The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-10
q. E. MOULTHoRPE.

Mueller, chairman school board; Chas.
H. Lane, vice-chairman; D. J. Girard.
r. L. Clinton. E. B. Weirick, W. Nice.
White, and G. e. Moulthorpe.
The clerical force has for its person
mel three very able individuals consist
ing of chief clerk Thos. Richards.
assistant clerk Miss Nellie Manning
and official stenographer Miss M. V.
Nichols.
All of the members of the school
board are serving either their. second
OF third terms except Mr.. Weirick,
who was elected to his first term some
thing over year ago. Therefore the
members of the board have had the at
fairs of the district in their hands for
two or three years and within that
time most of the new buildings have
been erected or completed and many
additions have been made to the old.
The school report published in 1899
showed that there were seventeen
school buildings in the district at that
time. Since then the new Hobart
building has been added to the number,
bringing the total up to eighteen, and
several new and fine modern buildings
have been completed and have replace
ed the old.
Heading the list in the published re-
port is the new high school building,
which stands on the corner of Park
and Idaho streets 1t is brick and
stone building, standing on site 12Ox
100 feet in diameter which cost $13,5 500.
The sum of $125,O00 was expended in it's
construction, and it is one of the best
and handsomest school structures in
the west. Any city in the country
might we'll be proud of this fine school.
The furniture and fittings cost $4,000.
The other schools in the district are
the Washington on East Broadway, the
Lincoln on West Broadway, the Gar
field on Colorado, the Madison on
Boulevard, the Monroe in South Butte,
the Grant on Division, the Franklin in
Meaderville. the Adams in Centerville,
the Blaine in Centerville, the Jefferson.
Sherman and Jackson in Walkerville,
the Greeley in East Butte, the Travon-
ic on Washington. and the Atlantic
and Aluminium street schools.
The chool buildings enumerated are
variously valued from one to fifty
thousand dollars. The Washington
school building and site cost $40, OOO
and the furnishings were $500 bringing
the total UP to nearly $4,000. The to-
ldt COSt VI tue AluCOln SCIlOOi, as uSI0u
in the report, was $4S.250; the Garfield.
$35. 900; the Atlantic street, $4,000 and
the Aluminium street, $31, 900. The con-
structive cost Of half a dozen of the
lesser schools runs from $1,000 to $780,
600.
New School Buildings.
| Among the new school buildings
erected or finished during the incum-
| bency of the present board of trustees
are the Grant, the Webster, the Gree
ley and the Hobart. The old Webster
building cost couple of thousand dol
lars. The new building was erected
and furnished at an outlay of about
$4,000. which included the purchase of
the site. 1t is located on Aluminium
street. 1t has eleven rooms and an en-
rollment of $40. scholars. The principal
is Miss Mary Ryan. This building,
which is modern in every particular,
was built in 1899.
The new Grant building is situated
on East Galena street. 1t has fifteen
rooms. and the site. building and furn-
ishngs cost $4,000. 1t was commence
&c in 1897 and finished in 1899. There
was an enrolment Of $50 scholars last
year at this school. which is under the
charge Of Principal c. E. Spears.
The new Greeley school building con-
sists Of the old structure of four rooms
and newly added part Of four rooms
When the original structure was erect
ed it was thought 1t would provide suf-
f1cient accommodation Tor the children
of the part of the school district where
it Is located for ten years. But the
rapid growth !. Of the city contested Il