New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-13

Is Figured That its Total Cost Will
Reach $50, 900.
Building Committee Named at
Meeting of Consultors Sunday.

Meeting of Consultors Sunday.
AS the plans of the trustees and
consultors of the Catholic church in
regard to the proposed parochial
school shape themselves more definite
| ly, it becomes evident that the structure
is to be one of the finest, if not the
the very finest, public building in the
city. It's appointments will be of the
best and it will be of great size, con-
siderably larger hanthe Brown county
court house. To erect it will entail
an immense outlay, and it is now esti-
timated that the cost of tearing down
the old buildings, buying the Sittauer
property and putting up the new school
will amount to fully $50, 900.
Last week a. j. Van Deusen of
Winona, the architect who designed
the Brown county jail, now in course
of erection, voluntarily submitted a
set of plans for the building. While,
of course, they have not been accepted
as yet, they nevertheless have met
with the approval of the gentlemen in
charge of the preliminaries and it
would not be surpris sing if they were
accepted. Guided by the wishes of
the congregation, Mr.. Van Deusen has
designed a very convenient building
and one which possesses many good
points.
| He would have it consist of three
floors, basement and two stories,
and the outside dimensions will be
16Ox9O feet. Entrances will be provided
at the front and on both sides and the
| first will open into spacious hallway
| IL feet in width. There will be twelve
school rooms, some which will be
33x30 and the remainder 26x31 feet in
size.
| Two meeting rooms for societies are
provided. They are 4Ox6O and lecture
room and dining hall has length of
81 feet and width of IS feet, giving
| it almost as great a seating capacity
as the New Ulm opera house. In the
basement the pupils may have every
opportunity to develop themselves
| physically in a gymnasium 24x44 and
bowling alley 24x80. There is also
a kitchen 10x3O.
The arrangement gives theatre or
auditorium in the second story which
is 81 feet wide. A balcony increases
the seating capacity and a stage 3Ox40
will allow of the most elaborate pro-
auctions being put on.
These are the salient features but in
addition there is large boiler room
| and lavatories on all the floors. The
building will be fitted throughout with
steam piping and lighted by electricity.
| Fire escapes will lead down from the
upper stories and the state law in re-
gard to doors in entrances opening
| outwardly will be observed.
Negotiations for the purchase Of the
Wenzel Sittauer property at the corner
of State and Fifth North streets have
been opened An offer has been made
| to Mr.. Sittauer for the lots, he to
move the buildings, and some salts
factory arrangement will probably be
made this week. His vacation of the
premises will givethe parish possession
of the entire half block and when the
building is erected in the center it will
leave IS feet on each side for play
grounds.
At a meeting of the trustees and con-
sultors, held Sunday, the plans were
examined and building committee
appointed. The latter will consist of
Rev. Father H. 3. Sandmeyer, Wd.
Eibner, Franz Schubert, Andrew J.
Eckstein, John Henle and Andreas
Amann. The matter has been referred
to them in its entirety and they will
adopt plans and award contracts for.
all the work
st. Peter is rejoicing in the posses
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