The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-12
SEVENTH NARDERS
WILL HAVE SCHOOL
inspectors Comply With Oft
Made Requests of
Residents

After listening to a delegation of res
idents of the west end of the Seventh
ward, the board Of school inspectors
last night decided to erect ain eight
room building in the district bounded
by Summit avenue, Victoria street,
University avenue and Hamline ave-
nue.. The site was not decided upon,
but committee composed of Inspect
ors Boeringer, Lindahl and Frye will
report location at the next meeting
of the board
The city now owns a piece of ground
l34x167 feet at Marshall avenue and
Victoria streets, but as it is not large
enough to accommodate such a build
ing as the board proposes to erect, and
as the price of adjoining property is
considered too high. different site will
be selected. Another objection was
that a building at that point would not
be central enough for the district to
be served by the school
Nearer Lexington Avenue
Residents of the district pointed out
that as the section of the city west of
Victoria is rapidly being settled. it
would be advisable to build the school
nearer Lexington avenue than Victo-
ria street. Several sites were sug-
gested, but no action will be taken UNI
I'll the committee reports at the next
board meeting.
The board also decided to build four
room additions to the Whittier school.
Albemarle street, and the Hancock
school, Smelling avenue The lot on
which the Whittier school stands is
large enough to hold the addition, but
strip OF ground will have to be pur-
chased for the Hancock school i'm
provement. The board members be-
Heyed that the price asked for the
ground adjoining the Hancock school
would be reasonable, and President
Holman declared that if the demand
was eXorbitant the addition would not
be made.
The estimated cost of the buildings
declded upon at the meeting last night
is $4,000. The building to be erected
IN the Seventh ward will cost about
S52,O00 and the two additions about
S3o,00p. The board still had a balance
OF $4,000 from the bond issue, but that
Will be consumed in improving several
buildings. Heating plants will be in
stalled in the Rice, Webster and Sibley
schools, and plumbing plants in the
FRANKLIN, German, Jefferson, Lincoln
and Monroe schools.
NondltionS at webster
In urging the board to give the Sew
enth ward school building Harry ].
Lehr called attention to the conditions
IN the webster school building and the
distances that children attending that
scnool and the Irving school are
opliged to cover in going from and to
their homes. He said the Webster dis
trlct is eighteen blocks and six blocks
IN extent, and that some of the chill
dren living furtheSt away have to walk
at least i've miles a day or are COM
pelled to use the street cars. He said
that tour rooms on the top floor of the
WEBSTER school are unfit for use and
that the children are compelled to suf
Ter from cold and poor ventilation. He
declared that on account of the dis
tances that have to be covered some
children IN the extreme west end of the
seventh ward have not been to school
for three months.
Ground for the new additions pro-
vlded the land needed near the Han
COCK school is secured, will be broken
March 1. The board authorized Mark
fitzpatrick to draw plans for the
Whittier addition, and Herman Kretz
those for the Hancock school.
Owing to the failure of the contract
Ing firm of Brown & Bowling to have
the Douglas school addition ready on
time forfeit of $3.50 was imposed bv
the board. The balance of the firms
Dill, after deducting the sum forfeited.
was $500 and that was allowed.