The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-08-11
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| The committee on buildings anC
grounds made the following report. afte,
an inspection Of every room Of the clever
school buildings Of the district, said in.
spection being made on three different
days. The report was presented by c. e
Hendrick.
School Board of Independent School,
District of Virginia,
Gentlemen: Your committee is com.
posed of Guy H. Moore, Chairman C. E.
Hendlick, J. H. Fleming and Superin-
tendent Lafayette Bliss. We visited the
following schools on July q, and make the
following recommendations of work ia
De done before schools opens in Septem-
Der.
"FRANKLIN SCHOOL: This Is q
| three-rOOm building, and we would recon-
mend: painting the INTERIOR patching up
the plaster in places where it should be
done, putting in a water tank for drink
ing purposes: the gutter in the roof
should also be repaired
On motion it it was ordered that the
recommendations of the committee be
carried out with respect to the Franklin
SCIlOOI. 1LHIl oOIVc was instructed 10 90
the painting. employing high school boys
as in the Technical. The clerk was au-
thorized to- purchase suitable water
tanks. Seconded and carried.
"HIGGINGS SCHOOL: This is a two
room building. We recommend patch
ing up plaster in basement. We note
plaster Immediately above the pipe from
the furnace is loose and partly dropped
off, and as this Is a wooden beam that the
plaster is stuck on there should be a
| pipe of galvanized iron tackled on i'm
mediately above the pipe. The pipe
| should also be covered with a suita BILE
pipe covering. There is simply a single
| wrap Of asbestos paper. We think that
d regular pipe cover would be far pre-
ferabe and more durable and would re-
tain the heat better"
On motion it was ordered that the
recommendations Of the committee be
carried out with reference to the Higgins
school. Seconded and carried
NORTH SIDE SCHOOL: This is a
two room building and we find here some
conditions that need attention. The
school board owns the entire block with
the exception of one and One-half lots
upon which is Il house. The clubhouse
belonging to this house is within twenty
feet Of the school building and the odor
and other conditions are very unsanitary,
We would recommend taking proper steps
to condemn this parcel Of ground and the
removal Of the buildings thereon, so that
tire block. The clubhouse pit belonging
70 ho
recommend also connecting this building
with the city water main so as to sup
ply water for drinking purposes The
NWthside building is very Inadequate and
not centrally located to the Pillsbure
Rooney. North Side Addition, and the
Oliver Headquarters Location. About a
year ago the school board purchased a
block in the Rooney Addition. centrally
located to all these places. AS we find
the crowded condition Of this building
IS very bad we deem 1t best not to ex-
pend much money upon 1t, as a new build
ing Is badly needed. This new building
should be erected on the block purchased
in the Rooney Addition. The old block
should then be sold. Would state that
the block where the present building is
"''' "huouhlCuiy Uc SOIu al lHc present
time for 5000 more thav the purchase
price. Your superintendent informs us
he has had an average enrolment Of
about l35 with an average attendance Of
o6 per cent or about 100 children in this
school and none above the second grade
so You see they are all small children. In
one room there are 66 seats and he said a
great portion of the time there were as
high as 20 pupils in this room. In the
other room there are 4S seats and great
portion Of the time there were 60 children
He had four teachers in this building and
used cloak rooms which your committee
measured were 6x20 feet. and in these two
cloak rooms he had two teachers hear
ing classes. When 1t is considered that
IN the spring of 1908 there were not to
exceed six houses north Of the Great
Northern yards track which goes into the
Commodore Mines. we feel that it Is hard
to anticipate the needs of this part Of
the town. 1t looks very much to your
committee though within year there
will need to he built an eight-room build
Ing. Your committee feels that better
accommodations must be provided for this
part of the town. and steps should be
taken sometime this winter to provide
better school accommodations 80 that by
1912 and 1913 they would have a new build
ing. The school census shows there are
296 children which would be contiguous
to this school and plainly indicates that
allowing no Increase or decrease. In FIVE
years an eight-room building would be
necessary. 1t can be noted from the
figures given above that we can not too
strongly urge the board to take steps not
later than this winter toward better
school accommodations for the Nrthside
Addition
On motion the recommendations of the
| committee were ordered to be carried
ont with reference to the North Side
school and the clerk was authorized to in
struct Attorney Otto A. PORTER to at once
institute condemnation proceedings to ac-
quire the parcel Of ground mentioned In
the report Of the committee The chair
man was authorized to look up a suitab BILE
building that could be rented for school
purposes In the North Side Addition ano
report to the board. Seconded and car
| ried.
SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL: Your CON-
mittee would recommend putting in wa
ter in this school and connecting the
drain from the water tap to the sewer.
The clubhouse pit should be cleaned"
On motion the recommendations Of the
committee In regard to the South Side
school were ordered carried out Sec
onded and carried
JOHNSON SCHOOL: We would
recommend that the partition between
tho ~ o1o
made fire-proof. This would reduce the