Evening star., 1909-05-09
PLUMBING IN SCHOOLS
Antiquated Fixtures to Be Re-
placed With New Devies.
REPAIRS DURING SUMMER
Work to Begin as Soon as Pupils
Take Vacation.
$4,000 IS TO BE EXPENDED
Bubble Fountains. Shower Baths and
Other Sanitary Ideas to Be
Installed.

AS a means of protecting the health of
the public school pupils about $4,000 is
to be expended during the summer to re-
place wornout and insanitary plumbing
with modern and sanitary fixtures A
balance left over from last year and'SJo,-
600 appropriated by Congress for the next
fiscal year provide the funds available
for this purpose.
II Under the direct supervision of A. Il.
| McGonegal deputy inspector of plumb
ing, plans have been prepared of work
to be done. AS soon as recitatlonS are
over the middle of next month the
plumbers wrench will begin operations
Under pressure from the inspector OF
/ plumbing and the board of education
! Congress put in the District appropri-
alton act a clause providing: For neces-
sary repairs to and changes in plumbing
| in existing school buildings, SJO,CO. A
detailed statement shall be submitted 10
Congress of the expenditure OF the fore
going sum. and for the nscal year i"lo
/ estimates shall he submitted in detail as
/ to the particular school buildings requir-
/ ing unusual repairs of and changes In
plumbing
Work to Start Promptly.
AS soon as the act was approved Dep
| uty Inspector McGonegal began to pre-
pare the plans for changes in the school
plumbing, so that there should be no de-
! lay in getting the work started as soon
as the class rooms are deserted in June.
/ The plans call for work in eighteen
schools. In more than half of them the
old plumbing is to be entirely removed
and new sanitary fixtures will be installed.
Entirely new plumbing fixtures are TO
replace old water and sewer pipes In ten
schools, as follows: Wallach. ID street
southeast between 1th and Sth streets;
| Buchanan, + street southeast near 18th
street; Payne, 18th and G. streets south
east; Greenleaf, 4i2 street southwest be-
tween NJ and y streets: Douglass. 1st and
Pierce streets northwest: Bell, LIST street
southwest between and c streets,
Toner, o4th and F streets northwest: Hill
ton, 9th street northeast between and
{ streets. Bruce. Marshall street near
| Bightwood avenue.
Bubble Fountain to Be Installed.
! The school authorities and the plumbing
officials are planning to extend the use
of the bubble drinking fountains in the
schools. Not only will they be placed in
new school buildings. but Deputy In
spector McGonegai plans to replace drink
| ing cups with the fountains in several old
schools. including the Wilson on Central
! avenue near Erie street northwest and
i the Seaton on | street between "a ana 80
streets northwest.
Extensive repairs to the plumbing, In
Guiding the replacing of WORKOUT fix
lures with new and sanitary ones. are TO
| be made in the Jones School, 1st and l.
streets northwest: the Phelps. Vermont
/ avenue between T and l. streets, and the
Jackson. street between goth and 31st
streets.
| The Congress Heights school will this
summer be equipped with modern plumb
ing although the plans have not yet been
drawn Owing to the fact that the city
water does not go near the school 1t will
be necessary to construct a special water
supply plant to force good water through
the school building. Sewer connections
will also be established. the municipal
sewer having recently been extended near
the school
Shower Baths for Girls.
Rids will soon be asked for the installa-