Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-09-21
NEW SCHOOL PLANT
NEAR COMPLETION
Work Being Pushed Ahead Sc
AS To Have New Building
Ready January LIST

Work on the new city school
building is progressing at a fine
rate of speed and it is hoped that
it will be able to be completed by
the first of January. Contractor
J. c. Miller, of Campbellsville.
with the contractor superinten-
dent, T. S. Todd, of this city. is
working hard to get the building
completed SO that the school
children can get in as soon as
possible. Mr.. Todd, besides be-
ling contractors superintendent
has the contracts for all the car
penter and iron work to be done
on the building.
Bingham & Stone. also of<this
city, have the contract for brick
stone and concrete work which is
nearing completion, presenting a
fine appearance. 1t is common
expression from those who look
over the building that the foun-
dation is the best concrete work
ever done in Richmond. The
brick work is also of a high order.
All Stepfany, head of the Santa
ry Plumbing Company, of New
port, has the contract for the
plumbing, H. Netherton, of Lou
lsville and Phil Willging, of this
city. for the painting. . = =
The new building has a Very
eoihniandifgg Situation and af-
fords dignity and prestige to the
city School system, - The new
site has many Big advantages
over 1the. Old location OH itht
Caldwell lot on Second Street.
which was small and did not have
such a commanding location. The
remark of the appropriateness
and correctness Of the location
has become very common and is
more than established.
This great new school plant is
Il two story structure containing
70 class rooms, nine Of which arc
22x31 feet and eight of which are
22x29 feet. The remaining rooms
are 1922 feet, being adjusted for
high school recitation purposes.
There is also a study hall 22x51.
which will take care of IS stu-
dents; a library room 1922 !:
teachers rest room Sx10: labora-
tory 22x35; superintendent Of
flee Sx10; domestic science room
22x04; manual training room
22x64; toilets 22x35, equipped
with lockers and showers two
play rooms 32x40; a lunch room
and boiler room. 1t seems now
that it may tax the building to
take care of the needs Of the city
schools when it is formally open
ed. There. is no waste whatso-
ever as to room in the building
as every foot of space is avail
able. The auditorium is So feet
wide and 81 feet deep with an or
chcstra pit and balcony. As many
as $50 can be comfortably seat
ed at one time. The stage is 20
feet deep while the prosceniurn
opening is 81 feet. Underneath
the stage there is ample room
for dressing rooms, but at pres
cnt partitions have not been
built. These were removed so as
to reduce the cost as we'll as S.
600 worth of cut stone which
was to have been placed upon
the ends of the buildings, causing
the windows on the ends to have
Brick '1iiullions. ceeoHq q s
The City School Board If Edu-
cation has had a great deal Q OF
trouble iii getting materials for
the work. The Construction Was
Stopped during tie 1honttiaof atuL
", due'to the Boards inability to
get brick Chairman John holland
deserves much credit for his per-
sistent effort in securing brick.
But for his application to the
task, the building would not be
above the first story. He made
a special trip to Alliance, Ohio,
to get brick from the factory and
pulled all wires of influence with
the railroadito get the brick here.
having ex-Lieutenant Governor,
McDermott while here in the
summer call President Mapother
OF the L. & n. to see what he
could do to help out Richmond.
The contractors, school officials
and the Board believe that the
new building will be ready for
use by the second semester which
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