New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04
UNSAFE SCHOOL-HOUSES.
SEVERAL THAT NEED EXTENSIVE REPAIRS
MORE AIR SPACE FOR EACH rUpIL-INsTRUc-
r1oNs Aporrr THEIR WINTER DRILL.

T1ONS ABOUT THEIR WlNIEh Dnhbh'
The foresightof c. B. j. Snyder, the new Super
intendent of School Buildings, in pronounclng
Grammar Schools Nos. S5. and % unsafe, mas
been approved by the inspectors of the Building
Department of this city. The inspectors, who ex-
amined the buildings in accordance with the
recommendations of the Board of Education, have
upheld Mr. Snyder, and commended his WORK
Grammar School No. 35, at No. 60 West lhir-
teenth-st,. is in q serious condition. The lnspec-
tons recommend that the building be made SAFE aC
once In order TO do this, they say 'hav
it will be necessary TO take down anu
rebuild the back wall, the west walls OF the souVn-
cast wing, the east walls of the southwest Wlhs'
the starways together with various iloors casihss'
ETC. So many things have TO be repaired ABOUT
the building that it is doubtful whether IL VIII
be used again by the Board of Education
1t is estimated that $4,000 will be necessary
to make it ready for the use of pupils. Inc Do"i"
will decide upon the fate of the school next week
The property is valued at $4,000. IL is not ue-
sirable for school purposes, as there is usually
rnuch noise in the street The condition OF Oralh-
mar School No z, Hester and Chrystie SITS, accord
ing TO the reports of the experts, is almost as
serious They recommend that the front wall OF
the house DE taken down at once. various STAIR
ways, windows, trusses, sills and other Things
must be removed, SO that the building Will DE
practically new AS the cost of restoring the
school will also be about $4,000. 1t is PROD
able that it will be torn down and replaced by
an entirely new building, in accordance with 'he
desire of the trustees of the ward
Grammar School No. %, Ninth-st. and First
ave-, must also undergo many repairs before IL is
safe The walls of the eastern wing are 10 DE
torn down, as also part of the walls of the main
building The costs of restoration Will be @oouV
$4,000. The trustees of these schools have oeeh
asked to confer with the members OF the Cohinii'-
tee on Buildings of the Board of Education neAV
week.
In the school houses built in this city in recent
wears efforts have been made TO give the chhareh
as much air space and floor space as possible
In MANY of the old buildings still in use In various
parts of the city comparatively little at'enuon
was paid to these matters. According 10 the oiu
laws. each child was TO have only nine square 1eet
~ floor space and ninety cubic feet of air. This
law has never been changed, although it has
been disrecarded in the erection OF the
r.v buildings 1t has been found adj
xisable. however. to know definitely what
number of SQUARE feet and what number OF CUBIC
feet must be placed at the disposal of each pupil
in the buildings yet to be erccred In this CITY,
Superintendent Jasper has written therefore to
DR. CYRUS B. Edison. of the Board OF Health asking
him to give decision regarding these matters
Superintendent Jasper and Superintendent Snyder
both believe that the children, i'll order to insure
their health and comfort, should have ABOUT
twelve feet of floor space and 200 feet OF CUBIC
space each, After the report of the Board OF
Health has been received, a new law Will DE
adopted by the Board of Education.
A number of now school hoOses VIII be ready
for occupation in a short time Urinary
School No. 46, Johnson-ave. and Spuyten Duy-
vii, will be ready for pupils in few days IL VIII
accommodate $50 children The new scf0ol al
Cortlandt-ave. and One-hundred and fty-seventh-
St. Will be opened December /, and will accommo-
date 27OO children The school OF Ninety-third-
st. and Amsterdam-ave., with accommodation for
2,1OO pupils, will be ready January l; that at
Sixty -eighth-st. and Amsterdam-ave, with accom-
mediation for 1,4OO pupils, March p 1892; that
at Broome and Ridge sts, with seats for LAW
September l, 1892; and that at Fifty-hrstst and
First-ave, with seats for ,470, october /, ls02
The additions to Grammar Schools No. p ana
No 10, with accommodations for 500 children
will be ready in January.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made to open the an
nexes to Grammar School No Z, Hester and Chrys-
tie SIS which were closed several weeks ago,
tomorrow morning. The anneXes, however, can
\ only accommodate about 500 children, While inc
\ pupils of the school number about 1900 AT
rangements for the remaining cnAdreh Will NC
mace in a short time. .
Superintendent Jasper Of the public schools IN
accordance with the bylaws of the Board OF Edn-
cation, has sent circulars 70 all the principals IN
the city, giving instructions TO how the children
are to be drilled this winter. The circulars read
in part as follows:
this bylaw places upon the City Superintendent the
responsibility for efficient carrying out OF it re-
qurements, he would call your special attention to the
following points, which, in HIS opinion, are essential 10
the proper degree of success in rapid dismissals:
a. Rapid dismissals should take place at least once
fortnight
ID AS a rule, such rapid dsmissas may be practsed
at the times Of the regular dsmissas.
(eJ Occasionally they should take place at other times
than at regular dismissas
a. As a rule, these (c.) dismssals should be maze
70 the playground.
(eJ once in while the (c) dlsmissals should DO
made 70 the street " D-No such dismssals are to b.
made unless the conditions Of the weather etc. are
favorable; and at time except when the eXgencie'
of the case demand should the children be sent to the
street without their clothing
~ Occasionally rapid dismssals should also take
place the main at the time the school Is a
sembed.
(g) At less frequent intervals. all departments OF
building should practise the rapid disndssals stimuli
taneously.
d. The plan for the rapid dlsmissals Of each depart
ment must be- so arranged that there will be no inter-
ference with plan for the rapid dsmlSsds ahothef
department in the same building.
Should the conditions Of your school be such that any oil
these directions be complied with, you Will please
report in person to the undersigned.
Mr. Jasper also instructS the principals to see
that the ianitors Of the various schools remain
on the grounds during the sessions.
THAT WONDERFUL CZ4RINA DRESS
A rich treat is in store for the women who will nj
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