Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-10-21
FOR THE SOUTHERN END
a FINE suuuoL uuusm vOarLUrEu
Tho New Buiiding In tho Fou,t tn ward
sosns Account ~ ~ ana the Names
OF Tuoee who Built IL

Sumo Account 81 ~ ana the Names
OF Taose who Built IL
Tho now public school building on South
i,rince street below Hazel was finished by
tho contractor, John Adam Burger, more
tnah two weeks ago, aud having been
thoroughly inspected by the property
ommitteetof the school board was formally
accepted by them to day
ihe new building is a substantial brick
structure, 9Ox60 feet diameter, two stories
high, and divided into four school rooms,
lts Reneiai plan aud appearance being not
nniike the Tour or five other school houses
recently built by tho board of school
directors, out IN some OF the details IL Ia
better than any of tho others, The front
elevation is in botter architectural taste,
and there are poIches covering both the
front aud rear entrances to the building.
aaordipg cover to the children in bad
weather. rs they enter or leave the
building and giving them convenient
place in which To raise or lower their
| umbrellas.
There is cellar under the entire
| buildiug, the walls of which are Of
heavy stone masonry, that part of the
wall above grade being OF rock-iace
broken range limestone, on top of which.
rests bolt of Port Deposit granite, bush.
hammered, extending entirely around the
building. On this the brick walls are
built. The front elevation is of Lancaster
pressed brick, oiled aud pencled, the
other walls being of best hard moulded
brick. The door steps aud window sills
are of Port Deposit granite. The roof is
| of slate.
| lherc are two wide stairways in the
middle OF tho building-one front aud one
back. These are OF tho best yellow pine.
The school rooms, cloak rooms, vestibues
| aud stairwayg arc all waiusCotod IN yellow
pine ami the doors, iatticed shutters and
window sash are finished in imitation ma
hOgany.
The schoo, rooms which are about %
by 90 feet each, have "A height of 10 feet
from floor TO ceiling. Tho walls and cell
ings are flushed in grey sand plaster.
Each room cOutaius an extensive surface of
solid slate blackboard, and each is provided
with from City to sixty single seats and
desks for the pupils, besides teachers
desks and Il sufficient number of recita-
tion benches. The ats in all the rooms
are so arranged that tho light falls from
the rear and over the left shoulder of the
pupils. The windows are Shaded by in
side lattioed shutters that may DO opened
OF closed at pleasure. Each room con-
tains also convenient cabinet in which to
keep books and other school property.
| The school rooms are most thoroughly
NtHblittNu uOk bilit uJ W 'HS ihpnL
, approved style of registers aud iiuos in the
walls, but also by the corded ard wcighte
windows aud pivOted transOms above the
doors,
Heat is to Je furnished for the entire
building by an Economy wrought iron
furnace aud steam heater cnmbiued,"
manufactured by j. +. Pease, Of Syra-
cuse, n. Y. IL is the first of the kind
introduced into school building in this
liz, h.,e - hay
thoroughly Investigated its claims tn su-
periorIty, and expect great things from it.
There are attached to It ten hot air regis
, ters aud eight steam radiators, placed at
convenient pDints in tho several rooms.
Adjoining the school rooms are cloak
rooms where the children can take OF or
put on their over clothing. These rooms
, are supplied with an abundance of hooks
: on which to hang hats, capa, cloaks, &c.,
aid long umbrella racks, with drips and
waste pipe. Each room contains also a
, bydrant and stationery washstand with
, the necessary waste pipe to carry of the
water.
The new buildiug is most eligibly 10
, Gated, IL stands IN lot ll0 feet front by
. 100 feet IN depth, Ia locality surrounded
, by hundreds of dwellings, hitherto without
convenient school accommodations. In
q the language of every body 1T supplies Il
- | long ielJ want.
1t was built by Mr.. John Adam Burger
:, at "a contract price of 50 535 Tho building
committee ray that Mr.. Burger has iul.
= filed the conditions of his contract in
: every respect and finished tho building
= three weeks before the time agreed upon.
. AS those who do tho work are apt to
. expect n notice of it. We may conclude
this article by saying briefly that the ex,
oavation and grading was done by Mr..
III. Shaub the building stone was fur
nished by J. w. hentzsr the granite was
4 furnished by MIR. MoClsnaghan the
: brickwork was done by Dracbbar Bros,
the carpenter work was douo by Mr.
Burger, the contractor ; the mill work was
!, furnished by Urban & Burger the plas-
= tering was done by Druckermiller Bros.
, the painting and glazing by Johu Long /;
4 the plumbing, spouting aud tin work by
, | Finn Il Breneman the stating by
\ Pfeitfor & Co. the hardware aud glass
, were furnished by Steinman S Co; the
! iron fencing in front of the building by
= David Potts, and the school furuiture by
Lem G.. Eaby, agent for the keystone
, | school and church furniture company the
. masonry was done by Stiffel e Co. he
lumber was furnished by Baumgardner Sc
. Ebermsp, and the brick by Peter Ziegler
/, all of whom performed their several con.
> tracts with fidelity,
1t Is expected that tho new sch ool
:. building viii be occupied by the 1st OF
/, November.