Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-03-31
SCHOOL BOARD MATTERS,
The Question Of Heating the Jackson
School Referred Back.
Appropriations wade Arg regatinE
sI5.O5i o5 Land site onered.--
Planting of trees.

The city school board met last even
ing, President Nelson in the chair.
Attorney williams Of the board sent
In communication In which egave
It ms his opinion that additional vault
walls were not included ia the speclh'
cations of Bennett & Peek ~ 'no
Franklin school building. Filed
BRYANT SCHOOL.
The superintendent Of buildings re-
ported that tho Bryant school building
had been completed according to con-
tract. Committee on sites and bullu'
ings and oommitieeon nnance.
FuBrnER TINE GRANTED
The committee on sites and build
ings, reporting in the matter OF me
heating and ventilaiing plant I"
the Hamilton school. stated that they
had not been able to fully complete tho
necessary investigations and tests, In
order to pass decisively upon the merits
Of said plant, but from the invest'ga'
tion made they were OF the opinion
that sufficient quantity Of air Is being
delivered, but that the delivery was
irregular, uncertain, and not under
proper control. They further reported
that they did not wish TO condemn the
plant on the account mentioned rs
they had been assured by tho contract
ora that all defects could BIO remodled
and asked for further time TO complies
the tests with the help Of an oxperl.
enced and impartial expert. Adopted
VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS.
The same committee recommended
that the superintendent OF buildings
be- authorized ~ have the numbers OF
all class room. and designation OF other
rooms painted In gold letters on the
transomt; that the committee be given
authority to employ an expert 10 inhhe
teste OF the boilers, tanks anu heaVhg
appliances, TOT the renson thnt the tahk
nj m, Brynnt school had collapsed
from the pressure Of the atmosphere,
and they thought that an examination
shuuld be made By one Thoroughly
competent; they further recommended
that authority be granted them to place
$4,000 additional Insurance on the
Washington school. Adopted.
foR HEATING THE JACKSON SCHOOL.
The same committee reported that
they had received bidsl for tho heating |
OF the jackson school building as fol- |
lows.
Midgiy & Sons 5000, including n
exc Stuflevant patent blower fan, ca.
paciiy 03, 475 cubic feet per minute, |
number OF revolutions per minute not
stated. A 5xg bturtevant vertical nigh |
speed engine, galvanized iron uuo1s,
$500 feet Of Gold Pen indirect radia.
tore, two horizontal boilers, forty'six
inches In diameter, fourteen ieet long,
size Of tubes not stated. Ihe system
proposed In not o0nveftlO.e 70 low
pressure, and no mention J, maue OF
catch basin or receiving tank.
Ueesch, Davies q company, s8S50;
lob No, 9 provides for the enlargement
Of nil the nues In the building, aH
shown In plans, receiving tank, catch
basins and Nil other modern appll.
ances for nrst-class high pressure
steam heating plant, the minimum
steam pressure will bo twenty
rounds and the maximum nny
pounds, All exhaust to be utilized.
steam pressure OF heating system Two
pounds. Two thirty.nyo horsepower
boilers, fourteen ieet long, ~ inohes IN
diameter, each having twonty.si1
tubes 80 inches In diameter. The
necessary fire tools provided for. Also
two high pressure steam gauges anu
three low pressure steam gauges. One
lO.horse power Exeter low speed en-
pine 10 run fan. Knowles duplex
boiler feed pump. All the appliances
for a high pressure heating plant seems
TO be complete. The system Is also
convertible from high TO low pres
sure.
for ali the general appliances referred
10 In lob No. Q, with the exception that
The fiues will all be used NJ they are at
present, and the deficiency Will, In
great measure, be supplied by direct
radiation, which will be used In the
corridors, class rooms, principal and
recitation rooms and basement. THIS
bi 1der directs the attention OF the
board 10 the fact that TO use the present
flues will necessitate delivering the air
in the school room at n velocity OF $40 |
feet per mipulp, the fan running at
speed OF 2l0 revolutions por minute, TO |
give the required amount oil ar, unity |
cubic feet per minute, for each pupil:
This would be equivalent 10 nine anu
three-eighths miles per hour
II. Moran, $685.; bid No. l, which
proposes 10 furnish low pressure
system, Ia accordance with the re-
auiremen,s Of the attached advertise.
nent. Bids provided for horizontal
boilers twenty inches in diameter,
thirteen feet long, each containing
twenty.four tubes four inches, In
diameter, with the necessary valves
and nttlngs, all to be run ~ tho low
pressure gravity system.
BID No. ., $685.. an Indirect system
with fan.