The Somerset reporter., 1888-04-19
School Houses.


are crowded into the North Street School
House, which has seating capacity for
only about fifty, that on the South side
in one school at least the scholars are
/ obliged, Tor want of room, TO take turns,
and part 90 in the forenoon, and Il part
in the afternoon, and ON the Island
the children are Obliged to 90 up two
lights of stairs, into the third story, calls
loudly for additional school room. That
1t must, in some way, be provided, is be-
yond contraVersary. But how-iast what
is the proper thing to do, is the important
question, and it is question of good
deal of Importance. On the North side
there eau he no doubt rs to what is best
TO do. On leavitt Street, We have a
magnificent lot, with building large
enough, by putting Il wing on to each
side for stair way, clothes room and
water closet, for four schools, two on
each floor, and thereby double the seat
ing capacity of the building. That would
supersede the necessity of the North
Street school, but that house is wanted
fora primary school on the plains. The
North st lot will sell for one or two
hundred dollars more than enough to pay
for lot on the plains and expenses OF
moving. That can all be done, and steam
heating apparatus put into the Leavitt St
| building, at an estimated expense of
about two hundred dollars When that
| 1T , - = ~ - "nPi'
or quality
other IMAM the lot Is not so spacious,
the South side may be Just as well pro-
vided for but at a much greater expense.
| The old Academy lot is centrally located
an a Sta Mn DIV, olad d.aj,,,,a
| h,,1,l,.a,,.I - - r.,
ne'i'''s anu Soou SUI louiuIi'ss. III SlioIt,
IL Is every thil9 aeslraple IN school
| house lot except 1t Is not quite so large
| as could be wished. But little enlarge
ment on the rear. which | presume may
| he done Mt n trifIinp pxnensp will make il
| answer every nurnose And al hrst tho
| idaa v,os ia a,1.r,,a Cha ia ton'1,,,,,
w" W. w N"i"ie '',N NV Ae",ciiiS
| Put twenty lecl oh 10 Ille oach emu ihak-
| ing building sixty by thirty feet--put
| wing to each side the same as proposed
on the Ieavitt St fit il up for four
schools and Walln il nv steam Rut unon
moro mature consideration | ,vaa Ld tn
| dnnh, tho yyisdnn, of t1,at ~ a,d
49, '"I "''1'' VIi'' =, ii'i,ie' ""'
a,lle seu ie'le' 10 F., H. fa>setI ESQ
OF Portland, an architect OF very large
tApei 'onoo' "sn''S ms uPll'loh anu a''Nlce
an" ieVc'Nou 'iie ioiio"ipS lePiy' so,
- u p.oL.,,a.. r.. NP'h mn 1000
| Al u mn Of ihn i,st .-itl, al,
received. and in reply will - that have given
the matter You requested an answer to same
thought, and have come to the conclusion that
the saving oil the Old building would be
SO small thai would be better Tor
aou ~ I"Hv A. "iu uSe te sa,ie ou
In tb,, frst Mace ,hn rcilings are too ln,v cnr
modern school building. Second. the renr wall
would have to be taken down, openings made
in the side walls, and Others bricked up in the
front. Third, the old brick work, and the new
would h9t LOOK aiike' uhieSS you painted inc
il 90 f, Wv, I 'iie M
,yhoie nid nar, of tho h,,iidirgs ,d,,Id bayo 70
be rppastercd. Fifth. the roof would have to be
rcShinged or slated. In fact there would be
| but very little of the old structure left.
nave during my praclce as an architect,
oeeh oo''ssu 10 cilll,ee anu iaNc over 9Iu puiiu-
ing III oI hro 70 tnd ,h, '"o ,b; ANU "iSt I'D,
and in many cases the cost has been more than
an entire new building would have cost. Per
haps may undcr-yaue the old building, but
still as said at the commencement think you
had better take 1t down and use the old material
Tor what 'huE arc worth
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ms lGVIer pIetly encctualy oeilIoIIsh.
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