The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-06-15
Question Whether the Franklin
Building Shall Have One.
BOARD IS TO RECEIVE PLANS
Repairs to the Several Structures
Considered; Director Currier Re.
moves TO Another Ward.
From fridays Daily.

From fridays Daily.
Shall the Franklin school building
have heating plant! This question
will be decided at IA special meeting of
the school board to be held next We'd
nesday night, when Architect Pass is
expected to have plans, specifications and
estimates ready to sumbit on heating
plant to be located in the basement of
the present building and on system
of closets.
The matter was brought up near the
close of lengthy meeting of the
school board last night by Mr.. Coughlan
who moved that an arhcitect be en-
ployed to prepare the plans and speci-
fications together with estimates. Judge
Comstock suggested that separate plans
specifications and estimates be submit
ted on the heating plant and on the
closets, and this was incorporated in the
motion, in which form it was carried.
Mr.. Fletcher was not present, but as
he favored building an addition for the
heating plant it is by no means certain
that the improvement will be ordered, as
the remainder of the board is unani-
nous in favor of placing the plant under
the present building, as it is believed
that no addition is needed, the present
building being commodious enough fol
years to come.
The matter of next greatest import
ance considered by the board was that
of making the annual repairs at the diff
ferent buildings and grounds. Mr.. Cur
rier. chairman of the committee on
property and expense, presented re-
port showing that much is needed
Briefly, the following improvements and
repairs are needed:
High School-Seat in alcove, couch and
chair in teachers closet for rest room in
case of illness, floors oiled, blackboards
repaired, walls calsomined, some paint
ing, cementing holes in boiler room floor
new smoke stack in chimney, new win
dow shades. clean settees and desks.
Pleasant Grove-Arrange seats so that
light will fall over pupils left shoul
ders, cement floor in basement to make
ed expense of $50 fix seats and black
boards, calsomine whole building, re
pair Byron street boulevard, reshingl,
entire roof
West Mankato-C Cement walks in tn,
place of wooden ones inside of the yard
repair walks on the outside of the fence
new steps on the east side, painting win
dow sills, clean and fix desks and black
boards and chairs.
Union-Stop leaks in roof, remove
four old chimneys no longer used so a:
to stop leaks about them, calsomine en-
tire building, fix blackboards, and place
new lock on front door.
FGranklin-Fix desks and blackboards
calsomine the rooms, rearrange seats Sc
that light will shine right, repair the
board walks, replace stove that ha.
burned out.
In all of the buildings there is broke,
glass to be replaced, window stools to be
painted, and some minor repairs needed
Mr.. Currier said that the condition O
the buildings is in some respects bet
ter than it was a year ago, and in som,
not so good.
The board took the recommendation
up separately. The committee on prop
erty and expense was authorized to OBJ
tain bids for reshingling the Pleasan
Grove building and for calsomining al
of the rooms in the Union and Pleasan
Grove buildings and some of those in the
high school building, and painting the
window stills in all of the buildings l,
was decided to tear down the -four
useless chimneys on the Union buildin,
and single over them. The janitors
will fix the backboards and seats af
the cost. The committee will repair tn,
walks around the West Mankato schoo
grounds, and was also authirized tc
make a large number of minor repairs.
Superintendent Mcconnell stated tina
the board would have saved money hat
it placed slate blackboards in the differ
ent building on the start, as the an
nual repairing of the present boards in
wolves much expense. All of the new
buildings being erected have slate boards
Mr.. Coughlan corroborated this state.
ment.
Judge Comstock called attention to the
scraggly appearance of the trees on the
Union school grounds, and said that the
old box elders are dying, and that steps
should be taken to remove and replace
them with younger trees.
Mr.. Currier said that there are also
too many trees on the Pleasant Grove
and Franklin school grounds to do well
Mr.. Currier reported the award of the
contract for extending the water and
sewer inside of the basement of the