New Britain herald., 1928-12-28
M|DDLET0WN MAN
School ARCHITECT
". I. ToWner's Plan for AQ-
dtion Accepted by Committee
STATE GAME PRESERVE
Land is Leased In Northwestern Part
OF Town - No Developments In
High School Robbery - Want
School in WestWoOd Park.

The plan of William T. ToWner of
the School Plan Service bureau OF
Middletown was. adjudged the best
of the dozen submitted for the S95,-
900 addition to the Linden street
school sat a meeting of the special
building committee last night and
Mr.. ToWner was named as architect
of the proposed building. There
was at least one other plan which
was highly favored by members of
the committee. but that of the Mid
dletown architect met all require
ments and was much less costly
than its chief rival, so it was Sc
lected.
The Towner plan calls for the
building of a unit, almost exactly
like the present Linden street school.
behind the existing building and fac
ing the other way, while the two
units will he connected by a short
and fronting on. what is now known
as 1.-The passaway." The town plans
TO improve the passway and make
it regular street. which will give
the school entrances on two streets
and will greatly improve the school
property and all other land in that
section of the town.
The addition will contain t. rooms
and a large play room i'll the base
ment.' A kindergarten will be spread
across the north side on the first
floor. the fine. large kindergarten
department being one of the most
communicable features of the Towner
plan. This building, the committee
feels, can well be built within the
authorized appropriations, as it is es-
timatad than it can he constructed
at a cost of only 50 cents a-cuhic
foot and of s. a square foot of floor
space.
Plans and specifications will now
be prepared by the Middletown firm,
and then bids for the construction
of the addition will be called for.
Mr.. Towncr WAS the architect who
designed the Plainvillc High school,
which is considered by school au-
r+horities throughout New England as
almost an ideal building. from the
points of view of both economy and
adequacy of facilities.
Want WestWOod Park School
A delegation of three residents of
Westwood park asked for and We're
granted hearing before the build
: ing committee last night and stated
their desire for a six room ele-
mentary school in their section of
the town. They said that a census
showed there were Approximately
, rs children in the Westwood park
section who We're in grades to G.
and they felt that this number was
large enough to warrant a new
: school nearer at hand to abolish the
long walk their children now have
to make to attend classes at the
Linden street school.
The committee informed the dele
cation that it had been empowered
only to take charge of construction
of the Linden street addition and
had no authority to pass on new
school.
Superintendent of Schools Leon C.
Sta pies stated this morning that a
school in the w stwood park sec
: ton would be necessary within a few
years if that district continued 10
develop as at present. The next
school will probably be built there
: he continued, although it is posi-
: ple that a survey would show one was
more needed in the Pennington ave
: nue. district. Its location. if ii be-
: comes necessary to build it. will be
decided purely on the relative sizes
Of the sections it would serve, he
stated.
State Game Preserve
That tho state Is planning a game
preserve in the northwestern part
of Plainville. in the thickly wooded
territory about the Plainvlle Camr
| ground, was learned today when il
, became known that the state has
: leased land in that section for four