Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-05-21
THE MIDDLEBURY DISTRICT AND
VILLAGE MEETINGS.
INCREASED SCHOOL FACILITIES PROVIDED
FOR.

INCREASED SCHOOL FACILITIES PROVIDED
FOR.
There was fair representation of the
voters of the Middlebury graded district
out for the adjourned annual meeting
called at Z: 80 o'clock Tuesday evening in
the town hall for the purpose of hearing
and acting upon the report of special
committee appointed at the annual meet
ing to devise a plan for increasing the
capacity of the schools.
Frank A. Bond, the moderator, called
the meeting to order and the clerk, NJ.
A. Brooks, read the warning.
Prof. G. B. Wright presented the re-
port of the committee, adding brief
explanation of the plan shown. The
report follows:
COMMITTEES REPORT.
To the Voters Of the Middlebmy Graded
District Your committee appointed at
the annual meeting to present a plan
for affording increased school facilities
are of the opinion that the best way out
of the existing difficulties is to utilize a
portion of the upper story of the school
building for high school and recitation
rooms. The high school room thus va
Gated would be taken for the grammar
school, and there is no question but that
the present congestion throughout the
; building would be efIectually relieved.
The accompanying plan shows in
rough way one use that can be made of
the available floor space. As will be
seen, the main room Is on the south side
of the building. 1t is 81 feet S inches by
II feet and will seat GS pupils. At its
east end is recitation room II feet by
81 feet inches, and on the west side of
the building second recitation room l6
by 20 feet. a hall l6 feet wide occupies
the center of the floor; at its end are
cloak rooms and back of these are water
closets-all amply lighted. At the west
end of the main room, the least con-
spicuous location it can be given, is the
fire escape. 1t is available for both sec
ond and third floors and is of the pat
tern required for similar buildings by the
laws of Michigan. 1t consists of two
rallied balconies on level with the
window-sills. They are built of
wrOught-iron, with steel lattice work
flooring; are 81 feet long embracing
! two windows), and feet wide; and arc
connected with each other and with the
ground by steel starways % inches
wide, placed next to the building, and
furnished with hand-rail on the out
side.
The carpenter work will cost between
$3.50 and $500, depending on the amount
of disable material now in the room.
These figures provide for wainscoting
throughout, and hardwood finish to
correspond with the rest of the building.
The plumbing bill, Mr.. Calhoun says,
will not vary greatly from $780, A
main supply pipe must be run from the
boiler to the third floor. The heating
coils must be wholly reconstructed. 1t
is believed that the boiler has ample ca
pacity for the additional work demanded.
The estimate includes also the two water
closets and all plumbing connected there
with.
The fire escape will cost Sl59.6O, net,
delivered here.
he 6S school seats may be had in Rut-
land for 81 apiece. making total of
SOB; Boston firm claiming to have the
best adjustable seats on the market sells
them at about 81, net, or 1912 for the
number required. There are sufficient
number of settees in good condition to
furnish the recitation rooms.
Summarizing these expenses, and CIV
ing in each instance the highest figure,
we have: