Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-02-06
p"r' OF Committee Of Carpenters
ON the Condition or our
school BUILDING

at the former meeting, to receive their i
report on the present condition Of the
building now used as a school h ,nse
= sprlnkl"g Of citizens and tax pay
ers was present also. Mr.. Warren
Taylor being absent, verbal reports
were made by Messrs. Ferguson and
Marshal, two Of the carpenters COM
m'ttee. Mr.. Fe,gnson exported that
on brief examination Of thu buildino
ne found the sills on the south side
decayed in several places, those On the
north side being at present inaccessi
ble ~ account OF snow-the walls |
we're single and of course could not
Keep out much cold nor heat; that the |
great weight Of the roof supported on
/ ~ by light rafters, with no bracings
presented the important fact that the
main danger was that the nails hold
ing the roof to the thin sides Of the
shell might from age, and straiaing
IN the two removals the building has
been subjected to, have become
materially weakened in holding force,
and that the whole roof might sudden.
~ give way under pressure of snow
or high wind. He thought the thin
ness of the walls aud the slight frame.
work OF the roof constituted all the
danger, but would reserve his final
opinion until a more thorough exami
: aation of the condition of tile roof is
made. To make the old building COM
fortably habtab!c as school house
wouli on rough estimate cost from
81 800 to 81 100 and that the cost o
:, a new building would be about So 900
While it was perfectly evident thai
the pre- sent building must be repaii &c
to that extent, the advisability 0
=
making such repairs or Of building
new house, must te determined by tb
taxpayers Mr.. Marshal corr ,boratet
the report of Mr. Ferguson as to nee,
of repairs, also as to cost for such AM
: price of new building. He said al
SO that the posts supporting he build
ing we're rottea in the ground, ant
u that even if the district should speD'
i $500 to $1,000 in repairs, the fact re
mained that they would still have a
IS old house which would continually b
6 needing repairs. He strongly urge
the financial wisdom of building a ne,
A. house double hoored, and double
( walled filled with saw-dust, and th
;" building to be built on neat, comme
s. dious and convenient plan. A rong
estimate for a new building was a
D. follows: New lumber, $500; nail
III 500; windows, 500; shingles, 500
ID The fact that a new school hous
n, will have to be built sooner or late
De must be borne in mind when coHs
a ering the choice of the two altern
RS tives-whether it is wiser to expen
y from $500 TO $l70O for repairs wi
ID the assurance of having to be cont
m ually making further repairs, or +
he about twice the amount put up bail
sc ing that would last for from twenty
IL twenty-five years, that would be
credit to the district, and that won
a he a convenient and habitable bull
re. ing for the present and future you
~. of Idaho City.
After few remarks by the tax-pa
in ers present, the Chairman, Hon. M
an Luney, re-appointed the COMMITTEES
AL make further and thorough examlI
- ton of the roof, stills, walls, &c, OF t
he old building, and report as soon
lty possible, the report to be published
IN the WORLD, and at the same time
oi present their estimates of necessa
renairs. and the erection of the NJ