The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-09
Plans Completed for a
Beautiful and Modern
Building at the
Boulevard.
PERFECT VENTILATION DESIGNED
Fire Proof Corridors Will Add TO
the Safety of the P%upils-De-
scription Of the Structure.

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On June 10 last, has completed his plans.
Bid for the erection of the building will
be opened on September %, and the archi-
tect hopes to nave the contractors at
work by November /. TIE new school,
when completed, will accommodate 400
children from the Twelfth ward, who are
now without accommodation in the public
schools. 1t will be a modern building in
every sense of the word, being patterned
after the plan of the latest built public
schools in Boston, than which there are
no better in the world. The total cost OF
the completed structure is estimated at
$50, 1000. This is independent of the cost
of the ground, for which $40, 600 was paid.
The location is admirable. 1t will be at
the Hudson County Boulevard and
Graham street, the plot selected consist
ing of three lots on the Boulevard and
nine on Graham street. The building will
set 60 feet back from the Boulevard. The
intervening space will be occupied by a
sloping lawn. The girls entrance Will
be on the Boulevard side. The main en-
trance win be on Graham street, on which
the building will front. The boys en-
trance will be at the west sid of the
main entrance. The length of the build
ing will be SO feet 8 inches. 1t will be 81
feet s inches deep.
In the rear of the building will be a plot
80 feet wide and running it's entire length
which will be used as a playground for
the girl pupils. The boys playground
will be the plot 100x100 at the west end OF
the building. On this ground at some flu
ture date when the necessary a~ppropria-
ton can be secured will be built an adj
dition which will be of the same size as
the main building now planned for. The
new school building will comprise two
stories and a basement. 1t will be so
constructed that a third floor may be
added at some future date. The area of
the building will be about 600 square
feet. 1t win be built q feet from the
curbstone on the Graham street side. The
idewalk will be of blue stone tagging.
The building will present an imposing APP
pearance when completed. 1t will be
built of Hackensack face brick with blue
stone trimmings. The steps to the en-
trance will also be of bluestone. Over
the main entrance will be a pretty arch
way of face brick work trimmed with
tluestone, and with each plaster capped
with terra Gotta. Above the arch will be
the inscription, Public School No. ~"
The main entrance is is feet wide. 1t
opens into a spacious vestibule directly
opposite the doors in the entrance to the
private rooms of the teachers and the
principal, while at either side is a stair
case leading to the floor above. The main
stairways are to be of Georgia pine. The
space on the second floor over the stair
way and vestibule is to be utilized as a
boob room and a promenade balcony. The
principals and teachers rooms already
alluded to are to be fitted with all inn
provements, including w~ardrobes, toilet
rooms and a gas connection for cooking
stoves, so that they can prepare a warm
dinner without leaving the building. Pass
ing in front of these rooms and running
the entire length of the building is the
main corridor, which is 9 feet wide. The
walls of the corridors and the main walls
of the building are all to be of fire proof
brick. On either side of the main entrance
will be two class rooms, one on each side
of the corridor. Each class room will
nave a separate cloak room divided from
it by a wall. The cloak rooms will be
fitted with wardrobes, each of which will
contain three pegs. The pupils will enter
the cloak rooms from the main corridor
and pass through them through a con-
Meeting door into their class rooms.
There will also be a door leading direct
from the corridor into the class rooms.
At the east end of the building, where
the girls enter, will be a special fire proof
corridor encased in fire proof brick and
separated from the main corridor by fire.
proof@iron doors. The stairs will be of
iron and the steps and platforms of slate.
This entrance win be used in case of fire,
as it will be. the only absolutely fire proof
o oatlet: Al I the w wlil e end 7 Of ofm the Corridor Ttior.
which will lead to the boys playground:
1t will not be made permanent because OF
the projected addition.
This addition figures in all the calcu-
lations of the architect in designing the
new school. 1t is really badly needed at
present, as even with the Increased aG,
still be crowded out, but the people of
the Twelfth ward must rest satisfied with
such as they are to receive and wait
patiently for what they ought to have.
The rooms OF the second floor will be
a duplication of those on the first floor.
The school will have eight class rooms in
all. The only difference in the arrange
ment of the rooms on the second floor
will be that instead of a principals room
there will be two rooms for the teachers.
will have six windows each, 4x9, and Will
be fitted with a book closet. In the roof
above the second floor will be left a large
space for ventilating purposes, There Will
be ventilators in the roof and above the
cornice. The ceiling above the second
floor will be constructed OF the same
rneaEY U1dt6IIdI III tnC IllOQll L 1 tAC
intention of building, at some later date,
a third story, to be used as an assembly
room. The roof is to be built of spruce
and yellow pine formed with heavy
trusses. All connections between the
different timbers will be bolted.
The roofing will be of the best quality
tin with galvanized iron trimmings. The
c~erniceg will also be of ~gaIyanized iron.
The foundations of the building will be
81 concrete. The walls of the basement
and front floor will be Is inches thick. of
the second floor, IL inches thick. The
basement will contain two Fairgrounds
for bad weather, and the lavatories for
th~e@nupils. The Fairgrounds will be en-
tirely separate, and will be reached by
the basement will be located the engine
room. boiler room and a ccal room with g
canacity of rs tons. These rooms will be
arranged so that when the addition is
huilt all that will be necessary will be to
break the walls and enlarge the plant.
The smoke and ventilating stack, which
will be ten feet by eight feet, will be
i,uilt outside of the building at its south
east corner. The building will be heat
ed throughout by the direct indirect sys-
fem. The cold air will pass in through a
fresh air inlet. passing over hot steam
coils and conducted through galvanized
iron hues, will enter the class rooms near
the ceiling lines.
near the floors. flowers will be pro-
vided for positive ventilation for hot as
well as cold weather. The temperament
will be controlled at will. All Iavatofies
viii be vented through separate vent
pines to the outer air. The principals
office, class rooms, play grounds and jani-
tors room will be connected by an cleo
trio bell and tube system. Fire plugs will
- ,l5nad in ali the halls over fbe iapi-