The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-16
NEW HIGH SCHOOL NEED NOT COST MORE THAN $15O,OOO
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 questions are. where to put it and how much to spend upon, it.
 'Three plans have been proposed
 and informally considered. CD To buy 1 a new lot and erect a fine building
 upon it. CD To purchase. if possi- ble, land adjacent to the present High School building. tear down the pres
 ture on the enlarged lot. (3) To pur-
 chase no land. to utilize the present | building and to build an addition on | the Congress street side that would
 provide ten more rooms than are now required.
 "Plan No. would cost from sev- enty-dve to one hundred thousand dollars for a lot and from four to five hundred thousand dollars for hand
 some building. requiring an aggregate
 expenditure of not less than four hum dred and fifty thousand and probably not more than six hundred thousand dollars.
 "Plan No. would perhaps cost a little less, although additional land if purchasable at all would command high figure and the present building must be removed.
 ''Plan Mo- would cost from one hundred and twenty-five to one hun dred and fifty thousand dollars and
 would provide building with ten school rooms in reserve to meet the requirements of growth
 without one word for or against plans Nos. and 2, I desire to make
 an explanation of/plan No. 3. In the first place. it is an error to suppose that the present building is useless for High School purposes. It is far from adequate to the present require
 ments. but it is really a good building
 and can be made excellent use of. It
 is not even out of repair but would need refinishing. Another mistake is h,,t1 ~F kH.% size is needed or will be needed in that section for quite number of years for grade school purposes. A six room addition to the Wheeler school will provide two more rooms than are
 now needed in that section and will Der of years: if not. an eight-room ad- dition certainly will.
 '"The present High School require
 ment is twenty-nine rooms. The pres ent building has nineteen rooms. Of these, the proposed addition would put teen available rooms in the present building four of which are on the upper floor where the chemical labor
 atory and the art room should certain ly be. The other two need not be used for any purpose for some time. ''It has been proposed to build an addition on the Congress street si7t which would leave the building some- what the shape of the letter T. the top of the letter being the Congress street front. The high steps would be re-
 moved and the first floor placed on a level with the present basement floor. This addition would provide twenty-three school rooms in addition
 to the necessary office and extra
 rooms. making thirty-nine school
 rooms in the remodeled building-ten
 more than are now required
 ''This addition if built plainly should
 not cost to exceed one hundred thou
 sand dollars. (Our eight-room build
 dollars per room) Add to this twen-
 ty-five thousand for ornamentation
 purely, for example the use of Etrus- can brick. more expensive ornamental
 tion and more elaborate cornice and
 roof. and the building could be made
 building that no citizen need be
 ashamed to point to and say this is
 our High School
 "It would be fully adequate to all
 requirements for many years to come.
 It would not. however, be as hand some as a five hundred thousand dol
 lar building or one hundred thou sand dollar lot. Ten thousand dollars
 would apparently more than cover all
 repairs and refinishing required in the old building. including new windows
 in some rooms. if required. and a gall
 lery in the assembly hall that could
 be made to seat two to three hundred
 and would meet the requirements in that direction. This would make a
 total of one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. Would suggest that one hundred and fifty thousand dol lars be allowed. which would certainly
 more than cover the requirements and
 would provide reserve fund that
 might be used if found desirable.
 Sketches have been made of ten- tative floor plans of such an addition which demonstrate beyond doubt the perfect feasibility of the plan. A court in the front adds to the light and enables the architect to design a handsome front. The present build ing would be completely hidden The structure could be built without inter- fering with the use of the building for school purposes and the repairs to the present building could be made dur ing the summer vacation. The sketches may be seen at the board rooms in the City Hall.
 'The following considerations are of interest to taxpayers. large and small. Bridgeport Is not wealthy city Good business requires good pave ments and good bridges. Public health requires good sewers. Con- venience of access and absolute safety is required for land records These DropOsitiOnS will all come TIT, for. con.