The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-02-02
A. s. Reed Delivered the Keys to
Chairman VIM. Turner.
PRESENTATION OF BUILDING
President Shortlidge Accepts it on
Behalf of the Board of Educa-
tion-Much Applause for
Chief Justice Lore.

The formal dedication of the New
High School Building at Delaware ave-
nue. and Adams street, was held last
evening and proved to be most de-
nght1ul and imposing affair. Inc I'M
mense auditorium was crowded The
stage was filled with members of the
Board OF Education and invited guests.
Governor John Hunn was given AN
ovation when he made his appearance
on the stage attended by Colonel l.. g.
Morrow.
DIR. %. q. Shortlidge, president of the
Board Of Education, presided. The ac-
tual dedication exercises begun with the
delivery of the keys of the school by A.
). Reed Il Bro. Co. The keys We're
bound together with cherry and white
ribbon, the colors of the school.
! Mr.. Reed in delivering the keys said
that it was an occasion the contractors
had been working to attain and wishing
| for sometime. 1t was little over two
years ago that the contractors made all
estimate Oh the building and during that
time they had had some anxious mo-
ments. He believed that they had erect
ed very creditable building. He
thought that the city ought to be con-
graduated that they had been able to
get such building at minium cost as
today the material in the building would
cost at least $4,000 more. He be-
lieved that never again in our time would
building material be as cheap and the
city and the tax payers had been lucky
and should be congratulated that the
Board of Education had been lucky
enough to take advantage of the mar
ket.
He then handed the keys to William
Turner, chairman of the committee on
new buildings and said that it was a
! pleasing duty to hand over the keys of
the building. He thanked Mr.. Turner
and his colleagues on behalf of the build
ers for their kindnesses. He said that
there had not been an unkind word or
any jar whatever between the commit
tee and builders during the two years
that the building was being erected.
.Ili. TURNER Turns Wv Ell THE
BUILDING.
The presentation OF the building was
made by William Turner, chairman OF
me committee Oh New Buildings. lie
SAID:
MIR. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:--
"beIore l hand over the keys | would
like to call your attention to u few things
about the building. After the laying or
me cornerstone the contractors, a. >.
Heed IL Bro. Go. proceeded rapidly i'll
the erection OF the building until the
walls We're ready for the roof. Then the
J Board OF Education ran out OF money,
| lheir plan of getting money had failed,
, and their prospects We're not ut all bright
, out still there was hope and they con-
, rinued their efforts but without success
ut that time.
I'VE have to give the contractors a
great deal of credit for not leaving the
building in an unprotected condition.
rhey spent in the putting on of the
, roof and other necessary work to pro-
, tect it from winter storms, about $13.UvG
For the next five months there was not
much work done but the building was
benefited as it gave it time to settle and
, dry out.
THE building is 154 feet on Delaware
avenue and 1SS feet on Monroe street
1t took upwards of 2,65O,O00 bricks, $780,
800 pounds of iron. There are 1885,
pounds of stair iron, 1,100 perch of stone
5,55O,000 pounds of motar, 1,750 barrels
of cement, 100000 square fet of floor
: 10000 square fet of roof cover, $4,000
: square feet of cement floor and pave
( ment, 100000 pounds of slate platforms
and treads, 10000 pounds of blackboard
n and 100000 feet of lumber.
= The heating system is direct and in
4 direct. All the corridors are heated di
!, rect. All school rooms are heated i'll
G direct by forced ventilators, the auditor
/ ium the same way. There is in the base
+ ment one 3O-horse power engine tha
drives four fans, two of them are
feet in diameter and two are about
feet. the large ones are used for tn,
Z school rooms and the small ones for tn,
II auditorium.
t The air is taken from the north sid
s of the building and forced through th
|; large duets in the basement until i
Is ntersects the upright duct and is carrie,
y up to and enters the room about eigh
< feet above the floor and passes out of tn
y room at the floor by means of separat
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