The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-11-04
MAKING PROGRESS
ON TRUNK SEWER
VALLEY CREEK BRANCH WILL BE
FINISHED BY JANUARY-SANI.
TARY COMMISSION HOLDS THE
MONTHLY MEETING.

The entire Valley Creek branch of the
Jefferson county sanitary sewer will prob
ably be ready for use by January 1.
This report was made at the regular
monthly meeting of the sanitary commits
sion held yesterday morning. Only two
sections of the sewer are incomplete and
work on these is being pushed rapidly
A committee composed of Commission
ers T. II. Motion, A. W. Smith and ]. F.
Gillespy was appointed to consider prop
osition made by Bessemer firm to take
charge of and dispose Of the sewage of
the county. At the next meeting of the
commission bids will be ordered adver-
tised for to connect the Bessemer branch
with the main sewer. This line will be
about three-fourths of a Tuile in length
A report was made at the meeting which
gave the amounts paid out up to the pres
ent time to the contractors for construct
ing the trunk sewer. The amounts are as
follows: United States Cast Iron Pipe and
Foundry company. s9,756,39; f. H. Allison
e. Co., Valley Creek branch, $4275; Black
e. Laird, Valley Creek branch, 3,74O;
Wright & Williams, Village Creek branch,
$9679.
President Frank Y. Anderson, James ].
Smith, E. ]. Smyer, James Gillespy, T. II.
Motion, James weatherly A. W. Smith
and Chambers McAdory were present.
on each floor and on the roof are intro
duced to reduce the cost of insurance.
The toilets and al necessary plumbing
are arranged on two main stacks.
All stairways are located next to direct
light from bottem tostop.
Heating and Ventilation.
The heating and ventilating appara-
tus will occupy the center part of the
basement floor on the alley side. Fresh
air will be drawn into the heating cham
bers from the west. and the air after
passing through air filters will be warm
ed and distributed through galvanized
iron 1ues and ducts into the various
rooms and halls. The foul air will be
collected in the loft, and there dis
charged above the roof through special
ventilators.
There will be introduced 30 cubic feet
Of fresh and warm air each minute for
each pupil.
Attention Is called to the fact that the
heating system Is planned and operated
entirely separate from the ventilation.
The object of the architect being tc
produce effects pleasing alike to the eye
and mind as well as to satisfy the re-
quirements OF stability and convenience
Its essential qualities may be defined as
stability, utility and beauty and the most
which most completely reconcies these
requirements without sacrificing one to
the other.
Design Is Classical.
The design of the structure is Of the
classical order; dignified and proportions
ate, indicating as any building should
the character and purpose for which II
Is erected. The design has been subordi-
mated to the requirements of the plan
and your committee should value thai
class rooms, with abundant light. always
from the left hand side of the pupil:
desk and the windows arranged on thu
long side of the class rooms, are NOR,
important than useless but costly pilas
tiers, columns and embellishments.
The construction will be for STANDARD
building in every respect and conforming
to the programme governing this com
petition.
1t is possible to meet the requirement
within the limited means, only by a rigi,
censoring of the engineering features an
close practical application of the hes
constructive principals, and by this meth
cd we have been enabled to guarantee
the successful accomplishment Of thi
scheme as set forth.