The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-23
CONGESTION IN
SCHOOLS SOON
TO BE RELIEVED
BOARD OF EDUCATION VOTES
TO ERECT NEW BUILDINGS TO
rTTONS
ARCHITECTS SELECTED
NEXT YEARS APPROPRIATION
WILL BE DRAWN UPON TO
AVAILABLE THIS YEAR NOT
SUFFICIENT.


the Board of Education, at it's ad-
Journed meeting last night, voted to
begin work at once upon new build
ings to relieve the present congested
conditions, anticipating that next
years appropriations can be drawn
upon to meet the final expenditures.
The contracts will be awarded with
the understanding that there will be
some delay in the payments for the
work, but it is figured that the con-
tractors will be agreeable to this as
it isn't expected that the buildings
will be finished much before next
| February, and only months or two
months delay would be necessary.
/ John F. Brady became urgent that
the new building proposed for the
| Burns lot, in North Washington ave-
! nue., which was recently purchased,
| the direful conditions at the Grand
street school and insisted that that
section of the city was as much in
need of new building as any other
section. Howard S. Challenger
thought that the Bostwick avenue
attention at this time, and he de-
| clared that because the people of
| that section were foreigners and less
| Influential than people in other Sec
tions of the city, was no reason why
| this school shouldn't be considered
| first. Beyond any doubt this school
should be given first attention." said
Mr.. Challenger.
This started the discussion relative
to new buildings and relief of the
congested conditions. The question
did not come up until long after the
everything else had been deliberated
upon. Someone asked how much
money was available for new build
ings and for repairs, and then more
time was taken in figuring this out.
Secretary Elmer III. Ravens finally
figure there was $65,282 for new
buildings.
An eight room building will be
built on the Burns lot, constructed so
that eight rooms can be added event
ually. A four room addition will be
built to the Myrtle avenue school and
a four room building will be built to
relieve the Bostwick avenue school,
upon lot vet to be purchased. The
board will also secure a site for
new building to replace the Nichols
street school.
For these improvements the board
expects to spend something like $780,
900. Committees were chosen to SUI
pervise the new work and architects
were voted upon. Charles T. Boards
ley. Jr., was selected as the architect
to plan for the Burns building, and
these members of the board were
made a committee to supervise the
construction of that building: Rich
ard D. Murphy, John F. Brady, A.
w. Bell and Col. E. H. Ravens.
Leonard Ashefm was selected to
prepare plans for the Bostwick ave-
nue. school, and the committee on
this is composed of DIR. George w.
Osborn, John ]. Culllinan, DR.. D. II.
Monahan and w. r. Webster.
Plans for the Myrtle avenue school
Improvement will be made by F. A.
Cooper, and this committee will look
w. B. Boardman, Howard S. Challen
ger and William Lieberum.
After the Burns school is built the
board will take steps toward improv-
ing the Grand street building, the
congestion of which will be greatly
built on the Burns lot. The toilet
conveniences at the Grand street
building are in deplorable condition
and need attention. 1t is proposed
to add eight more rooms onto the
new Burns lot school as soon as pos
sible and to discontinue the use of
the Grand street school entirely, that
building being far too inadequate for
use.
Col. Ravens reported that lot of
land adjacent to the Nichols street
school would make an excellent site
for a new building, but the property
is not available for less than $500.
1t is appraised at $4,000. Col. Ha.
vens didn't regard the lot worth So
900 so this site was considered out
of the question. Col. Havens and Mr..
Challenger, who were previously con-
stituted a committee to look for avail |
able sites, were instructed to con-
tlnue their hunt.
Superintendent Charles w. Deane
reported to the board his idea of
this time. Some of the facts he stat
ed follow:
Myrtle avenue school has two port |
able buildings now in use, and needs |
four additional rooms to relieve con-
gested conditions.
Longfellow school on Bostwick
avenue, has three portables in use;
also one basement room unfit, and |
four rooms are required. Two rooms |
would relieve the congested condition |
because the new Poplar street build |
ing may relieve three rooms. There |
are three rooms and the anticipated |
growth of the section to provide for
Grand street school has two port
ables in use and needs four new
rooms.
Nichols street school is relieved at
present by one portable at Kossuth
needed to relieve congestion at Wal
tersville school. Four additional
rooms are required.
Lincoln school, has one portable in
use and two rooms are needed to re-
lieve congestion and allow pupils to
return from Sunmerfield and McKin-
ley schools.
Myrtle avenue, Grand street, and
Nichols street schools, are not modern
buildings. Longfellow has two base
ment rooms; Waltersville, three and
Lincoln, two, not included in the above
summary.
If no addition is made to the Myrtle
avenue building the use of two port
ables and four basement rooms must
be continued in USE
The Poplar street school will give
eight new rooms; two of these will
relieve congestion at Maplewood; two
take pupils from the portable
rooms on Howard avenue; three will
be filled with pupils now attending
Bostwick avenue school and one will
will take pupils from the portable
building at the Clinton avenue school.
BY retaining rooms on Howard ave-
nue. some relief might be given Long
fellow. This would necessitate atten-
dance upon these rooms by pupils
living south of the railroad.
If no rooms are built on the North |
avenue Or Burns lot two
pOrtables in use at the Grand street
school will have to be continued in