The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-08-05
HIGH SCHOOL TO BE cITYS PRIDE
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ton floor The floors in the gym and
| the auditorium will be of wood. The
| floors in the machine shops will be
made Of blocks laid on a sand cushion.
| The majority of the walls will be plas-
tered with d sand finish. The gym
nasium and the toilets will have a
glazed brick wainscoting. The pa-
chine shops and manual training
rooms will have walls of a select
brick. The entire basement will be
waterproOfed with ironite which is
applied to the walls and floors and
is guaranteed by the manufacturers
to resist water pressure for five years.
The size of the floor joists as well
as the distance they are placed apaT
in the whole building have been de
termined mathematically by the rela-
tive amount of load they will be called
upon to bear and the length of the
span. In most cases they are laid
1t inches on center but where there
is additional load they are placed II
inches on center. All of the floors
have the most sOund-proof construc-
tion known. Strips Of deafening felt
will be placed between the joists and
the rough flooring and then the entire
area Of rough flooring is to be COW
cred with quarter-inch deafening felt
Wood strips are then laid about 16
inches apart and additional sheets of
felt placed between them The fin
ished floor is then laid mailing it to
the wooden strips.
The ventilating system will be of
particularly modern and effective de-
sign. Fresh air is taken through
large lOuvres on the roof and carried
down to the fan room, passed through
heating coils which warns the air to
the proper temperature and then
blown to the rooms. Each room has
two air vents, one for fresh air and
the other an exhaust The fresh air
vent is placed about nine feet from
the floor and the exhaust registers
are near the floor, insuring a perfectly
ventilated and evenly heated room
The steam heating system is also of
the most modern and approved de-
sign.
The plans and specifications have
been made by Tyrie & Chapman of
st. Paul, and are the best that can
be had. Mr.. Mark says that the de-
signs are clear and good and tell ex-
actly what they want. Nothing is
left to guesswork. Every detail is
scientifically and mathematically con-
structed. "If the work can go on with
out serious interruption" Mr.. Mark
stated, "the building will be ready for
school next year"
Brookings is especially fortunate in
having home company to build this
splendid new structure, and at the
same time a construction company
which has an enviable reputation
throughout the state as careful and
conscientious builders. The A. NJ.
Wold-Mark Construction company was
organized eight years ago. and during
that time have completed about two
million dollars worth of work. They
have built many of the finest build
lngs in our city, among which could
be mentioned, the administration
building and the new dormitory at the
college, the Trygstad and Haugen
block, the First National bank build
ing and the Dybdahl and Kendall
ht,tl
have about 100000 worth of con-
tracts which include a three-story and
basement warehouse and a large fire
station at Mitchell; a consolidated
school house at Verdi, Mimi. and a
large church at Slayton, Mimi. The
company has about 125 workmen in
their employ