Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending June 4, 1894 . his distiict erected one of the finest buildings inthe State at a cost of $90,000. It is built of fire brick, heated and ven-tilated by the Bennett & Peck system, and contains twenty-sixrooms. Homestead erected a splendid building at a cost of |42,000. It con-tains ten rooms and is heated and ventilated with the Smead system,with a telethermometer attiiched which registers the temperature ofeach room at the furnace in the basement. Oakmont built an addition of eight
Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending June 4, 1894 . his distiict erected one of the finest buildings inthe State at a cost of $90,000. It is built of fire brick, heated and ven-tilated by the Bennett & Peck system, and contains twenty-sixrooms. Homestead erected a splendid building at a cost of |42,000. It con-tains ten rooms and is heated and ventilated with the Smead system,with a telethermometer attiiched which registers the temperature ofeach room at the furnace in the basement. Oakmont built an addition of eight rooms and an assembly room toits building at a cost of |32,000. It is heated and ventilated by theSmead system. Rankin erected a brick containing nine rooms at a cost of $31, is heated and ventilated by the Bennett & Peck system. Duquesne built a brick containing eight rooms at a cost of |20, is heated and ventilated by the Bennett & Peck system. Mifflin added a two story brick at Munhall at a total cost of $23, contains eight rooms and is heated and ventilated by the Bennett& Peck .SS bib .s *3m oo o PL. No. 6.] ^Armstrong County. 5 Ben AYon built an elegant building at a cost of $21,000. It is con-structed of fire brick, contains eight rooms, and is heated by theSmead system. Upper St. Clair added a two-story frame containing four rooms. Braddock township erected a two-story brick with eight rooms,heated and ventilated by the Smead system at a cost of (about)$30,000. Numerous other smaller buildings were erected in various parts ofour county and in all a sum not less than |300, was put intopermanent school improvements. Conclusion. The educational forces of our county, we believe, were never betterorganized to accomplish their legitimate purposes than now. Theaverage length of our school term (now months) is gradually in-creasing, directors are furnishing better school facilities, and teachersare becoming more efficient. Under these favora
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