Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-04-13
THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
An Ormsby Taxpayer Expresses
His Views.
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made by these expert builders ovel
two years age. They said they e1
amined the building, and if any Of
my readers remsmber, that report
confined itself principally to the IN
safe condition of tas building and its
liability to blow over in any hard
wind. The schools were dismissed
about that time on any ordinarily
windy day, just to give the idea
proper effect. In giving dsscrip.
ton of the frame, the roof lumber
particularly, claim was made that it
was rotten from the foundation up,
and condemning every part in the
building. Nothing but now school
house and on . new site, would do,
and it had to be erected at once, but
As you all we'll know, after the pre-
iect was talked over in a public
meeting IT fell through. Now the
Grand Jury takes it up again, led on
by the Same parties. They make an
other investigation, but their report
although put up by the same persons,
is altogether different. The report
now confines itself to the sanitary
condition and the dilapidatsd looks
Of all the rooms, but drop the idea
of any danger of holding school in
it, IS the building has stood before
aud since that time in tho hardest
kind Of gales, and those who under
stand the frame work of the build
ing viii testify that it Is just as
sound, straight and plumb as it was
WHEN built twenty years ago. That
the floors are wcrn, the plastering
cracked, that the windows rattle and
the rooms are oyercrovdsd, | frankly
admit; and no wonder, no repairing
has bean permitted on or in the
building for five or six years. Viii
not any building 60 to wreck and
rain in time if not rspsiredl also
admit that som thing must be done
soou: bat shat nothing but new
s.hool house will answer, that the
Of the old is out of the
is all bosh. and no sincere
interest in the community is e1-
pressed in it. The School Trustees
four or fvs years ago considered the
and general repairing of
The school house from information
obtained from builders and those
most familiar with the ranta Of the
school, and admitted the practica-
Oility Of adding wing on the West
md of the building, giving al tho
,oom needed for tho next twenty
7sArs, but the matter was not pressed
md never came before the Board TOR
lction New floors can be put in,
md if necessary tho plasterins can
pc renewed and windows put in. The
ceilings being very high, it is far
rom a disease breeding ramshackle |
hell, as the Grand Jury terms it.
Outside OF the wear and tare the |
il no more disease breeding |
han it was twenty years ago, when
t was considered i'll every way the
most perfect school house in the
'tate. The stairwaya and the venti-
alton of the rooms have not been
utsrfersd with and are as good now
s then, hence the tlinness OF all
hat condemnation. All those de-
sets can he overcome b. repairing
he old parts and building a new
ddition in the rear. There is plenty
+ play grou2d lsft in 'front.' and on
ach sids Of the building, and al
his can he done for four or five
thousand del!ars. Then the Capital
ity need not be ashamed of its
,hool house, and the job can be
andlsd by our own mechanics and
.borsrs and nsarly all the material
N be had st homo, thereby leaving
i the money expended among our
wn citizens, wher it will do some
ood l am sincerely for tho best
,terest, taking into consideration 81
ell, the comfort, health and safety
I our school teachers and pupils,
I'D should be so underEtood. I
ave no further interest. want no
ontract, and have no ak to grind.
Respectfully.
A TAXPAYER.