The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-04-27
40 7HB FRONT!
Comes Big Stone Gap With one
of the Finest School Build
ingS In the Southwest.
Intelligence OF the Citizens
Of the Town.


Intelligence OF the Citizens
Of the Town.
Contract Awarded To Crowell s. Miller.
OF Bristol.
Since the city election, held End
of last February, ON the question of
voting $4,000 Of bonds for public
improvements, in which Ill were
cast .for issue Of bonds" to 5 against,
our worthy city council has lost no
time in pushing forward the work
entrusted to them.
Immediately after the election a
committee was appointed-consistins
of level-headed mcn-to get up plans
for the public school lu'lling. This
committee went to work in earnest,
and, after carefully considering a
number Of different plans submitted
to them, have at length decided on
the style and character of building to
q be erected. The committee, from the
very beginning of it's work, has eN-
ercised care and caution in every
narticular, and, when the building IS
finished they will look upon it with
4 high degree of pride and satisfac-
zion as it stands before them, a last
81 ing monument to the good sense and
s Intelligence of the present citizens OF
4 Big Stone Gap.
4 site for the building has been
selected in what is known as "Plat
s. ST. between Spring street and Stone
ra academy, and sufficient ground
donated by the improvement Co.,
through its president, Gent Rufus a.
Ayers.
The building will front toward the
louisville 4 Nashville railroad and
the gap in the mountain, and to pas
sengcrs on the l.. & n. trains will
present an attractive appearance.
It will be 76 feet 9 inches by 50
feet, to be built of massive stone
work and rc-prcssed brick, and WILL
consist of two stories and basement,
the basement, however being more
than onc-half above ground.
In the basement will be coal and
boiler rooms, boys play-room, 20 X
So; girls play-room, % X 80; stor-
age room, % So; latest improved
sanitary closets, with partition
through the entire basement, sepe-
rating the boys and girls apart
ments.
The first floor has four school
rooms of the following sizes 20 X
33. % 81, % 80 and % 30,
each room being provided with cloak
room and teachers closet.
The second story has two school
rooms, 25g 35 and 25t 33, each
provided with cloak room, etc; as
sembly-room 33 GS4; principals
room, l44 l4!.
The entrance to the building is
through vcstihulc into the main
hall. from which entrance is made to
school and cloak-rooms.
The arrangement for ventilation
is perfect. while the heat is to be
supplied by latest improved hot
water heating apparatus. The latest
and most approved methods of plumb
ing will be used.
The roof is to be of best grade of
Virginia slate, while the specified
tons call for nothing but the very
best material throughout.
Monday night, at special meet
ing of the council, committeeman
W. +. Baker, c. w, Evans and w.
w. Taylor, in connection with archi
tect S. d. Hurd, reported that they
had carefully gone over and examined
the plans and specifications, and after
having closely calculated the cost of
the building, they considered Mcssrs.
Crowcll d Millcr's bid of $40, 900 for
the complete building--to be paid in
city bonds at the rate of IS cents on
The dolar-to be reasonable, and
recommended that their bid be ac-
oepted.
Motion for acceptance was put be-
d fore the council and vote of "yea"
: was unanimous.
Thus the building of this magnifi-
cent structure is an assured fact and
Alr. Crowell informed the writer that
work would be commenced at once