The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-21
Sergt. Wheeler Completes the
Work on a New SChooIhouse
For Gardner That For Con-
struction and Cost is a Model
EIGHT ROOM BUILDING
AT A COST OF $23,5OO
Many ConveyanCes Of Property
in WorCesterCounty Last Week
Gave Real Estate Men a Good
Balance Sheet-Many Deals
Hanging Fire


Sergt. Edward ]. Wheeler, treasurer
of Battery B, LIST Battalion Light Ar
tillery. is receiving congratulations OF
his friends upon the completion of his
first undertaking in the construction
line. Sergt. Wheeler has been junior
member of the firm of Scoville
Wheeler for the past four years ana
during that period the firm has handled
MANY large contracts with great credit
to itself. But Sergt. Wheeler takes
special pride in the Connors Street
schoolhouse of Gardner, which he re-
Gently completed without the advice OF
the senior member of the firm. The
schoolhouse an eight-roomed building,
is built of the best Gardner brick, the
outside courses being all sorted. The
outside brick on the basement is laid
in red mortar while the upper portion
is laid in white mortar made by mixing
marble dust with the mortar and sand.
The building is two stories high with
a large roomy basement as shown in
the accompanying cut The trimmings
of the building are New Hampshire
granite. A fact about this building
which il might be we'll for the school
board of Worcester to consider is that
the building, land all other incidentals,
will not exceed the appropriation by the
town of Gardner $23500. When Wor
cester pays more just to erect school,
house of a less number of rooms it is
worthy Of thoughtful consideration.
Competent judges among builders say
that the school is the best for the
money in the state.
Sergt. Wheeler did not allow the grass
to grow under his feet to any appreci-
able extent while he was constructing
the school. Ground was broken for the
building May 81, and work was rushed
as fast as it could be with good work
being done on the building. The build
ing was designed by Barker q Nourse
of this city. +. P. Noyes OF the scnool
committee was supervising architect
who saw to it that the Worcester firm
held to the contract. H. o. Curtis had
the plumbing sub-let to him by Scoyllle
e Wheeler and the Gardner Gas Light
Company laid the gas pipes.
The first and second floors OF the
building are divided into four rooms to
be used for school purposes. Each
room is "a by 80 feet, the floors of which
are birch and the finish of North Caro-
lima pine. The blackboards are natural
slate Each room is lighted by nine
windows and the back vestibule on the
first floor is lighted by four windows.
The rooms are studded Is feet and are
light and airy, making ideal school
rooms.
On each floor is a large vestibule, Fl
feet. running the entire length of the
building. The vestibules are paneled
four feet high and sheathed to the cell
ing. On the second floor facing the
front of the building is a teachers room
Is by q feet At the rear of each yes
tibule closets are arranged, with drink
ing fountains half way in the Railways.
The basement is divided of in the
same general way as the upper floors.
The boiler room is fitted with steam
heater which will furnish the heat for
the entire building. The heating sys-
TEN is one of the best, hot fresh air be-
ing sent to the various rooms through
the ventilators. The fresh air is
heated and constantly kept in circula-
ton through each room of the build
ing Another of the rooms is given up
for the storing of fuel. The other two
rooms are the lavatories for the boys
and girls. The school is now occupied,
but seven rooms being used by the
pupils of the Gardner public schools.
Sergt Wheeler has made name for
himself with the older builders and
contractors of this city. He was for
FIVE years with Fuller & Delano, and
, left their employ to go with the Webb
Granite & Construction Company. He
remained with that firm but six
months when he entered partnership