Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-12
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEE VISIT
THE "IRNIN."
Perkinsville and Paramount Asking
for Good School Buildings
.--Talk of Members of
the School Board.

The committee ON buildings and grounds
of the city school board visited the new
school house on Lawrence avenue yester-
day As is known the building has been
given the name of Irwin, ITO be known
by that name on the minutes of the school
board. The building is completed at last
being delayed much longer than expected
as result of the cold weather. The visit
of the committee was to examine the build
ing for the purpose of making a report of
acceptance or rejection before the board ut
its next meeting.
The building is seventy-two feet square,
two stories, with basement of brick made
in the city by Albert Bros, and Augusta
stone. 1t is divided into eight class rooms,
twenty-four by thirty feet, costing when
furnished over 10000. 1t seemed to be the
opinion of the committee that the build
ing is one of the best school buildings in
the city. The furnishing is first
class in every respect while the blackboard
is of slate, each piece being four by six
feet, and joints so nicely pat together that
they can scarcely be discovered.
The building was planned by architects
Proudfoot & Bird and put up by f. r.
gard, chairman of the committee on build
ings and grounds. The building is heated
by steam and said to be supplied with the
finest steam heating apparatus used by
any building the city.
The board will probably hold an extra
session Thursday night to hear the report
of the committee and allow bills of con-
tractors. They will also probably consider
the Powell case hoping to gain a settle
ment, giving the city more suitable lot
for the building.
As the Irwin building Is
now completed the board has
an eye turned toward two other sections of
the city calling for suitable school build
ings. The first request comes from Fair
mount and the other from Perkinsville
The former section claims to have of a
schoolable age over one hundred pupils
unable to attend school at other buildings
nearer the center of the city. The board
is now figuring with some prominent citi-
zen of Paramount for getting as favorable
terms as possible for putting up a brick
building as good as the one just finished.
A member of the board stated yesterday
that he would favor putting up a good
building there if they would donate the
city suitable grounds, which would be not
less than an acre, in desirable location.
1t was his opinion that the board would
favor such an expenditure, as that would
be a liberal donation, and evidently the
building would be needed.
Concerning the request for good build
ing at Perkinsville couple of members of
the board in discussing the matter yester.
day stated that something must be done to
give those people school facilities very
soon. The people as q result of the city
not giving them school facilities had or
ganized subscription school and over one
hundred pupils would gladly be in attend
ance if there was room. But limited room
made it possible to give school advantages
to only the older and more advanced
pupils. They thought the board should
pay part of the expenses of the school
until building and other arrangements for
a school are being made. They seemed to
think that the board should take immedi.
ate action in putting up good school
building at Perkinsville and give that part
of the city corps of teachers as efficient
as any other.
The improvements already called for in
the way of new buildings as figured by
some members of the board will take be-
tween thirty and forty thousand dollars.
This seemed to be the Objectionable part of
the whole matter coming as it does at this
time. They thougH it possible to com
mence work ON one of the buildings in
short time and work on the other deferred
until the summer, hoping to get it com
Dleted in time for school next winter