Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-30
SCHOOL HOUSE
latest Addition to Edu-
cational System
ALMOST COMPLETED
8arre kHox Stand; Near 1.-The
Head Of Vermont Cities

Barrels latest school house is all but
finished and In a few days will be oc.
cupied. 1t is located on the top Of
Woodchuck Knoll, in the heart Of the
populous Ward S, with almost enough
children at its very doors to ill it. 1t
is by all odds the best school building
in Barre
Barrels streets may be the worst in
the state an disgrace to the city,
but her ScuoOl houses are among the
best in the whole state, and it is to be
doubted If they are equalled By any,
and they certainly are not excelled.
The new building cost in round
numbers 81 l, 900, and is an up.to-date
structure in every sense of the word.
The site is an excellent one, high and
dry above the city, and commanding
an extensive view Of the whole city, as
we'll as up and down the valley. The
building faces the east and is two sto-
ries high with bipped roof covered
with ate. 1t has numerous windows,
thus insuring an abundance Of light
and air.
1t is Al feet inches by II feet and
contains four school rooms, each 20 by
30 feet and each the counterpart OF
the others. Each room has tifty.six
seats with nearly half Of the walls de-
voted to fine slate blackboards. 10
each room ID a set of drawers and
a double cupboard with four wide
shelves built into the walls OF the
room for the storage of school sup.
plies. There is also a good sized closet
in each room.
Along the front of the whole build.
ing is wide hall to le used us coat
room. The main entrance is at the
front of the building from wide
porch, the two supports Of which are
polished granite columns. On the
north and souJu sides are entrances
| snort flights OF steps leading up to
the main floor or down into the base.
| ment. ln the basement on the north
side are the water closets for The CIR S
while the basement on the south size
contains the urioals and water closets
for the boys. What is known as the
| Boston closet are used as they are the
easiest to keep clean and are tlushed
from one end Of the row. In tue cen
tire basement are the two large Magee
| furnaces which are to heat the build.
| ing as we'll as a smaller one 10 heat
the halls and a heater to warm the
ventilation stack.
This scho j house is built on the
MacSnnhn r1ln mrinh IL
certain amol Mt Of fresh air to be turn
ished every minute for each pupil.
1t is believed the apparatus will furn'
ish mo. Q air than is required by the
Massachusetts statutes.
Contractor G l.. Bugbee had the
contract for the construction Of this
building and the thorough way be has
carried it out speaks volumes for him
and the men under him who have
done the WORK. Ground was not
broken for this building until late In
the spring.
G. White put in the foundation,
Lovejoy & Cadrette have built
the Orick veneer walls and done the
mason work. Peck Bros, Of Montpe-
lier have done the plumbing and ven.
til.tion as we'll as the heating wo k.
G. N. Dole of Northfeld did the slat-
ing. j. o. Dubuke has had charge
of the whole work for G. l.. Bugbee
ever since the building was started.
In general appearance the building
resembles the new Ayers and Brook
Sts., schools as 1t is on similar plan
and like them is built Of brick veneer
ed walls. But it is claimed that the
new building is better than either OF
them because it contains improve
ments over each of them. Ward five
and the whole of the west side of the
river may we'll feel proud of the first
school house on that side of the river.