The Topeka state journal., 1916-12-01
IN NORTH TOPEKA
Extensive improvements Made
at Boys Industrial School.
The Work Was Done by In
mates of the Institution.

I'VE believe no institution in the
United States of the size of the Kansas
Boys Industrial school has con-
structed with its own help any i'm
provement that will compare in mag
nitude with this work which has just
been completed" says the November
number of the Boys Chronicle, the
school publication, just off the press,
in speaking of the construction of a
heat and power tunnel between the
buildings
The report continues:
THE proposed improvement called
for a tunnel which began at the power
house, extended south to the main
building from which point a branch
to the east extended to A. cottage
and another branch to the west ex-
tended TO the school building There
was also a branch tunnel reaching to
the north kitchen and the two dining
rooms. The proposed tunnel was five
and one-half feet wide, six and one
half feet high, with floor walls and
roof constructed of REINFORCED con-
crete.
[ THE entire work was done under
the direction of L. H. Rayburn and
by a force of boys usually eight in
number. The work was completed
October 81 and comprised a total
length of 1,431 feet. About 1000 feet
of this extent was three feet below the
surface. That portion of the tunnel
extending from the main building to
the school building was even with the
surface and the roof of the tunnel
formed a concrete sidewalk, an inn
provement. which added very much to
the appearance of that part of the
institution.
1.-The construction of this tunnel in
volved the relaying of floors in the
north kitchen, the south kitchen, the
officers dining room and the play
rooms Of the main building and A cot
tage. The total number of square feet
of concrete floors laid during the past
summer is Also. The laying of these
floors also involved making the neces-
sary fills by means of which the sub
basement was entirely eliminated and
these departments made absolutely
sanitary in every respect"
The total cost CT the Improvement is
IS, 5,306.14. 1t necessitates the excava
ton of $500 cubic yards of dirt mad
the laying of $3.50 square feet of con-
crete walk. Ten thousand feet of pipe
was relaid One thousand cubic yards
of fill vas involved.
'At this time" says the report, "the
steam mains and hot water pipes are
placed in the tunnel and in a short
time will be connected with all the
DullulnSS. Inc Underground cOndultS
which this tunnel replaced and which
| contained the mains of the original
heating system were so small that a
man could with difficulty pass thru
| them and it was impossible to do any
pipe work within them, neither could
an old pipe be taken out or replaced
with a new one.
''If such a tunnel as we now have
had been constructed instead of these
conduits and if the floors that have
been replaced had been properly con-
structed, thousands of dollars in
| money would have been saved to the
state and unwholesome and unsanitary
conditions which have been tolerated
| for years, would have been avoided -
Notes and Personals
Faith mission, 1902 Kansas avenue
entertained about eighty-five children
Thanksgiving day with a dinner and
a children's service.
| Mrs. G. E. Saunders. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. b. Turpin. died at
| Saiina Thursday. Funeral arrange
ments are not yet completed.
Mr.. and Mrs Will Buechner of Kan
sas City are visiting John Buechner,
1913 Van Buren street
Wampanoa tribe. No SO. Improved
Order of Redmen, will elect officers
this evening in their hall. 1902 Kan
sas avenue.
Bert Fraser and children, Mildred,
Paul and Keith, spent Thanksgiving
with MIR. and Mrs. L. p. Fraser, 1924
| Madison street
| c.. A. Marker made a business trip
to Eudora. where the Topeka Cream
cry company maintains a branch sta
ton, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Easter of Kansas
| City. Mrs. Eula Sayre and Miss Alma
Lyon spent Thanksgiving with Mr..
and Mrs. E. S. Meade and Miss Anne
NJ. Gould, 1925 Jackson street Miss
Gould returned to Kansas City with
Mr.. and Mrs. Easter for a visit of
three weeks.
Charles Mccormick of Kilmer is in
on business today.
A V. Lindell did a little hunting
north of town Thursday. He reports
that with three shots used, he killed
as many rabbits.
Joseph Stock of Rochester is in to-
day on business.
Mrs. John Jackson of Elmont spent
| Thanksgiving in st. Marys.
Jesse TaylC4 md family spent
Thursday in Perry.
Mrs. George H. Fitzgibbon and her
children, George, Helen and Paul, of
Wichita, spent Thanksgiving with
Mrs B. B. Blossom of Madison street.
Mr.. Fitzgibbon is expected to arrive
the last of the week.
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