The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-01
REGENTS DISCUSS PLANS
FOR WILMERDING SCHOOL
BUILDING COMMITTEE WANTS
TO SAVE $4,000.
Board Adopts It's Report and Then
Refers Matter Back for an Inves-
tigation of Proposed
New Site.

A special meeting of the Board of Re
gents of the University of California was
held in the Hopkins Institute of Art yes
terday afternoon for the purpose of re-
ceiving the report of the building commit
tee on the plans for the construction OF
the new Wilmerding School of Industrial
Arts. The report signed by T. G. Phelps
and Ernest A. Denicke, is as follows:
Gentlemen: Your committee on the Will
merding School, to which was referred back
for further consideration the report that your
committee heretofore made relative to the fll-
ing of the school lot and the construction of
a building thereon, has again examined the
whole matter and begs leave to amend the for
mer report in regard to the filling of the lot at
this time. Your committee does not desire to
make any change in the building, excepting
that the partition wall for protection against
fire be made OF brick instead OF corrugated
iron; but suggests that instead OF placing the
building on the grade of Mariposa street that it
be placed twenty-five feet back of said street.
twenty feet from Kansas street and one story
below grade BY doing We can avoid al.
grading and filling at the present time; ASIDE
from small amount of excavating sthat Will
have to be done where the building is to stand
work on the grounds VIII have to be done
at present. The engine room would be In the
basement. and the building Throughout as pc
fore proposed. The grade on Mariposa street
is such that entrance from that street can
be made at the east end of the building and
engine room for the delivery OF coal ana ma
teriaI while material to be used on the upper
floor can be taken in from MariDosa street street
BY adopting this plan the cost of much ming
and the enormous walls for the foundation can
be avoided saving fully $4,000.
Your committee is of the opinion that the
building will be quite as convenient for the
uses of the school as 1t would be II elevated 10
the grade OF the frng ib ei south it will look
better viewed from the city side Director
Schwartz is of the opinion that the lot can De
graded by the pupils by the time the MAN
building will be required with a very small
outlay of money. Your committee presents tne
master casts made by Director Schwartz from
an accurate contour map. One as the lot now is.
another showing the building in place ana
another showing the lot as it would appear
The plans in blue print. will be hung n upon
the walls of the Regents room. ana tne speci-
fcations and estimates herewith inciosed
ACCOMMODATING the report was an esti-
mate of the cost of the building accord
ing to the plan favored by the commlttee'
together with specifications. This est1-
mate, which would have to be increased
$40 900 # the building were TO De raised 10
grade, IS as follows:
Excavations grading and filng.........;.s 1000
Concrete foundations and floors and brick -,
CARPENTER work, including all lumber.
mill work, stairs. glass and hardware. S'0VO
Cast and wrought iron work ana hre
ESCAPES 90
Plumbing and sewerage, including fire ooo
Plastering work and deafening. .-...--. 995
Tin and galvanized iron work ..--.-...... Lou Lou
P Fta,-, VIII mIiN 20
1-o+o, ................ sic. SCI
The report OF the cOmlHitlee was duoPt
ed. as was also a resolution authorizing
the letting of a contract to the lowest bid
der. The Regents then went into eXecu.
tive session and took up the matter of
changing the proposed site ct the school
to lot adjoining the Lick School sew
ton. Regent Einstein was strongly in
favor of pursuing this course, and after
long discussion the building committee
was Instructed to thoroughly investigate
the advantages of making the proposed
change and report at the next meeting,
two weeks hence.
Nv this action the adoption of the com
mlttee's report is practically nullifiei. and
everything is ut a standStill until the
ques:ion of Il site is finally disposed NJ,
which will probably be at the next meet