The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-06-19
Board of Education Plans to
Continue With Erection
OF New High School.
TURN DOWN EXPERTS REPORT
State Department Sends Report Show
ing That Building Gould be made Safe
But Board is Unwilling to Accept Re
port and Follows Former Board.

The board of education closed up
the long argument in regard to the
rebuilding Of the high school at the
meeting on Tuesday evening when af-
ter a consideration of the question
lasting for nearly three hours the
members Of the board by a vote OF
nine 10 five directed that the plans
which had been made by the former
board for the construction of a new
wing to the building, the tearing out
of the auditorium, and the converting
of the assembly room into class and
study rooms, be carried out and that
the architect be directed to secure
bids at once for the work Of changing
over the west wing with the idea that
the new work will be started as soon
as it is possible to secure funds for it.
This motion was carried by the fol
lowing vote: Ayes, Commissioners Sui
Ivan, Buckmaster, Wallis, Curtis. Ma
loney, Cranoy, Flad, Barbour and
Joerndt; Noes, Newman, Yule, Hahn
Threinen and Schwanke.
There was lot of bitter feeling
shown in the discussion of the prob
lem and personalities were engaged in
Some Of the members Of the board
took these personalities very much to
heart, but the vote was taken without
Any pe4s@nal vieoae This sctioa fell
lowed the presentation Of report
from the commission made up in part
of representatives of the state in
dustrial commission The report fol
lows:
June IA, 1913.
Albert j. Tanck, Secy,
Board of Education.
Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Dear Sir:--
At the request of the board Of edu
cation at recen5 meeting commit
tee was appointed to make an investi
cation Of the onnex to the high school
building and to make a report regard
ing its safety. The committee ap
pointed consisted of the following per
sons: VIM. Rowe, Kenosha; ID. j
Harff, Kenosha; G. A. Halbert, con
sulting engineer, industrial commits
sion; G. W. Price, assistant to indus
trial commission.
This committee made a very thor
ough inspection of the annex of the
high school building and beg to sub
NIT the following report regarding
its findings:
First-The building was found to be
in safe condition as regards founda
tion and side walls except one por
tion Of the north wall mentioned
below.
Second-A section of the north wal
about 10x30 feet at the east end OF
the annex and above the floor of the
gymnasium was found to be out OF
plumb about inches.
Third-This condition was caused by
the lack of proper roof trusses.
Fourth-This defective condition
may be rectifed in the following
manner:
(a) The defective trusses can b.
made entirely safe by providing eacE
truss with tierods which should con
meet the lower ends and pass through
the gymnasium. The addition OF these
tie-rods will make the trusses sufficient
ly strong to sustain any load to which
they will be subjected After the tie
rods have been installed the portion
of the wall which is defective shoulc
be torn down and replaced by new
masonry.
(b) We have not included detail
ed design for the tle-rods but have
left this for your engineer.
(c) The 80 foot Orders which sus
tain the gymnasium floor are of suf
feient strength to carry all ordinary
loads for gymnasium purposes. How
ever, if the gymnasium is to be used al
q dance hall Or for military drills
these girders should be strengthened
and the brick piers which support then
should be correspondingly reinforced
td) The committee investigated the
girders over the openings in the foun
dation near where the new wing Joins
the old building. We found that there
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