IN SCHOOL
NaAH NJ


 The New York Trade schools, which are to be teopened iot pupils on No,ern- bcr !, \, Klrs, avenue and SINty seventh street for the ,hrd winter session, appear ,o have supplied ! pressing want which has ions been felt wherever tfades unions are plentiful and the dlS4slon of iabo, Is extensive This ~ani Is the opportunity ;o learn mechanical trade II i> a fact vel known to poor boys who des4re Ia learn trades tha, |, Is only ~ith the great est dl'flCulty tha, an apprenticeship can he obtaned m mos, ;sades The rules oi the trades untons regarding appten- il e ate very stttet. and only A certain speo,ned number is allowed in proportion ,o the number of loutnesmen employed Nc; inireqaently d young nan : unable ,o lean the trade of hts father ist 4 k of an opportunity ic gc, an Appiente C. shsp.
 Another consider slion has been ths, ;he method oi leaiusag ifade by ap- prenilGeship Is very >los. bc ausc so ms ot the tune must he spent m mere dfadgcry and the gpidl,y of the cm- ployef postpones the day when the ap- pr-n,icc shall have mastered the trade
 several years ago Mi. R. I A hmuty. ot ihls city, resolved 10 start trade school to gtye desering young iaen An oppotiu aiiy to learn uades lie tid no, intend II as oharliy. ot A A none, -mak lng institution. He was eon,en, to ad vance The capital and usk it's loss tet the purpose of giving d trial 10 hIs pc; ldea Thus far he has invested about s!o .e,,) Tn land and buildings loc a,ed on tus, avenue and extending along the whole block from stx,y seventh 10 Sisiy-elghth street, running back about sevcn,y-one feet on the tao streets. The buildings are pIain. low, brIck s,uctures with ample room for several hu 1drcd scholars engaged Tn leaning ,he trades n: plumb 'ng, btIc k-laying. iiesco pain,ng, stone cutting. plas'ering, serolisa~ing, pattern making for moulders and mAchlnts,s, and turning. When the buildings afe on pleted there wil be ample aoeomnodA- ,ions for teaching all these trades ~tth the bes, of tools and ,nsuue,o's
 Thus far sbos; 2e.3 young men have asailed themselves of this opportunity for education n the trades of plumblng bncklaying. ifesco raln,ing and pattern making. The ~ork done by sofne oi these young men is nos on eKblot;son Al the | au of the Amcrran lns,rufc. and constitutes one of the mos, interesting features of ,h., sho~ The p.unb.ng < shows some rare skill in the manipulation of tools and the Use of 'na,cttAis The examples of lead lotn's. ~tping soin,s sand bands. lead safes bath and bash hi;iags. sInks, wAshtaos and so on shos sha, the young mel have made good use of the time. l. may seem almost incfed- ibse that such ptoficiencY co4ld be a;- tained in the short iime Of i've months [ Thls ,s accounted f1r trs by the fAc, ihx, the whole of the i've months ~as devoted 10 the actual learning of the trade under ! the teaching of competent Instructor. Another explanation is the fzc, that the learners were no, only eArnes; seekers after knowledge, bot also, ln most cases, already skilled in the use of tools. To I such young men 1t is comparatively easy { to substitute one trade fer another The ordinary restrictions of trades unions pa, grea, obstacles in the way of changins z from one trade to another But the trade school offers an opportunity 70 young man who has. unfortunately, learned an unremunesa,ve trade ,o learn another which will be more congenlal or profit. able. The cost to the learners Of plumb ing is 5 per month. or sto for the course The instruction in th.s depart rsens is limited to young men between ib and 2.
 Some opposition from the trades unions has kep: young men from ayailing them selves of the advantages of the inssitu- ton. The rules Of the trades unions for bid the election of member xho has no, served an apprenticeship, and the trades union leaders in some cases announced thas they would not perml: graduates of the schools to work in the shops ~rish them. Several Of the graduates from the bricklaying schoo! have been compelled ] 10 go so work wi;b non-union men because