Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-26
MORE SCHOOL ROQ1.


A Dssssipsaen 81 - and Its Farnisurs-A
Slnailar Stz0seure Needed I'm Anoshsr
Fart Of tho Usty.
The new public school building corner
of New and Christissn streets has been
completed, exceps y .sw finishing touches
from the painters and tho dressing up Of
the grounds en- which tho building stands.
The structure is of brick, two stories in
height with finished cellar. The founda-
tion walls are heavy and substantial.
Above ground the base is of hammered
stone and on this rests q course
Of cut granite ON which tse brick
walls rest There are two school
rooms on each floor, each contain.
ing about 25 By SO feot of floor. ano
capable of seating . maximum of GO pupils
$40 in all. The ,ooms are well lighted
the windows and seats being so arranged
that the light falls upon all tho pupils
from the left ard rear The floors are of
yellow pine, and The walls are finished in
light grey sand and are wainscoted in yell
low pino to height OF four feet from the
floor. The combined seats aad desks.
manufactured by the Keystone school
furniture company, are OF hard wood,
cherry and maple in alternate Stats,
resting on cast iron frames that are
screwed to the floor. The seats and
desks are of the individual pattern, 80
that NO two pupils are seated together.
Tho teachers desk, standing on plat.
form, faces the school, and in front of it
are bard wood benches on which to seat
the classes during recitation To the left
and rear of the teachers desk are black.
boards of slate, some thirty feet in length.
Connected with each school room is q
or b md
being wainscoted like the school rooms.
The rooms are heated by two large porta.
bic heaters in the basement, the registers
in the lower rOOuS being in the floor near
the centre, and in the upper rooms in the
wall near the floor. Ventilation is secured
by several ventilating flues in the wall.
which find their exit through the roof
alongside the chimneys. Additional ven.
tilation can be easily secured through tho
traEsoms above the doors, which are
hung on pivOts and can be opened and
closed little or much by means Of hinged
rod attached to them. The distance from
floor to ceiling is IA feet. The windows
arc furnished with inside latticed shutters
to exclude the sun and regulate the light
when it is too strong. There arc neat
stationary book cases in each school room.
and hydrant water and stationary wash
stands in the cloak rooms. There arc pas
pipes throughout the building, but no
burners yet attached. Entrance to the
first floor rooms is had by fight of
three or four granite steps in front of tho
building, and to the second tloor rooms by
means of stairways built in projections on
tho east and west sido of the building.
All tho doors, both upstairs and down,
open Outwards, and as an additional
means of safety to upstairs pupils, there
is door connecting the two school rooms
SO that pupils may make their exit in case
of accident by either of the stairways.
The roof Of the building is of tin it is
what is technically known as s.hip
roof" and is surmOunted by neat Gu.
pola.
The building is quite an addition to tho
northern end of tie city where it is badly
needed to accommodate the hundreds of
little people in that rapidly growing sec.
tion of the city. It will be opened for
school purposes shortly after the next
meeting Ofthe board. Three of the rooms
probably will be devoted to primary
schools and one will be secondary
school. 1t is believed that all the rooms
will be Immediately filled with pupils, as
the James and Lemon street schools are
greatly over crowded.
A similar school building is BADLY
needed in the eastern section of the city,
and will no doubt be built during the en-.
suing Spring.