The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-11-02
' OUR Big SCHOOL.
$4,000 ADDITIONAL VOTED TO FURNISH
THE BUILDING.
A New Demand Is Made for Further
Taxation to support the Teachers.

:. A New Demand is Made for Further
Taxation to support the Teachers.
A public meeting Of citizens was held in The
Court House last night to take into consider
alton financial questions concerning the
school.
W. A. Templeton was called TO the chail
and F. B. Gary was requested to act as secre
tary.
MIR. Tenn pleton then read the following re-
port of the Board of Trustees
We beg leave to submit for your considera
tion the following report OF matters pert lain
Ing to our duties as Trustees OF the Schoo
District OF the town OF Abbeville. -,
lst. Is to the school building. AS you VIII
remember the election which placed into oul
hands the duty Of issuing Sl2.O0O OF bonds
with which to buy lots and erect school build
lings in the town OF Abbeville was held the
latter part of January. Soon after the cleo
tion we appointed II committee or the BOARD
TO look out a suitable location for the build:
Ing of a school house tor white children. Al
ter careful investigation the committee re
ported the Academy lot as the most available
for the purpose, and immediate steps were be'
gun to buy this property. After considerable
Negotiation one thousand dollars was paid for
the building and lot. This same comniitte
which was designated the committee on plans
and location was explicitly Instructed TO sc.
cure plans for a building not TO exceed In cos!
$500, had secured six or eight plans OF school
| buildings.
After careful examination We selected one
designed BY benson & Schneider. OF WASH.
ngton, D. T., aud which Mr.. benson; m 90 wno o1o
This was allowing 800 Tor the OLD orlck, and !
making his estimate for all new material anu
work SS65O. He was asked by the chairman
| of the bonrd If he would undertake To do the
work and furnish the material for this
amount, TO which he answered that It was out
Of his line but he thought MS estimates were ,ea
the best and cheapest way 10 construct q
building was to buy all material and CONTRACT
for different parts of the work
greatest care and deliberatlon. Alter the
plans were received on May llth, and eXan-
ined, we doubted whether the building as de-
signed could be built for the estimate OF The
architect. AS q matter OF precaution mem
Der OF the board WIS sent ut once 10 Atlanta
10 obtain bids OH all the different kinds OF
material to be used on the building. Several
| bids were obtained on each OF tho various ma
| terials 10 be used, as follows:
| On SASH glazing, doors, transom, &c-Dobos
Mig Co., 81, i,4l2; Hart e. Co., $l,4OS; Traynham
On brick work-Laying. So per thousand.
| On stone-Phelps Stone Quarry Co., 81 ,295
Allan ia Stone and Granite Co, $50.
On lumber-One and 20-lOO dollars per hum
dred feet for framing.
| On galvanized iron and tin work-Hunn nj
cutt j. Co., S>6s; w. r. Jones & Co., S594.
On heating apparatus, S2,3oO.
| We found the estimate was not SO excessive
as to cost of material, but the excess occurred
| In the quantity used. We had the plans and
had to pay for them and were very muoh
Invitations for bids had been sent out 10 DIFF
ferent mills and in u short time bid to fur,
nish all the sash, doors, inside trim ana
transoms and SO forth, was received rom the
was accepted. You will notice this was S52l
| less than the lowest bid received.
| A contract was made with Mr.. MCMILLAN 10
furnish the brick nj IS % at the DrlcK yard, or
| Sc 25 delivered on the lot
| A contract was made to have the brick laid
In the wall for so 50 per thousand, and Just
here 1 would sny that In the number OF oricR
required was the greatest eat a discIepanty: Inc me
qulred, and we bought more than TINS
| amount besides the old brick from the build
| ing, and this wus an Item upon which no eX-
act calculation could be made. The excess In
cost over estimate for brick and mortar and
saying way Sl.S75, and while his plan called
| for a galvanized iron cornlce and other gal
yanlzed iron work no estimate sHSa WAS nade ior
| The work began on June 9th. Five weeks
delay was caused by defect in the titles To
the property. Thinking that the architect
had come in gunshot Of the number OF orlck
required we did not arrange for as many as
was necessary, hence delay was caused oy
lack OF brick. We bought the framing lum-
| Der for 90 cents per hundred feet delivered on
| lot. We paid for the flooring 81 80 per nun
dred feet For wainscoatIng. stairway mate.
rial, baseboards, newels and other mouldings
we paid S223.6O. We contracted for every part
OF the work where II was possible. We con-
| tracted with 4. X. Chamberlain 10 put into
five rooms. including the assembly room, a
heating. ventilating and dry closet system,
which we think ~ the best and cheapest sys.
tenn In use. It will cost when completed
Sl5O0. We elected j. w. Sign TO superintend
the building for which we pay s5 per day.
The building Is s2x50 In the main body and
has four additionRl rooms 3UN25. making sew:
en- teaching rooms with capacity OF 35U
scholars besides two rooms for superin tend,
ent and teachers, and one assembly room
about so feet square, Including hallway, which
can be thrown with IL.
AS we present the house to you to-night, the
furnish The building:
I 10 finish the building will require: