Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-11-13

o."ooi Nentilating Heater. made
ny National Heating CO., Aurora. III:
the Bound Oak Heating and ventila.
ing system, made by p. ID. Beckwith.
Dowagiac, Michigan. These systems
are SO arranged that they obtain fresh
AR from outside the schoolroom. heat
~ circulate it uniformly turnout the
room and then remove the foul air
from the room. The cost of the system
varies with the size and the make. II
not likely to be less than 500 nor
more than 5000. The great majority
OF the schoolrooms are so small that
tney need only the smallest size of any
OF these systems. With ordinary care
II seems that the depreciation should
not exceed 10 per cent per wear. If
tne system cost, say, 1925, Il would
therefore cost $3.50 per year-not a
great amount considering the vast bene
fits derived from it.
"a. A homemade system. .If a
oistriet has good east iron stove
"hich IT does not care to discard, a fur.
mace may be made of it at little ex
pense: At the corner of the house emf
a hole in the foundation wall and
another thru the floor where the stove
is to stand. Connect these omen.
ings with a galvanized iron condn;t
and surround the stove with a palyan;z'
ed iron jacket about inches from the
sides of the stove. The Jacket should
reach and be fastened To the floor anJ
ne ne extended to a height of ) feet.
mere should be door in the jacket
tnru which fuel may be placed in
'ne stove and thru which the ashes
may be removed. There should be
anotner door at the bottom of the lack.
et; IT should be on hinges, but should
pe so attached that it may be raised
or lowered. 1t should be about II in.
ches wide and Is inches high. The hole
In the floor should be IL by Is inches
and provided with the ordinary hot air
register, thus making it possible to reg
uiate the amount of air admitted or
smut 1t off altogether. When the room
IS TO be heated quickly the register
should shut off the outside air. By
opening the sliding door in the Jacket
the ar within the room is admitted to
the furnace. When the room is suffi.
Gently warm and the children are pre-
sent the register should be opened and
the sliding door closed. In order that
fresh air may flow into the room
tnru' the furnace an equal amount
OF foul AR must escape. This can be
provided for by attaching a lO.inch
galvanized pipe to the jacket and ex
tending it from within inches of the
floor upward thru the roof. This
Will take air off the floor outside the
furnace. 1t should be provided with
damper that it may be closed when on
very windy days the air might come
down this pipe.
For the usual sized stove the Jacket
should be 40 inches in diameter and 60
inches high from the floor to the ton.
Inc galvanized iron should come with.
In II inches of the floor. The material
necessary for such jacket is as fol.
lows: l sheet galvanized iron s l.2 #.
by TT. sheet galvanized iron, door.
by TT. bars iron by 3-l6 inches.
10 l-2 IT. long, for rims inside of Jacket
at the bottom and the top for reinforce
ment. bars iron by "a inches. s fl.
inches long, for legs and reinforce.
ment on each side of door opening.
? bars iron by IA inches, ) #. 2
inches long, for legs and reinforcement
at back of jacket. The legs should be
bent SO as to give each a foot of |
III u Which, uedNN screws |
should fasten them to the floor. Rivets
should pass thru the jacket and the /
inns, Fastening all securely. The rims
should not be riveted at the joint at
The door until after the jacket is in the |
'ehoolroom; doors to some school
houses are too narrow to admit the |
Jacket completed. This home made
Dom furnace can be depended upon to
leat and ventilate the room as eff .
'ectually as high-priced patented one.
Any timer can make it. The expense
hould not exceed 500 Circular No.
%, Dept. of Public Instruction, iii /
lois.) A diagram of similar home
made system is shown in Brewer IS
Rural Hygiene.
20. If the school has no heating and
'entilating system, the air can be kept
easonably pure only by providing an
utlet for foul air as well as an inlet
or fresh air. This can be secured by
,eeping at least 2 windows open; one
hould be opened from the top les
'ecially if the windows extend to the
cling, and another from the bottom.
wide board being fitted in the latter
pening so that the air must 90 be.
nd windows should be wide open. and
II the pupils as well as the teacher
hould be outdoors whenever the
7eather will permit.
26. Water supply. Trustees should
rake periodical examinations of the
yater supply. They should see to it
hat wells or springs are kept cleaned
ut. Water should not be used if it
ontains surface drainage, or if there
e any possibility of contamination
rom stables or privies.
81. Whenever running water under
ressure can be obtained, number of
ne most perplexing of the problems of
.hool sanitation are readily disposed
{. The water can be piped into the
,hoolroom; basin can be installed,
here the children may wash them
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