The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28
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| to make this building safe for con-
/ tfnued occupancy as school are es-
tilnated to cost s3.5s2.75.
Should ABINGDON Bellevue.
Bellevue School. at Twenty
and Broad Streets, was found to be
oldsto,lt of date, and dilapidated. The
Inspector SAYS. tx
! "Its arrangement isScxtremcly bnd,
and unless tic two muins flight Of
stairs nrcl freproofed, recommend
TINT the use of the building b. dis
continued MS n school nbovc the secOnd
/ floor
| The staircases in this building arc
winding and open into rooms, there
| being no upper hall The fire escapes
detached and fall to the ground at
any time. The windows opening on
| fire escapes are almost entirely block
| ed by radiators. The doors of the an
mex open the wrong way, and there
are many plank partitions In the fur
nace-room.
Elba School. on Vest Marshall Street.
fares but little better on Inspection.
The balconysfloors of the fire escapes
We're found to be detached and almost
useless. The windows opening on the
fire escape We're filled with ported
plants. making access difficult An adj
ditional fire escape on the other side
of the building is regarded as an inl-
mediate heed. The building is not con-
sidered especially dangerous, though
old and out of repair.
The West End School. standing at
Lombardy and Main Streets, one of the
more modern of the city's school build
ings. was found with two wooden
staircasess congested at the bottom.
The windows are covered with wire
mesh securely nailed on, and all class
room doors}o open inwardly. The base
ment doors open inwnrdly. and there
is a wooden ceiling directly over the
furnace. without any protection. There
are no fire escapes. In the kindergar-
ten annex the doors open inwardly,
and the stove pipe has been run
through wooden partitions. regardless
of danger from fire.
Nicholson School. in Fulton, was
found without adequate protection
around the furnace, and with the stairs
divided by a high fence "A wooden
floor was found In the basement. with
all doors opening inwardly. The stair
case to the second story is but four
feet wide. Theirs are no fire escapes.
placed before many windows to hold
flower pots.
Farmount School was bought from
Henrico county at the time of the an
nexation. and the city is now adding
an annex. the work on which blocks
many of the exists to the present build
ing. While there are fire-escapes,
there are wire screens nailed securely
over the windows leading oathe fire
steps. Stoves are still in use In the
building, although there Is furnace
tered with the accumulated rubbish
lof months, blocks OF wood intended
for fuel being piled directly against
| tbs furnace. n Isl
Leigh school, at First and Leigh
| Streets, now used for hundreds of.
| white children from the central part
of the city, was found to be fitted
/ with fire-escapes of the same pattern
as those on the old High school, more
I dangerous than fire. Both the fire.
escapes need overhauling and new
1 floors for the balconies. All tho win
! Edows are securely nailed With wire
/ mesh, which would prevent any child
/ from getting to the fire-escape. the
4 windows being almost blocked by ia
Ediators. shelvesSfor ported plants also
block the exits. The Inspector says OF
llilS fSCnQOl.
- recommend TINT both stniryvnys
he substituted by flrc-proof conatruc-
4 tinn, or that the use of the THIRD floor
i of the building he discontinued for
4 school rurposcs,"
4 - Central School on Twelfth Street one
i OF the newest of the white buildings.
was found With steps Of the most
i flimsy wooden constructions"
Il regard the, Wire screens on the
various windows as a menace to the
occupants, and they should be re-
moved without delay,"fsnid the Inspec-
| tor,
Springfield School, at Twenty-fifth
Land Leigh Streets, was reported to be
i In serious condition as to the proper
\ e;Nits. here is only one exit from
i the second floor, ana that consists Of
4 a narrow and winding flight of stairs
running to the rear door. Closets for
the storage of brooms are under this
4 stair hole cut in brick division
4 wall IN the basement under these
closets establishes dangerous com
inunication from the furnace to the
ma IN staircase The alteration OF the
4 staircase, the Inspector says. he re.
CARDS as imperative and as absolute.
a ~ essential II this building is 20 lie
q continued as a school building.
II He continues.
I'm general WAY, however, 1 would
sny that the general arrangement OF
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