Show THE NEW SCHOOL HOUSE the new will be like ahe contract awarded the bids for tho erection of a house as advertised in alie HERALD were opened last evening by the trustees following are tire bidders and the amounts J 00 y C flygare 00 G W harris 00 50 W W jones 2890 00 J G ellis 00 W W fife 00 fouler carr co 00 sai 00 the contract was awarded to mr X C flygare the building will be situated on second street between pearl and green streets facing liberty square on a lot rods for which the trustees paid it is one of the most beautiful sites in the city it will be built with brick with a substantial rock foundation four feet high and with 16 inch brick walls the dimensions will be 60 feet long by 80 feet wide 17 feet to the top of the ceiling and one story high at the north entrance will he a vestibule feet with appropriate steps leading to the entrance the vestibule will be ornamented on the roof with iron railing in the south will be two recitation rooms each x 10 feet with doors opening to the playground in the back and the main hall in front the inside will be nicely finished with wainscoting to the of the windows and the rooms will be seated ventilated and furnished in the most approved style work will begin on monday may and sixty days thereafter the structure is to be completed according to the arrangements of the contract it is intended that the building shall be finished and ready for occupancy by the september term of this year the house is what has long been needed in that rapidly growing quarter of our flourishing city and the enterprise will be hailed with delight by all the citizens in that region the trustees deserve much credit fur the wideawake interest ted in the cause of education be d sides the building described above another will be erected this fall in the second ward just east of the second ward meetinghouse where the trustees have purchased a building site |