Amador ledger., 1908-07-03
Dedicatio Ceremonies OF
New Hall at Preston School

monies in connection with the formal
opening of the new assem- bly, hall of
the Preston school of industry at
lone. The event is designed to be
one of the most notable in the his
tory OF This institution. The dedca-
ton will take place on Saturday,
July H.
A special train is to be run from
Sacramento at II o'clock, connecting
with trains from San Francisco and
other points, and on the return trip
it will leave lone after the exercises
and at the convenience of the excurs.
lonists. Rate one-halt fare from
Sacramento Governor James N
Gillett and other state officers will
assist in the dedication. There will
be addresses by Governor Gillett,
President Charles II. Dunton Of the
board of Preston school trustees,
Judge Drank j. Murasky of San Fran
cisco, Judge Curtis, -. Wilbur Of Los
Angeles, Judge Joseph w. hughes of
Sacramento, Senator a. Camnetti
and Monsignor Cnpel. The three
judges preside over the juvenile
court. Senator Camiuetti WAS ascot
ated with Senator Preston in the
founding of the school and has
always been deeply interested in the
institutions work. Monsignor Capel
who is to deliver the opening prayer
will address the boys of the school
just before pronouncing the bene
diction s. Homer Henley is to sing
several solos, and there will be music
by the school band of thirty pieces
and the school chorus. The building
to be dedicated has been constructed
entirely by the members of the
trades classes of the school but nearly
ali the cadets, numbering at present
three hundred and twenty five.
participated in some way. 1t is a
splendid Gothic structure OF con
crete blocks, and, although it is the
work of the boys who arc learning
their trades in the state school, il
would be an ornament to any city.
The plans we're by Henry a. Schulze,
architect Of the beautiful main build
ing of the school The hall is one
hundred and fourteen feet long, sixty
feet wide and sixty feet high. There
are two stories. The main one ia an
assembly room fitted with stage
hundred This Will be used for
religious services, entertainments and
all large meetings of the cadets. The
lower story will he a gymnasium.
The building is so situated on the
picturesque and terraced hillside
directly west of the main school
edIfice that the main entrances to
both the assembly hall and the
gymnasium are on ground levels.
With the work all done by the cadets,
who are exceedingly proud of their
splendid accomplishment, the cost of
construction has been Kept within
the state appropriatinn of fifteen
thousand dollars, although the con
tract price of similar building
would probably be not less than
thirty five thousand dollars.
In the interior, the assembly hall
is open to the roof, with ornamental
trusses and natural wood finish. 1t
Is practically tire-proof andsof modern
earthquake proof construction.
The school trades classes whose
members have taken part in the work
of building are: the teamsters and
farmers, who did the grading; the
cement block makers, who manu-
featured all the blocks; the concrete
workers; the mason boys, by whom
the walls we're bnilt; the blacksmiths,
who made eight steel trusses that
are thirty feet long, thiIty-siX inches
deep and eight inches wide, and who
turned out all the ironwork; the
carpenters, whose work included the
construction and placing of four
roof-trusses that weigh $500 pounds
each; the slate-layers; the cabinet
makers, who have done some very
fine work IN the paneIing and stage
ornamentation; the painters; the
electricians, by whom all the work of
wiring and installation was done;
and the hortlculturists, who laid out
the ornamental grounds and terraces
abont the building and made the
lawns. Opera-chairs for the hall are
to be made by the mill workers and
cabinet makers.
This is the second of the school