Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-30

The city council met Tuesday night,
Dec, %. The road supervisor, shipper.
Was ordered 10 continue work on the
road this week The yearly report of
the supervisor was read and referred to
the finance committee The question
of placing an are light at the intersec-
ton of First West and Murray streets
was discussed and finally not allowed.
The Road supervisor was ordered to
return this booths and ballot boxes to
the county. Adjourned until 1880. Jan.
]. when the new council steps in.
HANDSOME SCHoOLHoUSE DEDI-
GATED.
Yesterday afternoon. In the presence
OF largo audience MuTrays new
$4,000 schoolhouse was dedicated. The
building has been in course of erection
for the past eight months and is a
handsome edtfice. credit and an honor
to the people of Murray II is thor
oughly modern In all It's appliances.
In the exercises yesterday afternoon
State Supt. A. G. Nelson delivered am
address upon the splendid development
OF the schools In the community and
the great benefits derived. He also
stated that the parents had exceeded
their duty In building this magnificent
cdihce Instead of stopping at $4,000
as a cost for the building, they more
than doubled this amount and made a
thoroughly up-to-date school which is
credit to any city.
County Supt. John w. Smith was
the next speaker and In the course OF
his remarks stated that II is absolutely
necessary that every boy should have
common school education. no matter
what his vocation In life is TO be. In
closing. Mr. Smith referred to the cost
Of the building and the details OF its
construction.
Addresses were delivered by the fol-
lowing: ii, w. Brown, member of the
Murray school board; @. NJ. MumfOrd
supervisor OF Murray schools, Prnci-
pal c. G. Steffensen and Teachers II. 4,
Smith and Martin Christensen OF the
| new school. The speak compliment
| ed the people upon their generosity in
| sparing no expense in building the
| present school and furnishing IL. The
| Importance or grammar school edu-
| cation was also dwelt upon at some
| length. The program closed with
songs by the school children and dedi-
/ NaNpis PAds w VI IuHllOIut NlltI
| which an inspection of the building
was made by the visiting officials ana
| friends OF the school.
The structure IS a tWo-story and
basement brick. with IL rooms. which
| viii accommodate 800 pupils. Only
| eight rooms have been finished so far.
but the remaining four in the basement
| viii probably be ready early IN Janu-
| airy. The ventilation is the best 10 be
| had. Italian fue radiators and foul air
| tues are In each room aud hall so
| managed that the afr Is in circulation
all the time. With the new fiue radi-
ators there Is a fiue from outside which
admits the fresh air to the rooms un-
der each radiator. while the foul air
passes out through ilues In the ceiling
The stairways, which are made OF
oak, are about 10 feet In width. The
floors are of maple and the woodwork
inside Is or yellow pine The heating
plant u In a separate building from
the main building and is thoroughly
equipped with the latest patent 40
horse power boiler and necessary APP
planes for heating up the building
within few minutes.
I Il. Gillen, member OF the board had
charge OF the erection OF the building,
OF which W. Edward Jiljenberg was
architect and j. a. Jones, contractor
The teachers In the new building will
! be c. c. steffensen, principal; II. r.