Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-01-14

The new No. 70 school at Seventeenth
apd Union streets, is sl,nost lin shed and
ready TO hand over to the Board Of Il lu-
cation. 1t Is solijly and suhstan ially
built according to contract and by the
plans and specifications. 1t will afford
school facilities to large number OF
children VITO have heretofore experienced
great inconvenience In at ending school
on account of the great distance they
have TO 20. Some chil ]ren who have
been promoted In No. IL school, back of
MeDowcllSille, tn the grammar school at
Thirteenth and Walnut HAYS not gone to
the latter school Gu account OF the great
distance they had 10 walk aud have been
| awaiting the ope ling of No. l3, whica is
to have q RraUm n department..
These children Will te glad when No
10 opens, IS the p st wuier hus II, en- lost
tine TO them, The now Gchool will afford
better sCho1 facilities TO the clldren
living ia the Highlands ard L. is not uu-
! likely chat under the liberal construction
OF the rulo io-bidling children outside
the city mils from attending schools in
I city, n grea. m4uY children ou Rid
dl IS Bauks VIII avail themselves OF the
! privileges the new gctoOi offers. In tacJ
Ohe argument IA lay.r OI placing the
rev school hose where e Is vas 20 ac
i cn'nmodate the Highlands aud Rides
| Banks when these suburbs would be
brought within the city li,nits. 1t is ex-
p ct d that the school will be entirely
| filled rs soon ah IL opens.
Cri i'ics and some objections TO the looa-
tlOn snd architecture Of this new sch1ol
building, Us they do to al other build.
ings Unfortunately come OF these criti-
eisms have solid foundations In the
first place tine location happened TO be
upon springy lot, aud already the 8sh
pit Is full aud the floor OF the cellar
covered with cold sprlng water. In this
respect 1t Is another No. u school, with
the ash pit constantly filled with wa'er.
This difficulty Is sOught TO be remedled
by laying o drRin up Delaware Gyenus
which will be intercepted by another
drain from the new school bulldii G,
which In order to have the necessary fall
will have TO be laid through private prop
erty, aud which with the slight fall al
lowed will be liable TO get cllokcd up. A
better dan could have been laid down To
Sixteenth street and down that street t.
Scott, where 1t would intercept a seSer
lut In by he Baltimore aud Ohio Rsil-
road Company All will admit, however,
that II is unfortunate that any drain
whatever is required, especially so as
4
the neighborhood without springs eads.
Another objection to the location Ii
that 1t is directly opposite to large
! brewery aud saloon, the latter having
had rather unsayory reputation. In
these days Of multiplied objections TO 81
looms III general, this is looked upon by
may as serious objection. 1t is eaid
that the committee that selec Cd the lot
and upon which was Alfred Collins, had
not the objections to saloons as many o
tnoso who will patrOnize the school bad
Another criticism is against the archl
tee ural plan, which did not give sum
cieut elevation 10 raise II from a springN
lot. Mechanics say that the building
shorld have Rad about two egt more eit
yation. This, they say, would have rsiseC
II - high that with proper grading Il,
Bp inCy nature OF the ground Eould hav,
o,en overcome. Howey.r, notwitlstaa d
, ing these critical objections, the ney
scho honse Is a credit to the n1ighbor
hood and to the Board Of EducAtio,.
wi accommodate fouf hundred pupils
and will be filled as soon as opened.