The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-03-15

room all public exercises, religious ser
vices, etc, will be held, and it will be
provided with ample seats.
THIRD FLOOR.
This will be the most important por-
ton of the building. and is certainly
well adapted for the various uses intend
ed. A hall. corresponding with those on
the lower floors. passes through the front
half Of the building. On either side OF the
west end is a school room-that on the
south containing 20 desks for the larger
pupils and that on the north 30 desks
for the younger children. In the rear
Of the former is a handy storeroom for
any purpose. while across the hall is an
other large room for the use of the I'M
ployes.
The east half of the building. 50x5o
feet in size. is devoted to the dormitory
which will in a few days be supplied
with fifty bedsteads. each pupil being
supplied with a separate bed. The
blankets. sheets. spreads and pillow cas-
ings fJr these has already beer received.
and was piled up in TIL store room. All
are Of excellent quality. and will be suf-
ticient for some TIM to come.
THE GARRET.
Above this floor is a garnet. which is
well lighted. and can eventually be fitted
up when needed .or a work room. 1t is
commodious. of good height. and Mr..
Hylton is already planning for its equip
ment next winter. should the trustees
permit it. as a broom or brush factory
in which the boys can be successfully
employed at a very small outlay for ma
chinery and material. while nogreat skill
is required TO do the work.
Passing on up TO the roof. from the
cupola, surmounted 10y a flagstaff. a
magnificent view of the valley is OBJ
tanned. well worth the trouble of getting.
HEATING APPARATUS.
The last place visited was the base
ment, which for the present is entirely
devoted to the heating plant and fuel. at
present containing about - cords Of
wood. while coal is supplied as needed.
The furnaces are five in number. four
being already in position, while the Fifth
is on the ground. and will be placed in d
few days. They were put in by the
Bennett Il Peck Heating and Ventilat,
ing company of Cincinnati, Ohio. and
are models of excellence. They are so
arranged that two or three can be used
in moderate weather. or all five during
extreme cold spells. \ recent test, made
while Gov. Richards was here. showed
that they gave perfect ventilation in
every room in the large building. while
there is not the least doubt that they
will furnish enough hot air TO hold the
thermometer at 20 degrees in any kind
Of weather. Mr.. Besore. the agent Of
the company. was here during their on
struction, and took special pride in hav-
ing every register aud ventilator perfect
and complete.
Mr.. Hylton has his eye on the eastern
half Of the basement for a gymnasium
and an excellent one il would make.
THE LIGHTING.
As soon as his company received the
contract for supplying the building with
incandescent lights. Mr.. Bates went out
and wired the building from top to bot
tom, arranging a switchboard on each
hoor so that the lights can be easily han.
died. There arr about 100 lamps in the
house. and the result is a perfectly safe.
clean and abundant illumination when
the orb of day disappears.
Nil SATISFACTORY.
The building throughout is arranged
with a special view to utility and con.
vcnience. There is not a foot Of space
unnecessarily occupied. and Architect
f. T. Carr has certainly planned and 81.
pervised an excellent structure for its
purpose. Ii does not seem that anything
has been overlooked. and one specially
commendabie feature is the numerous !
and spacious stairways in case of fire or
panic-there being two large and well
separated connections on each floor.
Larsen d Smith. the contractors for
the building. figured very closely on the
work. but they have done a first class
job in every respect. The best and most
substantial material has been used. the
all being native pine. finished in
and the Reform school building has
been constructed in a most thorough
manner. The best praise hat can be
to both architect and contractors
is the statement made by Gov. Richards
in January last. when he said that il was
the best building in the state for the
money, and that if the people always re.
ceived as good work, they would have a
series of structures that would be a
credit to the state.