The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-03-06

SS't9 ? Ii'iAeo IL q uOuiS lHe aver T
age report three scuttles, which (
equals IS pounds. All these ten
schools use hard coal.
Do you like the plan?'' Yes,
very. much.
''Can you do better end more
work. Yes. =
Can the pupils?" YES. i
What are the imperfections Of
the SYSTEM.
None attempt to criticise the plan,
though [ believe it can beimproved.
There are in the county Is districts
using the plan. They are Nos. 6,
IL, 10, 81. 80, 43, 81, So, 45, IS, 81,
Il, IS, 70, 50, Sc, SO. No Is at
Delhi tried the plan, but the room
was unfortunately not tight enough.
There is one thing sure, the room
must be tight. All exposed win
dows must be provided with storm
sash. The stove must be large
enough to do the work easily with
out crowding. Let me say right
here that fully one half the stoves
in use, are too small The fire pot
should be at least l6 inches in dia-
meter aid fully 20 inches deep.
Nearly all modern stoves are fitted
with sufficient check drafts so that
a fire is at all times under perfect
control. No matter how large the
fire pot is, if the heat is not wanted,
extra fuel is not consumed.
Hard coal as fuel for schoolrooms
is without doubt the best, the most
satisfactory. and the cleanest fuel.
With it, fire in a good stove can be
retained all night, thus giving a
warm room in the morning.
1t is a barbarous task that some
school trustees set for female teach
ers, who are expected to wade thro'
ooo"; ooiliS'itHCo a. Hit, dIu buCu
go into an icy cold schoolroom and
there build a fire and then await
the warming of the room. Happy I
am to say that nearly all of this bar
barous condition is gone. Trustees
now usually have the fires built in
mid winter. It is economy to do so.
No teacher is fitted to begin the
day S work, if already her strength
has been overtaxed by exposure in
cold schoolrooms.
| can see no really good reason
why all schoolrooms should not be
provided with this system of heat
ing and ventilation which we have
now tested and know it will do all
that it is claimed to do. Health is
wealth. The cost should not exceed
fifty dollars. This allows for re-
building the chimney from a foun-
dation. | would recommend a sin
gle fue 12x16 inches. This will
give a chimney with an outside
measurement of 16x24 inches. We
have tried double fue chimnevs.
with two fues, each ski and 12x12
inches respectively. They work
we'll, but a single fue works some
what better. The fue is warmer.
and hence the outward and upward
movement Of the foul air is better.
The iron register 12x16 inches
for openiny measurement, should 60
into the chimney within four inches
from the floor. Don't put any in
the chimney near the ceiling.) Place
the stove in a corner, the one most
out of the way. Don't put it in the
center of the room. 1t is in the way
then.
Cut hole in the floor 10x14 in
ches, over which place an iron reg
lister. Set stove directly over this
register. Connect this opening
with box 10x1O inches wide and
long enough to reach from the reg
lister in the floor to the outside of
the foundation Cover this end OF
the box with coarse wire screen
to keep out any animals. The box
may be Of wood or galvanized iron.
Wood believe is preferable Sur
round the stove with a circular gal
vanized iron jacket six feet high
and from &c to 40 inches in diane
ter. The stove will determine the