Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-10-26
NEW HIGH SCHOOL,.
Was Opened MOnday-A Fine and Con-
venient Building.

was opChCu IhOHudN-A flne ana Con-
v%enient Building.
School opened in the new high
school building Monday morning and
the pupils of the high school and
eighth grades are now enjoying the
conveniences and comforts of this fine
structure. The e school is the re-
suit of the remodeling of former School
No. l and the erection of a large adj
dition on the south. It's location, on
Main street, between Seventh and
Eighth, is very slightly.
The building is Of brick and one of
its most noticeable features is the
splendid light afforded during the
day by the multitude of windows. Gas
for night lighting is furnished through
out. There r two entrances, one
on the south-the main one-and the
other On the east. The main entrance,
with it's large portico and Corinthian
columns, presents a most substantial
and handsome appearance. Upon en-
tering the building a person is at once
impressed with the spacious corridors
and the wide, easy stairways. 1t
seems that the design of the architect
was to afford above all else conven-
fence, comfort aud safety. Two stor-
les and a basement comprise the
building. The interior woodwork is
entirely of Georgia pine.
In the basement are the toilet rooms
and closets, the furnaces and ventilat-
ing apparatus, and a large room that
may be fitted for a gymnasium. On
the first floor, either side of the main
entrance, are the eighth grade rooms,
with spacious cloak-rooms connected.
The first floor also contains four reel
tatiOn rooms and a reception and teach
ers' room near the east entrance.
The main room on the second floor,
at the south end, is the high school
room proper. Here all the pupils of
the high school have their desks
and congregate when not at recita-
tiOns. There are accommodations
for 200 students. Seats styled the
'New Oxford" from the Manitowoc
Seating company, are provided. At
theswest end of the room is a large
teachers rOstrum, and off to one side
are reading tables and a reference
library. Visitors settees' are also fur
nished, and on two sides extends a
real slate blackboard. Ample cloak
rooms are provided. The science
room and laboratory is situated in
the northwest corner of this floor.
1t is furnished with elevated %settees,
experiment tables, and a water hy-
drant and tank. The set ces are fitted
with tablet rests. Near the head of
the stairway is Superintendent Vie
bahn's Office and off from that is the
library.
The building is furnished with city
water and an electric bell system.
Drinking fountains are stationed at
convenient points. The Snead system
of heating and ventilating is used.
1t is not excelled from a sanitary
standpoint. The hot air, after be-
ing emitted from the registers,
c~irculates through the rooms and
is then drawn off through small
registers stationed at regular inter-
walls along the baseboards into pas
sages under the floors and thence con-
%centrating in the large foul air cham
bers, from which it escapes to the
outside. The fresh air is furnished to
the registers by a large fan, propelled
by a water motor, stationed in the
basement in such a position that the
air is driven under the furnaces. This
cold air circulation is governed by
regulators which manipulate valves.
The architects Of the building were
Claude & Starck, of Madison, and the
chief contractor was f. C.. Jaeger,
who superintendent the entire con-
structiOn and executed the carpenter
work. Mr.. Jaeger sublet the other
contracts as follows: Masonry, Guetz-
laff Bros; plumbing and gasftting,
Otto Biefeld & Co.; painting and glaz-
ing, W. c. Raue; galvanized iron work
and hardware, d. & F. Kusel company;
ventilating and heating, American
Foundry and Furnace company, Mil
waukee. The water motor was built
by the Watertown Manufacturing COM
pany.
The building proper cost in the
neighborhood of ST., 900 and the sys-
rem of heating and ventilation an ad
ditional S $4,000.