Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-12-02
ADOPT DAYTON
SCHOOL PLANS
Commissioners Accept New
Grammar School Drawings
by a Vote of q to 2.
ARGUMENTS WAX WARM
Discussion as to Flat Roof
and $1,000 Payment to
Architect on Account.

After briefly discussing the merits
OF j. H. Dayton's plans for the pro-
posed eighteen-room grammar
school, the Board of Education. last
night, accepted them by vote of
four years and two nays. By a sim
liar vote the board gave Architect
Dayton paym ent of $1,000 on the
plans.
This was done against the wish OF
Commissioners Seaman and Stack.
who were opposed to the passage of
Mr.. Dayton's plans for several sea-
sons given by Commissioner Seaman.
The meeting was held expressly
for the purpose of looking over
Architect Dayton's finished plans for
the grammar school. He was pres
ent with set of blue-printed plans
and explained the details to Com t..is.s
sioners Seaman and Stack. The
other commissioners had viewed the
plans upon other occasions in the
architects Office.
Shown to Commissioners.
The architect said that the plans
had now been revised and he showed
building with the necessary details
In 1t. Commissioner Larson said he
had looked over the plans and found
them all right. Commissioners Sea-
man and Stack then took about
twenty minutes to look over the de-
tails and asked several questions Of
Architetc Dayton and Mr.. Badger, of
the Mutual Engineering Company.
Mr.. Seaman took the floor. after
viewing the drawings, and said that
he did not expect to vote in favor OF
them, inasmueh as the plans we're
unsuitable, as far as allowing for
additions is concerned. He said that
the city is growing and in few
years additions would become a
necessity. He said that he did not
favor fat roofs, saying that with
pitched roof the attic might be com
yerted into a gymnasium. He also
said that there should be an attic
for storage purposes. AS far as the
heating plans were concerned, Mr.
Seaman said that he could not criti-
cize them as he would like to, but he
figured that it was en- expensive way
of heating the building.
President Bradley took the floor
after Commissioner Seaman and told
of the advantages Of fat roofs, mas
much as they hardly ever. leaked,
and that pitched slate roofs on
schools here had leaked within a
year after they were put on. AS far.
as additions to the building were
concerned, the president said that
the board had never intended to add
to the structure He admitted that
a gymnasium might be good thing.
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have to be constructed more strong
"A alpgec
with heating and lighting apparatus,
as it would be utilized mostly in
winter. He concluded by stating
that a high slate roof would be out
Of proportion with the remainder Of
the building.
Thorough Consideration.
Comm issioner Seaman then took
the floor and said that the plans be-
fore the board were practically a
new set. He said that the board
should do everything that would be
for the best interests of the future
Of Perth Amboy and he thought that
the new plans had not had thorough
Commissioner Moore
said that long delay has been made
aAe that the building would have
been started long ago had Ii not been
for DISTRACTIONS in the board Ccm-
missioner Larson told of a VISIT to
the local schools and said that some
of the slate roofs leaked within a
year after they were put on. He OBJ
jected strenuously to the attic being
used as storage rooms, as 1t is in the
high school, giving his reasons that
boys sometimes smoke when sent up
for supplies and a fire might easily
result
That the board make a decision at
once was urged by Mr.. Arner. who
said that they should either accept
or reject the plans. Commissioner
Stack said that the plans before him
were new and he did not favor them.
He said he was against combina-
tion heating system and that the
building could be heated better by
steam.
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