The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-12
NEW GRADE SCHOOL
BUILDING CERTAIN
Board of Education Authorizes
Purchase of Site for
Modern Structure.
PLANS ORDERED PREPARED
Selection of High School Ground Is
Still Unsettled, bat Interesting
Report Is Heard.

Promise of the immediate cOnstruc-
ton of a grade school building which
Will meet the requirements OF the re-
Gently annexed territory and districts
in salt Lake City. was given the action
of the board OF education. at its
meeting last night, in authorizing the
purchase of the site on the north side
of Eleventh South street, between Sixth
and Seventh East streets, and in in
structing that Dallas & Hedges. archi-
tects, be employed to prepare plans FOR
a modern 12-class room school build
ing.
The action was taken by the board
upon the recommendation OF the COM
mittee on buildings and grounds. The
committee recommended that the five
acre site on Eleventh South street be
purchased at d cost Of $4,000, and that
the architects be employed TO prepare
deEgns and plans for immediate sub
mission.
William ]. Barrette and oscar W.
MOyle at first objected to employment
of architects, suggesting that the plans
should be received under competition,
but after A. @. Giauque explained that
the action of the committee was taken
III order TO hasten the work upon the
new building and insure its completion
in time for the opening Of the school
year in September, 1871, the members
OF the board present adopted the rec
concentration.
High school Site.
The matter of the chosen new High
school site. on the tract bounded by
Twelfth and Thirteenth East streets
and Eighth and Ninth South streets,
selected by the board after consideFa-
ton Of numerous proffered east side
sites, is still in state OF uncertainty
The board will meet again October u
for the further consideration OF the
selected site, and al that time. il is eX-
pected, Will have before II report
from the school law committee cover
ing the legality of the title and also
report covering the character OF the
formation of the soil. especially as 10
its being adapted for such building
as is proposed.
Eli A POLAND. superintendent OF
buildings. submitted a report TO the
board last night covering an investiga-
ton OF the nature OF the subsOil OF the
proposed site for the East Side High
school building.
According 10 the report. the forma
tion of the soils is practically the same
over the area bored in the investiga-
ton, running from - 10 "A inches OF
loan; from zero TO ten inches OF gravel
about six inches OF clay and from seven
10 fourteen inches of sand. In the last
two to four feet OF sand much moisture
was found and on the west side OF
the tract AT a depth OF seven feet water
was found that raised eighteen incnes'
IN the center Of the tract water was
found at nineteen inches.
The conclusion reached in the report
is that the soil at this site calls for
its improving, which may be done. first
by Increasing the depth of the fOunda-
ton: second. by draining the site; third,
by compaeting the soil.
Charles Nanderhoof was appointed as
teacher in the manual training depart
ment. and the following also appointed
q s teachers in the public schools: Jane
Carney, Mabel Van Norstenberg, sadie
Pavne. Edith Christy Anna ROtzleT-
J. c. Brusse was appointed to the
position of athletic coach al an annual
salary of $500.