The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-05-18
u..ting Engineer Says New
HEATH Heating Plant Must be
Installed
40 p1IMDING WILL
! n ORDERED CLOSED
c.hool Board Calls Special
Taxation Election for
Saturday, June 8

That kenne"iSn
...,ol building in its present condl-
=, !, fire trap which violates all
:. regulations Of public safety and
-. i abated, is the opinion OF one
!. Se.ttle's competent heating engin-
a, vbo last week conducted a series
Z tests Of the heating plant in the
building.
4 most emphatically would not per-
Ii ! child Of mine to attend the
rAoOl With the heating plant in its
,,..sut condition and / feel it is my
duty to report the case to the state
bo.rd cf fire underwriters unless a diff
fersnt system Of heating is installed
befcre the next school term opens,
aid tie engineer to the editor of the
Courier Reporter. "At any time dur
ns the winter when the furnace was
beng heavily fired, had the electrical
current failed and the fans stopped
IL flames would have been driven up
tAru the air pipes into every room in
he building. The furnace is worn out
md beyond repair. As it is with the
ins going the flames are forced out
d the ash pit door and that you have
not had fire originating in the base
nent has been due to the extreme pre-
caution exercised by the fireman. The
air which the teachers and the little
toh we're compelled to breathe last
winter was highly impregnated with
maoke and coal gasses and must have
ben very annoying, if not harmful"
Tests conducted by the engineer
showed that the heating plant, even
non good repair, is not large enough
70 properly heat the building for the
number Of pupils housed in it. Heat
requirements for school buildings are
os computed on the cubical contents
q the room but upon the amount Of
nesh air that must be heated to sup
Ply the number of pupils in each
building. The ventilating system in
san building is all right, but in order
% properly heat the fresh air it has
Oeen necessary to overfire the fur
mace. During the extremely cold
weather Of two years ago the furnace
"s burned out and has been rapidly
gong to pieces since that time.
,ne engineer reptorts that with the
installation Of a humidity system, at
:. .ls small cost, the heating plant
!. : nH high school building will be up
" modern specifications.
81, staiiation OF a new heating
-. As IN tne Washington building is
e not she only problem which confronts
~ xn0ol district. Every one of the
= alse buildings has been crowded to
- "mlt this year. The school CEN
a.. V"s an increase and indicates
~ 'ae attendance will be greater
aa year than ever before. This
-. ~aas that at least one additional
y. Muse oe provided and equipped
i, s J. most !, feasible plan, in the opin.
,m.u ~ y sne board is the erection of q
h;.s portable building either on the
~ u OF grade school grounds which
dv.u,ma may be sold and used as q
j. The board, after DAYS of tiynr;n.
b.,.;s sseertained that to install a new
hr ,s.p plant |. in the Washington build
bu1d;.s sa'r the one in the high schoo
and n equip an additional room
p,n,aa meet a deficit in the fixed ex
~llbs special tax levy of 9 mill.
!, This nj Proposition will be s,,bmit+e,
pd.s ~ voters at a special election Sat
en- !. n .s s0ne 3. The polls will be on
eight ,sas sae city hall from one unit