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Show E IS SID 01 SCHOOL STRUCTURES Report Submitted to Education Educa-tion Board by Building Superintendent. ECONOMY IS CLAIMED Adoption of One-story Type Held Responsible for Much Saving. According to a report submitted to the city board of education by the superintendent su-perintendent of school buildings, an expenditure ex-penditure of $1G3,00Q on new building construction has provided accommodation accommoda-tion for J370 pupols at an average cost of $123 for each. It is pointed out in the report that the average cost in con- nection with the construction of the last live previous buildings was $183 for each pupil. The figures show an average aver-age saving of $'30 for each pupil. The economy shown by the figures of the report is attributed to several things, including the adoption of the one-story type or school building. The report shows the cost of plans and in-spectiion in-spectiion of work in connection yrith the construction of the three new buildings to have been 2.57 per cent of the total cost of the buildings, or $1320. Inspection Economy. It is pointed out in the report that payment of the architect's supervision fee of 5 per cent, together with $7 each day for services of inspection, in keeping keep-ing with the custom of former years, would have run the cost up to $1Q.S00, or $G-3S0 more than the $4320 shown in the report of the superintendent of buildings. Attention is-drawn in the Teport to I the fact, that the economy in cost of j providing housing for the J370 pupils afforded by the three newly erected i buildings was accomplished in spite of j an approximate increase of 20 per cent i in the cost of building materials. j Completed on Time. i Other economies in connection with the matters within the province of the superntendent of buildings are claimed in the report. They are all summarized in an estimate that shows a probable decrease in cost for the work of the building superintendent 'a department from $13,400 for the year ending July 1, 1 0 1 (S , to $12,780 for the year ending July 3, 1917. Such economies as have been effected have been coincident with greater efficiency, better results in construction and more prompt completion comple-tion of work, it is explained. It is polntnd out that in four building operations, including in-cluding the reconstruction of the Liberty Liber-ty school, two were completed ahead of time, one on time and only one later than the time limit of the contract. |