Evening star., 1907-11-03
Capt. Oysters Rerort.

The report of the building committee,
which was prepared by Capt oyster and
signed by him. and in which ali phases
If the controversy were thoroughly re-
viewed, was in fun as follows:
a situation has arisen rs to three
schools under control of this board which.
IN ms op.n on, calls FIR immediate action.
The buildings involved are the Emery,
the Befret and the PetWorth. In each
case there Is grave question as to whether
the board viii b. warranted in coutinu-
!ag to expose the children for whom II Is
responsible to the possible i'll effect of the
prevailing sanitary cond ticns
"Co:npa'n as to the sanitation of the
Emery School has been on file in this
5fhce and in the Office Of the District Com
m!Ssicners since the scring Of 1906 IL
was renewed and enlarg d last March
IN the course of the summer certain re-
pairs were made to the heating apparatus,
the walls. the roof and the rain snouts
nut the urgent need for rrrairs to tho
plumbing was passed over. How pressing
mat need was will be clear to the board
from the formal statement of the aching
health officer which ! submit to The
board herewith. informing th. board Of
flushing tanks which leak and keen the
ioGr constantly Wet Of Il steam pine
VIII ch leaks and keeps the nnur benoath
constantly wet of water leaking through
one Of the basement walls 'Epn.,ing tha
floor of the hail and the wall cuts'G,. con
stantly wet and mal0doruUs' and saving
that this condition has existed since the
construction Of the building and that
nothing is expected to h" q. ne until con-
tempiat"f new toilets are cans:ructed'
Formal Notification.
These conditions. as nart-cu'arly sat
forth by the h a!th oa:cer. have been
formally reported by the board 20 the in
sEector of buildings. by whom as he
claims, the corrections must he ordered
Under date of Octobe.. %. in a letter
which is herewith submit e3. that official
informs US that the defects in the pres
mt building Will be correc ed a. the same
time the addition is built
The Engineer Ccmmiss oner has
stated to me that the addition will he
finished. according to PRESENT pans. by
next fall. G., the Opening of hool in
1908.
"In the Berret School tho continued use
of the only available p ay space for the
storage of lumber and th" ru II OF the
front lawn have been overs, .adow d since
the opening of the school year b,- a lack
of water. Regular water connections have
not been made since Sertemb r - last.
Temporary connections supplied the cook
ing room and tn temporary comfort
rooms until Thursday. October -. last
Then. without notice to the principal. the
water was disconn.cte from tha cooking
room and the girls room. ard the whole
school building made t. dclend uIoa a
sins'e faucet in the boys room. The
cooking school is now closed. This sit
uption. according to the memoranda sub
mittsd to the board of the principal and
supervIs ng principal. and which are pre-
sented herewith. was preCi,l'atc 10y the
wthdra wal of the plumber from work at
tn Herret to another job No one ap-
pears 10 know when he VIII 7 Turn.
I.sue Of Fact Raised
An issue Of fact has arisen as to the
condition at the PetNorth School. In Il
report to the health oft"er. forwarded by
him To the board aId submitted herewith.
tie Inspector in char@e Of the contagious
disease service cites tiat the udor of GER
tain basement rooms is extremely Of
fensive'. that the flushing apparatus Is
partly ont of order. and tina, water was
onZfrg through "a portion of the east
wall. evidently from the outside of the
nu- -lding. This Information was communi-
Gated to the board and L. the Engineer
Commissioner by the acting health officer,
and was made one of the subjects of let.