The log cabin Democrat., 1914-05-20
WILL BUILD TWO WINGS 10 SCHOOL Sl2,5OO IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE MADE ON PURIIC SCHOOL BUILDING DURING
 SUMMER.

Deciding after careful considerations
 that 1t 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 a meeting this morning unanimously decided to erect wings
 at the east and west ends of the pres ent building and to make other inn lprovements, the estimated total cost Iof which will be 12,500. Funds for ! the improvements and also money to retire the present second mortgage bond issue of $S,700 will be secured by
 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 a 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 pan 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- leration, the board found that little saving could be effected by a temper 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 q
 basement, the upper floor being divid- 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 a large room for the domestic science depart ment, while the basement containing the boys toilet rooms will also have l.oo in ,ubiah ha lah 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 during 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 spefiications, 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 gage bonds have been paid off. They will bear six per cent interest and
 were sold at par
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