The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-23
SCHOOL BOARD CONSIDERS MUCH
 BUILDING WORK
Committee Instituted To Find Out What Is Responsible
 For New High School Delay.

For New High School Delay.
 At its meeting last night the Board of Education voted to spend $180,O00 of the $20O, 900 serial note issue in a new Nichols street school to cost $90,- 900, four room addition to Columbus school to cost $1s,O00, new eight room Bostwick school to cost $36, 000 total of $180,000. The board also voted to ask the Board of Apportionment for $25.000 for fire escapes on the schools as required by Chief Mooney of the fire department
 1t was also voted to send Commis- sioners Ryan, Murphy and Webster to New York to confer with Architect James G. Rogers and learn why work is not started on the new high school which is to be built at a cost of $325, ,000 It was expected that work on this school would be started by September I and the architect is blamed for the delay.
 It was voted to employ an expert to arrange for the work of placing the fire escapes on the schools. Be- tween $1S,ooO and $20,0O0 will be spent on the fire escapes and the remainder of the appropriation which the board hopes to get will be used for fire prooffng the boilers. Commissioners Challenger, Bell and Murphy have been in communication with six firms on the matter of fire escapes and the committee has been told that in or der to secure the lowest bids in com- petition on the work 1t must submit specifications which the expert will be asked to prepare.
 Although some df the carpentry work and painting is still unfinished at Whittier school it was accepted by the board last night but Architect As helm was instructed to withhold pay ment for the work until it is completed to his satisfaction.
 The board spent some time going over plans with Architect Asheim who has made the plans for the new Mich ols school. Bids will be advertised considered by the board on Novem- Der 3. Fred A. Cooper was chosen architect to prepare plans for the addi- tfon to Lincoln school which will be built on land recently purchased by the board on Stra atford avenue adjoIn- ing the present building.
 Charles D. Beardsley. architect of the present building was chosen to prepare plans for the proposed addi- tion to Columbus school over B. G. Southey, by a. vote of to ?.
 The report of Superintendent Deane showed that the new Whittier school is filled to it's capacity, the first five rooms with pupils living in it's vicin- tty and the upper three rooms by pu- pils from the Longfel1ow school dis trict.
 The Bryant school. has 416 pupils, suf- hcient to fill nine rooms. A porta- ble building is required
 The Oak Street school, the Nichols nue school each require an additional room, which can be supplied only by portable buildings.
 Shelton school calls for two addi- tiona1 rooms, one of which be supplied by fitting up a basement AA N&A tzx1 11T building.
 Lincoln school has been relieved by l transferring the pupils living between Holly street and the railroad to the | summerfieId school, thereby filling ev- cry room in the SuHnmerfield school. | Even this arrangement has not made l 1t certain that half time sessions will not have to be held at Lincoln school
 Notwithstanding that the new paro- chiaI school has withdrawn about 800 pupils from the public schools, all of the rooms in the Staples school, ex- cept the basement room, are occupied | and all but one in the Garfield school |
 The Columbus school is completely | filled and seven of the ten rooms are still occupied at Grand street school.
 The vacant rooms now in the city are: |
 Two at Black Rock.
 Two at Huntington road.
 One at Garfield.
 One basement room at staples.
 Three at Grand street.
 These are hardly available for the | relief of the congested districts.
 To meet the immediate needs these ,ooms are needed: II
 One at the Normal school.
 One at Oak street school.
 Two at Shelton school.
 One at Nichols school.
 One at Newfield school.
 One at Bryant school
 Two portable buildings are available 1t Grand street school. Supt. Deane also asked the board to provide for the fitting up of the basement room in Shelton school and to build four DOT able buildings.
 Commissioner Bell has invited an ex- pert from New York to tell the board low soft coal may be used in the Ichools If his talk is convincing he board may decide to experiment with the coal in one of the schools.
 B. e. Southey was chosen to make plans for the new school on the lot at 3ostwick and Wordin avenues, over Architect Asheim by a vote of seven o two.
 These committees were appointed on he new schools: Columbus, Commis- oner Brady, chairman, Dr. Ryan, durphy and Havens; Lincoln. Commis- ioners Bell, chairman, Boardman, Challenger and Lieberum; Wordin and 3ostwick avenues, Commissioner Web ter, chairman, Commissioners Os- porn, Bishop and Culiinan.
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