The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-01-29
Reoorf of BUILDING Inspectors.

To the Honorable President and Trns-
tees of the village of Paw Paw:
We, as committee of building inspec-
tors, 10y request visited the high school
bulldog and made an inspection of 1t as
to its safe conditions from fire, and its
conditions as 20 exits in case of fire, and
we beg to submit to you the following
report:
We found considerable wood piled in
under the pipes and against the furnace
walls, which in our judgment we consid-
er dangerous. and would recommend that
the wood be removed and piled against
outside and partition walls.
We would recommend a thorough
cleaning of the basement and the remov
al of the plank walk running east and
west in front of the furnaces, and a Gem
ent walk put in their place; the removal
of all plank and lumber stored in the
basement; the removal of lot OF rub.
bish, boxes, broken boards, barrel OF
excelsior, rubbish of all kinds through
the entire basement, should be removed.
We would recommend that a spring
lock with KNOB be put on the inside door
leading out ehst from the basement, so in
case of fire, pupils could get out and no
person could open the door from the out
side to get in. We found this exit locked
with paddock, which we disapprove Of
We would recommend that the railing
on the fire escape on the north side of
the school house should be extended up
at least one foot higher on the top plat
form where the people would come out
of the window, and that there should be
iron rods to form a hand hold, put on
the window frame at this platform, and
that the seats inside of the room at the
windows that are to be used as steps to
get out on the fire escape, be made sta
tionery or safe, so they will not tip up or
in any way cause delay or confusion; and
we further recommend that the railing
on the large platform at the landing of the
upper stairs and past the windows of the
exit from the second floor, be extended
up not less than one foot higher.
We would recommend that there
should be another fire escape put up on
the south side of the school house, the
same as the north side, starting from the
same corresponding windows, and the
foot of the last stairs to come to the
southwest corner Of the school house;
and that the railing on the upper plat
form or landing be not less than three and
one half (3l2) feet high, and that the plat
form at the bottom of the upper section of
stairs be not less thar five feet wide, with
railing from the building at the foot of
the upper stairs, around the outside of
the platform to the top of the lower sec
ton of stairs, not less than three and
one-half (315) feet high; and that the
windows on the second and third floors
which would be used as exits should be
removed and the wall in under the two
windows be cut down to the floor the
same width of the present window frame,
and doors put in the place of said win
dows and constructed to swing out.
We would recommend that a stand.
pipe be put up from the water supply
pipe in the basement to and on the third
floor, accessible from all the main hall
ways, with a hose connection on each
floor and basementand not less than twen-
ty-tive (25) feet of hose kept on each floor
and at all times connected to stand pipe
u w. WHITBECK,
G. G. YOUNG. Com.
Rus. W. MENTOR,