The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-12-03

school buildings row under
The University, at Columbia, the
Citadel and Clahin University are
shown each to be in prosperous con-
dition. He recommends that the State
continue its support of these institu-
tions.
THE CLEMSON COLLEGE.
After stating the result of the litiga-
ton over Mr.. Clemson's will, the ac-
crual to the State Of the property valu-
ed at t$72, ,2S324,,an the commencement
of WORK at Fort Hill, the Governor
says:
Contracts were made for the manu-
facture Of three millions of brick, and
for saving all suitable lumber to be
found on the Fort Hill place.
The contractors for the brick manu-
facture gave up their contract October
1. 1890, from having failed with their
first three kllns. The matter was COM
promised by the Boards buying the
contractors machinery and outfit, and
continuing the work on the College ac-
count. TO prevent delay in the work
from this failure, 100000 bricks were
Immediately purchased andthe manu-
facture Of brick on the place largely in
creased
The completion of the laboratory, two
professors houses and the experiment
station building before the 1St of Janu-
ary, 1891, have now been secured, and
with the opening of Spring all the work
on the buildings is expected to be ac-
lively pushed. The plans of the Board
embrace the erection of large College
building, a mechanical hall, ten resi-
dences for professors besides the two
now in course of construction, and
smaller houses for foremen, three
dormitory buildings, a.mess hall, kitch-
en-, laundry and intirmary, with COM
plete barns, &C., for the experimental
| farm
The Board states "that the compile
| tion of the whole in time for the open
ing Of the College, on October the 1st
next, will depend on the decision of the
Legislature to grant at once the appro-
priationS necessary for the entire con-
struction contemplated. # the appro-
pTiations are spread out over two years
instead Of one, the College can still be
partially opened October 1st next, and
the work on the buildings still 60 on.
The use OF conviets in the work has up
to this time, been the occasion OF great
saving in cost and delays, and an in
crease of this help will greatly facili-
tate the completion of the buildings in
time. At this date everything is mov-
ing satisfactorily, with a very fair
chance tor full realization of all eX-
pectations Whilst the expenditures so
far have not been large, most of the
money is in ashape which shows the
economy that has been used, and all of
it can be easily traced to expenditures
that were proper. The brick on hand
and in course of manufacture, the luDl-
Der in the buildings and on the sites
ready to be used, the various macnin-
cry, with wagons and mules. and hun
dredS Of other things in value at a rea-
sonable appraisement will even now
amount to more than all the money
that has been expended. No mistakes
have so far been made which haye
brought any loss to the State or Col
lege."
OTHER SCHOOLS.
The Winthrop Training School for
Teachers, located at Columbia, is repre-
sented as already having done,a splen-
did work, and is especially commended
to the fostering care of the General
Assembly.
The Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb and the Blind, located at Cedar
Springs in Spartanburg County, con-
tinueS its most excellent work.
TIE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
The work OF this department is sum-
moriZed us follows: