Evening journal., 1915-12-16
AGREE ON PLAN FOR
SANITARY schools
Joint Committee to Have
Buildings Improved in
Numerical Order
URGENT CASES FIRST
TO BE PUT IN SHAPE

appointed by the Board OF Health, tue
Board of Education and City Coun-
Gil to investigate the sanitary condi-
ton of fourteen public schools ordered
closed by the Board OF Health submit
ted their report to the Mayors Ad-
visory Board yesterday afternoon. The
report set forth that the schools would
not be closed, but that the remedying
Of conditions at Nos. and 4 schools
would be taken up first, and the other
schools would be attended to as soon
as possible. Il was also stated that
the committee would submit a detailed
report of their work in the near fu-
ture. The entire advisory board was
present excepting Colonel George w.
Sparks and Samuel H. Baynard. The
report submitted was as follows:
Wilmington, Del, Dec. IA. 1915.
"The Hon. James II. Price, Mayor OF
City Of Wilmington, the Mayors
Advisory Board.
Gentlemen: Your committee select
ed for the purpose of inspecting GER
tain OF the public schools OF Whining
ton desires to submit the following re-
port.
I'VE have inspected all schools in
cluded in the Board of Health's COM
plant and find the best method of
correcting conditions is by considering
each school separately and individ-
ually, and proceeding TO supply its
particular needs first, rather than to
attempt to present one general plan
which will include the repairs Of all
buildings inspected. The conditions and
needs OF these buildings vary to such
an extent that each one should be con-
sidered separate problem. We as
sumo that it will be satisfactory to
the Board Of Health and Mayors Ad-
visory Board if this committee con-
siders first those buildings whose con-
ditions are in greatest need Of cor
rection.
Following this plan the committee
is preparing specifications for esti-
mates to correct conditions at No. 9
and No. schools first These esti-
mates will be referred to the finance
committee Of Council for its consider
alton. This process will be continued
as rapidly as possible until all the
/ Wilmington schools involved have
been included
1T is our intention to submit in
the near future. comprehensive re-
port which will include all phases OF
/ the sanitary conditions of all the city
4 schools, together with our recommen-
dation for their maintenance in a con-
tinuous sanitary condition.
GEORGE ROMMEL,
EDWARD MCKAY,
4 &C. J. SCOTT.
OSCAR DRAPER.
"E. NJ. HOOPES. JR..
JULIAN ADAIR."
\ DR.. Julian Adair, president Of the
Board OF Health. which had ordered
the schools closed. said that the plan
mapped out would prove satisfactory
and bring about the best results OBJ
y tainable at the present time. Specif-
cations for the work will be prepared
by Municipal Engineer Hopes and
Plumbing Inspector Mckay. The
u committee will then approve the speci-
hcations and advertise for bids and
award the contract to the lowest bid
der. The bills will be approved by
the committee and turned over TO the
Board Of Education and in turn re-
ferred 10 City Council for payment.
Council will appropriate the money
TO cover the specific bills and return
them TO the Board of Education for
final payment.
Dr. Adair added that the commit
tee would take into consideration the
financial status of the present Coun-
Gil and would go as easy as possible
at the present time, but when the
budget is prepared for next year,
Council will make appropriation for
the balance of the work
Samuel II. Baynard, president of
the Board Of Education, was pleased
with the outcome of the committees
work.
The special committee which made
the report was comprised Of DR..
Julian Adair. representing the Board
of Health; George ROmmel the Board
/ Of Education; Oscar c. Draper, City
Council; and Edward Mckay, plumb
ing inspector; Clifford ]. Scott, super
intendent Of schools. and +. NJ
Hopes, municipal engineer, ex-oficio
. ! members