New Britain herald., 1923-06-28

rate of sT,saa per Toaf
 We hRd that ai Manchester Greer
 a onsrstoFY fouT-Foam building nen
 fiFeproef second class construction, in elnding a smsf auditorium, Is eeslinl
 sls,Aaa at the rate 0f sie,sAA Rsl room,
 ''fhess three buildings are skaotls the same type and quality as the survey committee brought out al thf lest meeting of the city meeting hoard as heinz the type and quality which New Britain should consider erecting
 ''fhe above comparisons are made on the Washington school hsranss ii is the last building hnilt in this city and is the one to which more aF less criticism has hsen started because of it's apparent excessive cost,
 We believe that the ahave com paratise figures will plainly show the difference in cost between a perma nent hrenroef building and the enc story non -hrenraaf building of second rate construction,
 Walid Need i2a Per Gent More
 Raam,
 Taking the average room cost Of the Milldale and the Newingtnn build ing at si,sTs, does it not seem worth while to nut the added sT0a per room into the building and have one which is fireproaf, permanent and first class construction?
 As regards lat area required, Y IS absurd ta state that the one story building requires only is per cent more land The Washington school has twelve rooms in it's area ana a total of q rooms, Quitting the cor riders and stairways. class rooms alone would increase this present area an additional i2s per cent.
 The auditorium and gymnasium on one floor would increase the area respectively by i00 per cent Tn oth- CT words this building would he he tween 200 and 2?k per cent greater area if built on the one story plan.
 Comparing detail construction costs, Mir Retelie. Of Gilbert & Be telle, architects of the State Normal school Of New Britain. says in the Architectural Forum of August, 1922, relative 10 cost on two classes of con. fruenon--fireproof and semi-f fire proof. The usual ireproof type is understood to include masonry walls and floors. wood trim. and either n masonry or heavy timber roof. There Ia not a great difference in cost between short span. reinforced con. crete roof and one of timber, or st least not sufficient difference to ma terially affect the cost here given per cubic foot The semi-freproof build ! ing Is intended to mean a building having masonry exterior and corridor walls and other supporting walls but With stud partitions dividing indi- vidual rooms. floors in corridors and over boiler and coal rooms to be of 1reproof construction. but all floors of ordinary class rooms as well as roof of heavy timber
 Tn the New England district semi"Areproof buildings are costing '2c per cubic foot. while fireproof buildings cost 3sc to 3sc.
 " The cost of the schools built bv he construction department of the Cleveland board of education was 15c Il 1912: in 1920 it reached the peak, osting roc per cubic foot, and in 922 the cost dropped to 35c.
 Costs of new fireproof schools for 'olumbus and Ohio district generally re averaging BOG.
 "'The difference in cost between d emi- -fireproof and a fireproof building oes not amount to as much as for 1erly. in these days of high priced umber and comparatively low priced teel and cement, Practically all chool buildings of any size are being