The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-22
IT'S SCHOOLS CROWDED
WEST INDIANAPOLIS SHOWS A BIG
GAIN IN THIS RESPECT.
Brfghtweod's New Electric-Light
Plant Is Now Ready for Operation
Personal Items from the Suburbs.

A comparative report between the months
ending Nov. ]. 1892 and Nov. I, 1896 which
has been prepared by Professor Martin, su-
pertntendent OF the West Indianapolis pub
lie schools, shows a decided increase in
membership over the last year. The num-
Der or pupils attending Nov. l. 1895, was
s15. and on Nov. /. 1896. 1.O74; the numbers
registered during the October preceding
these dates were, respectively, LOGS and
1.17s. The average daily attendance has in
creased from SOC to 1,025.25. while
the increase in the per cent. Of
attendance to the average number
enrolled is from S.25 to s32. Dur
ing the last month there have been three
suspended for absence and two for mis-
conduct, and thirteen cases of corporal
punishment. while last years record shows
that Discipline was lax in this line, there
being no cases Of this kind reported.
Every room in the school buildings Is
crowded to It's utmost capacity. and
after the first Of the year another room
VIII have to be leased to accommodate be-
tween forty.fve and fifty pupils, who will
be promoted into the eighth grade. The
School Board asked the suburbs Council
Il was refused them, therefore. it has be-
come necessary 10 arrange for another
room to accommodate the pupils. Since the
u
year has been extended from eight to nine
months, and a professor in both music and
penmanship employed IL has discharged
the Indebtedness OF the old board and while
IL has made additions. and the expenses
have been increased. it has met all prompt
ly and will end the present year with a
surplus In the treasury.
Brightwood's New Light Plant.
The new electric-iight plant at Bright
wood. owned by DR.. William III. Johnson.
Is now ready for operation and nearly all
the wires have been placed upon the poles
around the town. The machinery was
started last Friday afternoon and the cur
rent turned on, but II was found necessary
to Increase the size of the pulley drivin z
the dynamo, after which the required speed
was obtained. The plant is housed in a
neat brick building, whose interior dimen-
sions are 16 feet by "a feet A 15-horse
power gas engine of the Middleton
type furnishes the power that drives the
dynamo. The dynamo is of the Commercial
Electrical Supply Companys make, known
as ~ h dynamo, with a capacity OF 15O
lights W. Whitney, the local agent for the
engine was in charge and running the en-
CINE Friday afternoon, anc the many WIS.,
ttors who came to look at the new ma
chinery kept him busy answering ques-
tiors. One noticeable feature about the en-
CINE was the absence Of the intense heat
around the cylinder, and the rotary pump
which pumps water for circulation between
It and the outer casing more than supplied
the demand 1t is claimed that at a speed
OF one hundred revolutions the pump Will
furnish a pressure of one hundrel pounds.
No contract has been entered into with
the town TO furnish street lamps, but there
are several that have been erected by pri-
yate individuals, who also pay for them
Many OF the business houses have already
contracted for the new light. and their
places OF business have been wired. ~ space
has been left in the northeast corner OF the
building which contains the plants ma
chinery, for compressor for the ice plant
which DR.. Johnson intends putting in next
spring. Another building Will be erected at
the rear OF the present one for the ac-
commodation of the Ice machine and -appli-
a