New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
CARNEGIE COMPLETES
FRANKLIN GIFT
TRADE SCHOOL OPENS
NEXT MONTH.
Patriots Bequest III Years Ago of
81, 900 Has GrozCn Into Fund
of Ouer $500, 900.

Boston Aug 2s-When the Boston schools ma.
next month they will include the Frankt,
Union a trade and Industrial school. which ha,
Just been completed The union is an institution
modelled after the Cooper Institute in New York
1t provides free training for young mechanics and
artisans who have already served apprentice
ship in the workshop factory 1t was made nos,
sible by bequest from Benjamin Frankli, r,-
years ago He died April II. 1890. and in codi
Gil to his will he left to the inhabitants of Roston
a thousand pounds sterling. the income of ybio.
to be expended by the "SeIectmen Of the tou,
associated with the ministers of the Oldest Ens
copaI. Congregational and Presbyterian churches-
They were to lend upon certain stated cond,tion,
the fund at per cent to such young rrarri.s
artifcers under the age of twenty-five years q.
shall have served apprenticeship In said tou,
and faithfully fulfilled conditions required In their
indentures, so as to obtain good moral character
from at least two respectable citizens. who ar.
willing to become their sureties in a bond
Franklin estimated that in hundred yearu N.
fund would have reached 81. 900, ,O00 when mart =.
it should be expended in public works which ,a,,
be judged of general utility the Inhabitants
such fortihcatons. bridges. aqueducts nubr.
buildings. pavements. whatever may max. liz,
ing in the town more convenient to the people and
render agreeable to strangers resor,r,-
thither for health temporary residence" tn.
remainder at the end of hundred years Frant,
directed should be lent before for another b,,
dred years. when it should be divided between ".
city OF Boston and tire commonwealth OF Massa-
chusetts.
The first period of one hundred years sJprrsa a,
May 2 1881. and the sum available for the Use q.
the city did not the expectations OF Frank,;,
owing to changed conditions that made IL ir1uoss,
BILE to obtain the income that he had expecssd
The sum at that time 80, 800 49, and the Board
of Aldermen (the ministers declining ae decided
to purchase land which to erect a. trade school
Later commission was appointed to administer
the fund. and land was bought IN Berkeley street
for 100000 Then serious problem arose The
fund was not sufficient TO erect the building and
leave a sum the income OF which would maintain
the school. Andrew Carnegie sent his check for
s4OS.S $50 IS. which duplicated the amount the COM
mission had on hand when the work was begun
This tnsures the perpetuation Of the Franklin
Union and carries out the desires Of Franklin.
About $4,000 has been spent in equipment Tn,
school will be in charge of Walter B Russell uho
has not yet selected his staff of instructors THIS
viii be progressive school, which will profit hy
the experiences and experiments OF the Cooper
Union and The Pratt and Mechanics Institutes
The ventilation will be automatically regulated by
thermostats. and the chemical laboratory and hall
will have entirely separate systems from those in
other parts OF the building.
The lighting is another feature. person nav
sit at any desk and turn the light without its
casting a shadow elsewhere. The floors have been
designed for durability and sanitation, and the
smallest atom will not find Iodgnent in a crack,
Ihere are no Cracks On Jne first floor the
library, directors office and two cIassroorus The
hall is on this floor. and extends to the second
floor. It has seating capacity Of one thousand.
with good sized balcony and three separate
frances from the street The best possible lanterns
and have been provided for the lecturers
On either side of the stages the coats-ot-arns
Of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, into the
freScos.
The second floor has been divided into numerous
classrooms and the third floor is occupied By thu
departments affiliated with mechanics. One room
is used for lectures. and other large rooms
for drafting All the other for classes.
On the fourth floor the chemical laboratory
and other lecture rooms There will also be
drafting and class rooms here.
In the basement the steam hydraulic and
electric laboratories. we'll a power plant that
has been designed that il may he used IN giving
instruction students There are Two separate
hreprcof staircases the building, and in the
| are fire escapes. \ telephone system connects
every ROOM
The exterior is OF Indiana limestone, surmounted
with three stories Of brick, and white stone trim
mings.