Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-10
Special Precautions Employed
To Prevent Frost Affecting
Masonry-Present Phase of
Construction Will Be Com
pleted In February, Greatly
Increasing School Facilities

Construction is progressing rapidly
on the new Cony High school and it
was announced at the offices Of the
supervising architects, Bunker &
Savage. Thursday that the brick
work will probably be completed be-
fore Christmas, with the completion
Of the present phase of building au-
thorized at the annual school meeting
this year, finished about the first of
February.
Ihere will then be available for
use the four large rooms in the base
ment, soscalied, on the Stone street
size. These rooms are ultimately in
tended to be devoted to industrial
courses instruction, but may be used
temporarily as recitation rooms.
These rooms in the basement or first
moor OF the new building are lighted
py full length windows. On the Cony
street side OF the new unit there will
De TWO large and one small room
and also the girls laboratories.
An important adjunct to the high
school equipment, which will be sup
piled with the completion of the pres
ent contract will be the splendid new
gymnasium and galleries. When this
equipment becomes available. the
physical programs for both the boys
and girls, which are now necessarily
greatly curtailed, will be possible
and the gymnasium will also provide
opportunities for student athletic and
other activities which are not now
possible with the use of the former
assembly hall for class room pur-
poses. 1t will be recalled that IT, 3
Cony High school student body pledg-
ed the sum of $1,000 for gym. .asium
equipment, when the building project
was being considered by the citizens
committees prior the annual school
meeting.
Cold Weather Construction
Some citizens who have observed
the progress of the masonry con-
struction by the crew of the Horate
Purinton Company, have questioned
the wisdom of such work under pres
emit cold weather conditions. On the
Central Maine Power Company office
building project it has been noticed
that live steam Is being piped into
the super-structure where the work.
men carry on their labors under IN
immense yardage. Of heavy canv..s
coverings.
In explanation Of this matter the
architects of the high school build
ing informed the Kennebec Journal,
Thursday, that in the first place the
type of construction on the two pro-
jects is entirely different and de-
mands different treatment. The c.
NJ. p. Co. building is fundamentally
concrete structure, and extraordin-
airy means must be employed to keep
out frost during erection. The hot
steam and canvas shield method also
enables more rapid progress by the
workmen in cold weather. Brick
work on the Office building is but
secondary, and consists principally
of panel veneering.
The high school building on the
other hand is a structure of brick and
steel. The steel is not affected by
low temperatures during construc-
ton, while the necessary precautions
are being employed on the mason
work. under, the supervision Of the
architects. Arthur r. Savage, of
.. Bunker & Savage, the architects of
the new high school, speaking on the
point Thursday had the following to
say:
Certain precautions must neces-
sarily be taken when laying brick in
cold weather, which are being practi-