The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-07
OUR scHooLHoUsEs.
Inspected by the School Committee YET
terday and Found in Fine Condition.

Yesterday afternoon members of the
committee on public buildings and school
committee went on tour OF inspection
of the schoolhouses. and the general
public were also invited to visit the
buildings to see for themselves the con-
dition they are in for the opening of the
fall term next Monday. Superintendent
of School Buildings Bowen has been very
active in putting the school rooms in the
best order possible and his chief executive
officer, Mr.. Redlon, the city carpenter,
has worked early and late to complete
the work required by him. The COM
mittee and other visitors expressed them
selves as highly pleased with the appear
ance of the buildings, all of which are
now in excellent sanitary condition.
At the Smaller school house all the
rooms have been tinted, new chairs have
been put into the first class room and the
desks in seven rooms have been scraped
and vanished New electric bells have
been put in and the walk has been re-
paired Every room has been thoroughly
cleaned.
In the Monument street school, all the
rooms have been cleaned and newly
tinted. The desks in the first class room
have been scraped and vanished and the
walk has been repaired.
The North school house has been we'll
cleansed throughout. In seven rooms on
the first floor 294 new desks and chairs
have..been put in. The desks in one room
have been scraped and vanished. One
hundred feet of new slate blackboard
have been added. The steam pipes have
been repaired.
Chestnut street schoolhouse has new
set of electric bells and in one room there
are new chairs and desks. In two rooms
the desks have been scraped and
vanished. Some painting has been done
on the walls in the corridors. The rooms
have been we'll cleaned and are in ex-
cellent condition.
The floors and tops of the desks
in the High school have been oiled,
in addition to the thorough cleaning of
the rooms.
Seven rooms in the Centre street school
have had the desks scraped and vanished
New birch floors have been laid through
out the building and the stoves have been
repaired The building is in prime con-
dition.
Casco street schoolhouse has been
cleaned and has received some necessary
repairs. 1t is in good condition.
The Jackson schoolhouse is in splendid
condition.
| The Park street schoolhouse has been
cleaned and has received necessary re-
pairs.
| The Butler schoolhouse has been United
| in all the rooms and all the desks have
been scraped and vanished. The black
| boards have been repaired.
| The Brackett street schoolhouse has re-
ceived forty seven feet of new slate black
board and new kindergarten room has
been added.
The Mcclellan schoolhouse has had the
desks in two rooms scraped and
vanished, the cellar walls have been
whitened and the walls in the principal S
room have been tinted.
| Vaughan street schoolhouse has been
improved by transoms over the doors, a
new flight of back steps and other needed
repairs.
The West End schoolhouse has required
no repair except a new CRATE in the
| boi Ter.
The Peaks island schoolhouse has been
cleaned and put into first rate condition.
All the other island schoolhouses have
received due attention.