The morning call., 1893-06-06
FOR BOYS ONLY.
Contract Let for a New
Home at Berkeley.
A $4,000 Building to Be Erected for
the Use of Deaf and Dumb and
Blind Children.

The Board of Directors of the State at
Berkeley for the deaf and dumb and the
blind opened bids for furnishing materials
and for the construction of new building
to be used for dormitory purposes and to
be styled Tie Boys Home.
D.Jordan & Son being the lowest bidders
were awarded the contract for the brick
work at $4,000. Anderson & Grey of
Berkeley received the carpenter and
plasterwOrk at S13.694; f. u. Farwell of
Oakland. the painting and glazing; L. l..
Grose Of Fetalums. the heating and tin
ming, and II. Williamson Of this city
the plum bing. The contracts aggregate
S47. Geo. Work on the new building
is TO be comm enced within ten days from
the date of the award OF the contracts, and
the building must be completed by Feb
ruary !, 1894.
The appropriation for the new building
was secured by Senator Denison of Ala
media County, who introduced bin at tile
last session of the Legislature, asking for
an appropriation of 500 920, which included
So, 800 for the additional house; $4,000
for developing the water supply; $4,000
respectively for hospital bniidlng and an
electric light plant; 5000 for street work,
and various small sums for specified pur-
poses. In the hands of the finance COM
mittee every item of the bill was cut ouf,
with exception of the appropriation for
the additional home for boys. which
passed both houses and received the Cover
nor's signature.
Since then Messre. Wright & Sanders
have prepared plans and specifications for
the new building, which will be almost
duplicate of the Girls Home on the other
side Of the Educational Building which
formS the center of the Institutes present
nucleus of four brick, fire. proof buildings
besides the superintendenrs home, the
storage-honse, barn and outbuildings. The
new building will be located some fifty
yards southeast of this central building
Il viii be built of the best kind of hard,
well-burnt square brick with granite-stOne
trimming, and will be three stories high,
with high basement, neatly finished and
f1oored with cement, to be used as a play
room in wet weather. The outside meas
urementS will be 100 feet front by 40 feet
depth. Wide granite-3tone steps will lead
up 10 the main entrance of heavy oaken
doors opening into wide corridor in the
center of the building. On the first floor
Will be the matron's room, a large sitting
room, hospital for convaescents ana
quarters for the teachers. The second and
third floors. reached by the central stair
way of granite OF by neutrality-suspicious.
stalrways in the towers located at each
end Of the building, will be entirely taken
up by the dormtories for the boys and
sleeping-rooms for the teachers.
The dormitories will be of what is
known as the alcove style. Each large
room is divided by wooden partitions.
running along the rooms and across them.
into fourteen alcOves. with three sides of
wood and brick, and on the fourth cur
tain is hung. These partitions are raised
some eight inches from the floor. thus in
surng cleanliness and good ventilation
For the latter purpose. too, there is in the
nf o1n
boxed IN, but connecting at its lower end
with the outside. Fresh air entering by
THESE plreS passes at once to the ceiling
forcing the impure air out at the roof
through uptakes. out at the roof and ventil-
atorS and along the edge of the Dashboard
MS method, by trial, has been found 10
give very perfect vent tilalion. Each acove
VIII be neatly, though simply, furnished
and assigned to one boy. There will also
be lockers Tor each with shelf and hooks
Tor clothing and a drawer in the lower
part where can be stored the knickknacks
dear to boys heart. even though he has
0een bind or deaf from his natal day. On
the top floor will be located large cIstern.
which Will constantly be kept filled, that
abundance of water may be had in case
OF flre. Hose and fre-escapes Will be pro-
vlded. But constructed as the home will
De. OF Drlck and stone, with brick interior
partitions. excepting those which form the
aicoves (Which are of WOOD. and stone
stalrways. it viii be practically fireproof
This building completely fills out the
plan formed years ago in the early history
at once OF Berkeley ana Of The institution.
When fire destroyed the connected build
lngs of wood. which then formed the insti-
tute. 1t was planned to build five discon-
nected, fireproof buildings, so that In case
OF tlre again the danger of loss both OF life
ana property would be minimiZed But
one thing the institute now lackeih. and
that is small, separate building to be used
as an inflrmary. Should contagious dis
ease break out among the inmates of the
school 1t would have to run its course
among the pupils. for there is no place
to Isolate those who might first be taken
with disease. With the supply of this Cali
fornia will have done most nobly bv her
children deaf and dunno or blind. from
birth or accident. and will have an jnsli
tuition well worthy her munifcence and
her pride.
The body OF the man who was found In
dying condition on Montgomery street sunday
morning was identified at the Morgue yestei-