The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-21
WILL BUILD TWO
 WINGS 10 SCHOOL
SI2,5O0 IMPROVEMENTS
WILL BE MADE ON PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING DURING
 SUMMER.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
 Deciding after careful consideration that it is better and more economical in the end to build permanently and for at least five years in the future, rather than to adopt temporary meas ures for the relief of the overcrowded Conway public school, the board of directors at meeting this morning unanimously decided to erect wings at the east and west ends of the pres ent building and to make other inn provements, the estimated total cost of which will be 2,500. Funds for the improvements and also money to retire the present second mortgage bond issue of $S,700 will be secured by a new second mortgage bond issue contracted to Speer & Dow, bankers of Fort Smith.
 Members of the board have for sev- eral weeks been devoting much thought to the building proposition. At first several of them were opposed to the expenditure of a large sum on account of the depleted finances of the district and favored the. erection of temporary frame. structure, on the campus to accommodate the over crowded primary grades. Architect c. l.. Thompson of Little Rock, who designed the present main building, was called in consultation and the pre- liminary sketches drawn by him con- stituted the plan adopted today.
 Besides the imperative need of ad- ditional room, the school also faced [. the problem of installing sewerage connections, and with no provision in the present building for toilet rooms a large additional expense would have been necessary to meet this require ment. Taking everything into consid- eration, the board found that little saving could be effected by tempor- ary building at present, while such plan would mean large unnecessary expense for the future.
 Under the plan adopted the two an- nexes, each 67 by 36 feet, will be erected at either end of the building. They will have one main floor and basement, the upper floor being dlvid- ed into two large class rooms, thus giving the school four additional class rooms. Each basement will contain toilet, bath and lavatory rooms. The basement in which the girls toilet rooms are located will contain large room for the domestic science depart ment, while the basement containing the boys toilet rooms will also have room in which the science laboratory will be located. In the passageway to each annex will be located drink ing fountains, so that it will be un- necessary for pupils to leave the building for any purpose d'lring school hours. The annexes will be heated from the central heating plant, which will be thoroughly overhauled
 The walls are to be so constructed that another story may be added when needed at small expense.
 Secretary w. B. Hubbell of the board today telephoned Architect Thompson to begin work at once on the plans and specifications, in order that the contract may be let as soon as possible. All of the improvements will be completed before the opening of school next September
 The board decided to issue a total of $23,000 in second mortgage bonds to take care of the improvements and to pay off the old bonds now held by Hal ter Bros. The first of the new bonds will not begin to mature until five years after the last of the first mort