Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-12-05
Growth Of West Randolph in 1883
ED IN NEW BUILDINGS AND
IMPROVEMENTS.

IMPROVEMENTS.
THIS beautiful and enterprising viii
lage has had more than a usually pros
porous season. Her manufacturing
interests have had all the work they
could conveniently handle, most of the
time. There have been no epidemics,
but year of general health. In look
ing over the town to see What improve
ments had been made we y ere surpris-
ed TO find that so much had been done.
1t appears in no particular part, but all
sections of the village have grown.
The principal improvements have been
at the L. 5. Screen Cos works and at
the Graded School. These two we
write up in full and the rest simply
summarize. No account is made of
improvements of less than $3.50 nor of
painting though the latter amounted to
more than that sum. Considerably
more than one-fourth of the homes in
the place have been painted or other
wise improved so that this sun. if add
to the general total would make il con-
siderable larger.
THE GRADED SCHOOL BUILDING.
No building erected this season re-
hcts greater credit upon the village and
those who superintended its erection
than does the building erected for the
Graded School. A commodious, well
appointed and handsome building is
this. We believe that there is not a
more complete or better Graded School
building in the state and while much
praise is due to three gentlemen who
in about two months pushed TO COM
pletion building SO substantial and
complete in all its parts as is this build
ing, we think that our citizens deserve
having the public spirit shown by them
in providing for the erection of the
building recognized.
Sixteen years ago when the then
Judge Weston place had been bought
and the first Graded School building
erected there were but l50pupils to be
provided for and the building for some
years was large enough to accommo-
date all the children of school age in
this village but, excellent teachers be-
ing employed, the school soon became
noted in this and surrounding towns,
as an excellent one and pupils came
from other towns TO attend school here
the village grew rapidly and soon de-
mand for more room became impera-
tive. AT a special meeting held last
June the district voted to build an adj
dition 34x60 and elected w. III. Du-
Bois. A. IL. Beedle and c. +. Abbott
a building committee. They commenc-
ed operations at once and putting the
same amount of push and executive a.
bility into the work that they have Civ
en- to their own affairs, they had the
building ready for the school at the
of the fall term. In
order to realize what has been accom-
plished the building itself must be visit
ed and inspected and no citizen should
fail to do this.
Theoriginal building erected in 1873,
forms a part of the present building but 1
with the improvement added it is prac-
.ically new. The whole building has
been newly plastered and the rooms
nave been wainscotted with black ash.
A new roof covers the entire building.
Tin has been used as a cover for the
lat parts and slate for all other parts of
he roof. A second entrance, cover
d. new and improved water closets
md toilet rooms, large halls, broad
tairways, improved heating apparatus,
ventilation, water from the
illage aqueduct, twelve hundred ,
quare feet Of solid slate blackboards
re among the improvements that have I
cen added to the building. The fence .
round the grounds has been taken a !
ray and broad concrete walks have been +;
ut across them. All work has been
ioroughly and substantially done. =