The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-13
Erection of High School to Be-
gin in October.
New School Houses for North
Topeka Postponed,
TO BE PRESSED BRICK.
Objection to Using Cheaper
Grade in Parkdale School.
POtWin and L0wman Hill Build
ings Will Be Completed.

W. H Wilson, chairman of the build
ing committee of the Topeka board of
education stated today that in his opin-
ion work ought to be and probably
would be commenced upon the new
manual training high school in October.
1t is planned to have the building ready
for occupancy by a year from the open
ing OF the next term of school
There will be no hitch about the is
suing and disposal of the $131, 500 worth
of school bonds as there is about the
waterworks bonds which are now being
contested in the Kansas supreme court.
have announced that they will take the
entire issue of Topeka school bonds as
an investment for the state school
funds. The bonds have not yet been
issued as there is yet no need for funds.
An agreement has been made between
the board of education and the school
fund commissioners that these bonds
will be turned over whenever and as
fast as money is needed to pay for
school building construction in Topeka.
They will be dated and will draw inter-
est from the time at which they are
taken by the school fund commissioners.
1t is a particularly fortunate circum-
stance that the bonds can be so dispos-
ed of as all commissions to agents are
saved and money can be realized when
ever needed.
The delay that has been made in COM
pleting arrangements for the construc-
tion of the new manual training high
school building has resulted from the
disarrangement of the school boards af-
fairs by the recent flood. 1t had been
planned to build another school house
in North Topeka as well as to make ad-
ditions and changes at other North To
peka buildings. The construction of the
new building has been indefinitely post
pOned. Not until this fall will the board
Of education be able to tell how much
school space will be needed in North To-
peka. Probably considerably less than
before.
The absence of Supt. Davidson who
IS in Boston, has had something to do
with the postponene9t of work on the
plans for the new high school Mr..
Davidson will return about August 1.
J. c. Holland, who has been selected
architect for the new building, will go
to Chicago, meet Supt. Davidson there
on his return, and with him will in
vestigate manual training school archi-
lecture there and in Indianapolis for
several days. Mr.. Holland has asked
for about two months in which to draw
up plans for the new building but ex-
poets to have them ready for inspection
about September 15.F Another month
will be allowed for receiving bids from
contra ctorS and the completion of the
foundation before cold weather is a
reaSona BILE exDectat ton.
Chairman Wilson said this afternoon:
Il see no reason why the contractor to
whom the work is given can not finish
the foundations of the new building be-
fore the setting in of cold weather
Work on the building can be resumed
in the spring and it ought to be fin>
ished early next summer. There is no
the new building and the ma ajority or
the members of the school board are in
favor of beginning work with all the
expediency possible. The uncertainty
pairing the North Topeka buildings has
held up our other work. but the build
ings in North Topeka are in fairly good
shape and the work there is well in
hand
PRESSED BRICK IN PARKDALE.
1t is probable that the plan of using
vitrified brick in the walls of the new
Parkdale school building will be given
up. Edward Wilder and one or two
other members of the board of educ8-
ton have been enthusiastic over the
idea Of securing a good quality of vitri-
fed brick of even color in order to Sc
cure building effect different from the
ordinary but investigation has shown
that the sort of vitrified brick desired
is hard if not impossible to find. A
meeting of the building committee OF
the school board has been called for
this afternoon for the purpose of ar
ranging for work in Lowman Hill and
it is probable that the Parlxdale brick
matter will be called up and settled. The
residents of the new Parkdale district
have not received the idea of a vitrified
brick building warmly. They want
pressed brick It is prOba BILE since
suitable material can not be secured,
that the school board will finally agree
to use the customary pressed brick for
the Parkdale building.
Four rooms are to be finished in the
new LowTnan Hill school building in
order to give more room for the coming
winter The exterior construction has
long since been finished but more rooms
were provided than were needed at the
time the school was opened. The only
other school building work to be done
this summer will be in Potwin where
four rooms are to be added to the pres
ent school building. Potwin has been
seriously crowded but the increased
space viii give ample accommodation
for the patrons of the district. Work in
ParkdaIe has not been commenced but
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