The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-08-12
FIXING He SCHOOLS
|EXTENSIVE REPAIRS MAKING ON
THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS.
School Board, In Getting the Schools
in shape for the Opening of the
Next Term, is Spending About
Seven Thousand Dollars On
the BuiIdings-Detafls OF Repa1rs
Are Given.


the BuiIdings-Detai1s of Repairs
Are Given.
| The different school buildings Of the
| city are receiving quite extensive repairs
during the vacation, and when school
starts I'D this fall the buildings Of the
city will be in the best of condition Tor
the training Of the young mind For it IS
the opinion of the great educators OF inc
country that to teach the child in proper
manner the schools must be well ven1l-
lated and adapted to the use of the chill
dren. For instance, there are certain
kinds of blinds that are considered the
best for the eyes of the children and ac-
cordingly that is the kind used.
| The repairs this year are rather extern
lsive, but not near so much SO as they nave
been in former years, when the condition
LOT the schools was much worse. Still,
laamost every school in the city is having
lsomething done to it to make 1t better
for the LOAF term that is ahead Of it In
all repairs were authorized by the board
of education to the extent of nearly ST.
loco. The greater items In the different
|schools consist in the changing OF the
heating and ventilating plants and diff
lferent conveniences In the toilet rotms.
! At the Adams school the steam returns
are to be repaired, the school seats are
to be cleaned and re-finished, and the
floors of the building will be oiled with
I linseed throughout. , Hg
4 Eight rooms will be painted at the Bry-
ant school, The interior of the schol is
in rather bad condition, but the paint
l f1o will 10
cleanest and neatest buildings ins the city
. as far as the interior is concerned. The
!. roof will also come in for some extensive
repairs, as it leaks at the present time.
| The school at Bay View Heights Is in
good condition and there will be no money.
paid out on that school, The closets,
chimneys and stove pipes will be given
a. thorough cleaning, however, and every
thing will be put in shape for school this
,lfal1. $3 5a- ftE;4 tfsf
The heating plant Of the Central High
school will be fitted out with the new
hollow blast CRATES instead Of the old
kind. This will incur an expense Of sew
eral hundred dollars. There was a propo-
sition on foot. to kalsomine all Of the first
floor and all the rooms on the second and
third floors. This would be rather ex-
pensive, however, and is, not likely to be
done. MI Il %.E 4.
Repairs at the Colbyville school will not
amount to great deal, as the building is
! in fairly good condition. The roof will be
patched up little and the doors and locks
lput in good condition. b. :E
| Six rooms will be kalsomined at the EN-
Ierson school, necessitating the expendi-
ture Of several hundred dollars. A new
dumbben rack will be put in for the use
OF those that take physical culture, and
the old steam piping will be taken out Of
the boilers. The school seats will be
cleaned and re-finished.
Three thousand dollars will be spent on,
the Endion school for "a new heating
plant The old plant will be discarded and
a new direct radiation and fan ventila-
tion plant will be put in at a cost Of 3d.
600, as authorized by the board Com
plant was made about the hea ting plant
in the report Of the professional test Of
the board of education. A new drain will
also be laid in the boiler room.
The fixing up of the grounds is all the
work that is doing at the Franklin school
this year, excepting little repairing to
the roof. vs. The board is not expending
much time or money on the Franklin
grounds either, although is putting the
grounds in nice shape. z5.3. HI
Painting vii! 10 carried on extensively
at the Fairmount. The whole exterior Of
the building will be painted at an ex-
penses Of about $3.50. There will also be a
pipe fence put in and the well will be dug
deeper to get good water.
Water is to be secured Of the best and
ut,
the Fond du Lac school, and for that pur-
pose a drive well is now going in and will
be ready for use by the time that school
opens. There is a ,lot Of cleaning to do
at the Fond .du Lac. 3ss5:. Ss
The Glen Avon will have very slight re-
pairs. The pump will be fitted up and
the roof will be repaired and painted. A
new sidewalk Is the principal improve
ment at the jackson. There will be 400
feet of new walk put in at 81 cents a foot,
OF $14S. At the Jefferson a good deal Of
money will be spent on the new pipe
fence that is to be put in by order Of the
board New CRATES will be put in the heat
ing plant and the lavatory will be fitted
up anew at "a cost Of $3.50.
& Ten rooms will be kalsomined at the
Lincoln: at cost Of 500 n'1,e engine wiz
be repaired and twelve rooms will have
the Wainscoting re-finished at a cost of
$50. Dry closets will be replaced by
water at the Longfellow school. There
will also be "a filter sewer, and the tota!
cost of the work will foot up to $500. tbs
changes making were rec,nlEleni'cd by
the report of the men that made the pro-
fessonal test for the board Of educat'cn.
Two thousand dollars will ke raid cut
at the Madison school for a new boiler
and new ventilating system. The old
system will be torn out and the fan venti- |
lation put in. At the Whittier, the entire
exterior of the building will be painted at |
an expense not to exceed s125.
Taken all in all the schools of the city |
are to be in better shape than they have |
been for some time, and it is believed |
that they will rival any schools in the |
country for cleanliness, ventilation and
health.
THE COMING STATE FAIR.
1t is not necessary to assure the peo-
pie of Minnesota that the coming
state fair will be a clean anair worthy
of the week which is dedicated to this |