The evening world., 1908-03-09
THE EVE MING LID.

vldcd on by wooden partitions Eight
classes are cxTected 80 march out o.
this single duoi IN case of fire. Wallace
:. : Newton is the principal.
Eight Wooden Fire Traps.
The eight school houses In
nro"kI,n constructed of wood
throughout, aud which hnNr
Giycn rise To much criticism. nrr
Srattcrrd t.rourh the outlying
sections of the city. Here IL the
list,
No. -, Mt Hcrkimcr street aud
Ralph avenue; attendance S7J;
built 1857.
No. ~, ut IInrvay avenue md
Bn, Forty-Hrst street; attendance
iin; built 1870.
No. %, at Snn SicLlcn street aud
Ncck rond; Attendance 2I5, built
1875.
No. o6, nt Ocean avenue and Ave-
nue. {; attendance I5,; built 1879.
No. o., at Benson and Twenty
hfth avenues; attendance, 40;
built 1870.
No IU1. ut EiRhty-siXth street and
Eighteenth avenues attendance,
6SS: built 1850.
No. 1O4, mt Ninety-sccond street
and Firth avenue; attendance 3s1;
built 1855.
Cowenhoven lane; attendance, sos (,
built 1854.
Old No. Should be Condemned.
Brooklyn's frs, public school, at Con-
cord and Adams street. was instituted
in ISIS, rebuilt in 1872. and was pract
cally made into new structure
in 1865. 1t is a fire trap, and the 800
odd children who attend old Ne.
know II from their parents who are
continually urging the authorities TO
tear 1t down and erect a modern fire.
proof schoolhouse in its stead.
To the average visitor school No.
I looks rs II II would burn ms fnst
a. n collection of empty tar bar
rcls. The front staircasc - wood
en- and the fixtures are non-fire-
proof. There are two steel cmcr-
wency stairways on the side of the
structure. but they are hard 10
reach except from the clnssrOoms
In the centre of the building.
There are only two hreproof stair
ways inside; the other six are of
wood.
The Board of Education's building
bureau shows what can be done with
an old school building in the case Of
No. 20. at Colubmia and Amity streets.
built forty-eight years ago
the old brick house Is equipped with
modern devices to render the children
safe from fire or panic. 1t can be emp
tied in ninety seconds. There Is a
space OF about twenty feet around the
building, and on two sides, within easy
reach OF the street. there are two wide
steel staircases, such as are installed In
the most modern school buildings.
Doors on every floor lead to these
exits and the gates are kept unlocked
during class hours. Why No. y has
the modern emergency escapes and
other old schools are completely neg
lected Is a question which is widely
discussed in Brooklyn homes.
No. IS Also Unsafe.
In the heart of Brooklyn is Gram
mar School No. Is. The old building
has wooden fixtures and the wardrobe
bookcases are OF wood There are no
outdoor hre escapes, and the two on
the inside are insufficient. The fire
and building inspectors have so re-
ported TO their respective departments
The Board Of Education should at
once take UP the question of erecting
at least four other escapes. either IN
side or outside of the building. parents
Of the children at No. Is insist.
The exits are narrow. some not more
than three feet in width. The building
was constructed in 1855 and an addition
pu, on a few years later. The fixtures
ara combus,ible, fire inspectors find. NO.
Is occupies the whole block front on
Third avenue. and extends from state
to Schermerhorn street.
At School No. AZ, 81. Marks and Gas
son avenues. some of the classroom
doors open inward!y. instead OF out
wardly as the school building ordinance
provides. No. AZ is one OF the latest
buildings and Is supposed to be fire.
proof. The fact that the classroom
doors open inwardly Is interesting IN
view of the fact that it was this KIND
NJ an arrangement which caused the
most serious loss OF life at the Collin
The doors of Public School No. 45
swung inward. but carpenters
ave now at work making the change
required by law
All in Tansle Of Red Tape.
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