Boston School Sanitation Report Calls for Reconstruction
A detailed Boston Common Council submission from Mayor Quincy presents the expert committee on school sanitation urging major reconstruction of heating ventilation and plumbing in city schoolhouses. It condemns current ventilation as not passable and highlights faulty main traps and improper trap placement as key dangers to students. The report outlines costed improvements and stresses prioritizing safe air flow and fire safety upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Quincy
Francis W. Chandler
Frederic Tudor
S.S. Homer Woodbridge
Association of Collegiates
Josiah Quincy
Health Department
Board of Health
Ventilation Upgrades Weighed for Warren and Chapman Grammar Schools
The report outlines proposed improvements for Warren Grammar School Charlestown and Chapman Grammar School East Boston including new boilers, vertical flues, primary heaters, fans, engines, and expanded air distribution. It notes duct gaps, unused Eureka ventilators, and the need for coat rooms, basements for equipment, and plenum ventilation to ensure directed air flow with estimated costs around three cents per week per student.
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W. C
Warren Grammar School
Charlestown
Chapman Grammar School
Boston
Eureka
Public school ventilation and sanitation overhaul urged
A commission urges organized authority for public building work and details extensive improvements for Dorchester Dearborn Eliot Roxbury and other schools. Proposals include new boilers chimneys vents fans and upgraded toilets with removal of old vaults exterior and interior plumbing remodels to ensure fire safety and better air flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester High
Dearborn
City schools face costly sanitation overhaul and new building needs
Officials warn Baldwin Primary Chardon place and Parkman Primary Silver street suffer un sanitary conditions making them unfit for use. They deem improvement impracticable without demolition or a new site, and call for a new building. Baker Street Primary West Roxbury is in bad repair but could be altered and repaired for continued use.
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Baldwin
Chardon Place
Parkman
Silver Street
Boston
Baker Street
West Roxbury
Francis W. Chandler
Frederic Tudor
Homer Woodbridge
Musician Bollhoff Dies After Hall Stair Fall
Worcester reports Oscar Bollhoff of 871 Centre Street Jamaica Plain fatally injured when he tripped on a steep rear stair at Frohsinn Hall during the 38th anniversary celebration. He died at City Hospital. Bollhoff, musical director for two years, led German societies in Boston and played with the Park Theatre orchestra. He leaves a wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Frohsinn Hall
Oscar Boliff
Centre Street
Jamaica Plain
Frohsians
Bollhoff
City Hospital
Boston
Park Theatre
Berlin
Excommunication Threat Over Easter Duties at St James Church
In Danlson Connecticut French Canadian Catholics face a clash over Easter duties requiring confession and absolution. Some have attended but refused to pledge support payment, risking excommunication and denial of rites for the sick or dead. The dispute may ease or intensify tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danielson
Conn
St. James Roman Catholic
Holy Communion
Wage Earners Hear Cecilia Concert At Husic Hall
The Cecilia marks its 160th concert with two parts four numbers and a grand organ Te Deum. Notable soloists include Mrs Genevieve Clark Wits and Mr Clarence Hay with praise for the chorus and Noel. The review notes the organ’s absence and calls for a proper Noel in Christmas season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moszkowski
Miss Lang
Noel
Saint-Saens
Tourgee
Clarence Hay
Mr Hay
Plancon
Genevieve Clark
M Townsend
Handel
Mme. Schilling
Siegfried
Mr. Smith
Brook
Sawyer
Lang
Noble Elks Installed at Brockton Lodge Session
The 120th Brockton Lodge B P O Elks meeting was held in Elks Hall with District Deputy Julius Zaeder of Worcester installing new officers. E R Fred M. Bixby led as estimable leading knight, others included H H Hobbs as loyal knight, Otis Wilbur, H Neal lecturing knight, Z H Neal secretary, T E Ransom treasurer, C B Kingman tyler, E B Holmes trustee for three years, J J Whipple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Brockton Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
Elks’ Hall
Julius Zaeder
Worcester
E. R
Fred M. Bixby
H. H. Hobbs
Otis Wilbur
H. Neal
Z. H. Neal
T. E. Ransom
C. 8. Kingman
Tyler
E. B. Holmes
J. J. Whipple
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jon
Ead
Eliot and
Ware
Lowell Grammer
Roxbury
Mather
Dorchester
Mead Street
Chapman School
Martin Grammar School
Charles Sumner Grammar
Norcross Grammar
Quincy Grammar
Sherwin Grammar
Everett Grammar
John A. Andrew
Tuckerman
Roxbury Street
George Putnam Grammar School
Edward Everett School
Cook Primary
Old Mather School
New Mather School
Bennet
Brighton
Bunker Hill Grammar
Bunker Hill
Sharp
Hobart
Capen
Clinch
Cyrus Alger
Drake
Emerson Grammar
Adams Grammar
Weston Street
C. O. Barrows
Barrows
Exchange St
Portland
Connecticut
Cecilia
Noble Elks
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