The evening times., 1900-10-19


The District Commissioners have now
under consideration the plans prepared by
the Inspector of Buildings for the several
school houses to he erected this year and
those of the new workhouse for men to be
built on the grounds of the Washington
Asylum.
The appropriation bill approved on June
6, 1909, provided fer the erection of eight
new school houses and the enlargement
and repair of several others. In each in
stance the appropriation bill named
lump sum for the purchase of site and
for the erection and furnishing of the
building. One item provided for the pur-
chase Of a site and toward the construe-
ton Of the building of an eight-room
school in the Eleventh Division, 1000.
the total cost not to exceed SAT. 500. For
an eight-room building including the pur-
chase of the site for the Tenth Division,
$2G, eco. the total cost not to exceed $52.-
500. For four-room building at Kenii-
worth 600 was appropriated; for site
and fouTroom building in the Eighth di-
vision $20,090; for site and four-room
building in the Seventh division s25. 600;
for site and toward the construction CT
the building al Washington Heights. $780,,
Gc0, the total cost not TO exceed $4,000;
for an cight-room building to relieve
Greenleaf School in the Fourth division,
$4,000, the total cost not to exceed S62,-
o00, and for the site and toward the con-
struction of a twelve-room building in
lexington $4,000, the total cost is not to
exceed S66 COO.
The sites fer these schools have now
been determined upon, and the nsgotia
tions for the transfer of the greater num-
her OF them are completed. Flans also
have been submitted for some CT the
buildings by architects und=r comp itive
conditions fixed some time ago by the
Comm tssicncrs. The plans recommended
. by the Inspector of Buildings and those
prepa.G in his Office are now passing IN
/ der examination, with a view to their
acca.J lance or rejection. The plans of
the E5CrkhoUSe fer men are the revised
plans made since the rejection Ct Tie
bids fer the construction CT the building.
One OF the conditions imposed upon
the Commissioners by the terms OF The
/ Appropriation bill is that the total cost
OF the sites and the several buildings
when completed upon plans and peeih-
cations previously made ard pEToyed
shall not exceed the several and reSpeC
/ tive sums of money appropriated or au-
! L+4CIIssOu iJI lldt FA4 PCSE II NdS atSo
sipuEsted in the bill that in the puT-
caast OF sites and in the preparation of
. plans proper regard should be had to the
! future enlargement Of such buildin 5
. Thesa provisions have laid upcn the Com
miss toner's the duty of securing the
school sites al tus lowest poss bic prices
/ With view 10 this, much time has been
/ spnt in the examination OF sites offered
aad IL making a final decision. The
preparation Of the plans with view 10
additions to the buildings has involve d
considerable labor so the fiscal year
viii be far spent before ground will be
broken for the new buildings.
The general conditions worked out il
the plans of the school buildings are that
in each class room not less than ffteer
square feet OF floor area shall be allotted
to each pupil In each class room also
the window space shall be not less thar
oae-fOurth OF the floor space, and the dis
tance CT the desks most remote from the
windows shall not be more than enc and
one-half times the height OF the top @,
the window from the floor. The heigh
of the class room is not to exceed four
teen feet
The provisions for ventilation are il
general that for each person in a elias!
room not less than thirty cubic feet o
fresh air a minute. which amount must bt
introduced and thoroughly distributed
without creating unpleasant draughts o.
causing any TWO parts of the room to diff
!. fer in temperature more than two de
grees Fahrenheit, or the maximum TEN
perature from heating appliances TO ex
ceed IS degrees Fahrenheit The yelocit!
of the incoming air is not 10 exceed twt
feet per second at any point where it /:
liable to strike the person. Each clas:
room is 10 contain not less than 250 cubic
feet of air space for each pupil.
1t is understood that the plans nov IN
der consideration viii for the most par
be accepted and that the building opera
tions viii be undertaken al the earIies
possible moment with view of having
the buildings ready for occupancy at tht
beginning of the school year in 1901