Burgard Vocational High School - Craftsman Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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a np n li OYPDHI . M r 1 II 'D OO ? 1:0000 S sf UQ C it C 4 3. 5 Q- . E 7 'S- ? 2. 'O ,P J gn! , Q.: F . . N GXJQID For many years the faculty of Elm Vocational High School, with the members of the Board of Education, Mr. Henry F. Jerge, Presi' dent, Mrs. Hamilton Ward, Mr. Harry Roblin, Mrf Stanislaus Czaster, Mr. Henry Steul, and Dr. E. C. Hartwell, Superintendent of Schools, and Mr. F. H. Wing, Deputy Superintendent in charge of Vocational Education, have dreamed and planned a new school building-a structure in keeping with the highest ideals and traditions of the skilled crafts and vocations which are to be taught therein. Now their ambitions, coupled with those of many hun' dreds of representative men from labor and industry, are about to be realized. Ground was broken for the new Burgard Vocational High School, which is to take the place of Old Elm, on Tuesday, May seventh, nineteen hundred twentyfnine. Mr. Henry P. Burgard, members of the School Board, and about fifteen representatives of industry took part in the ceremony. The Architects' Plans Working hand in hand with the faculty, the school board architects, Mr. Emest Crimi and his assistants, have successfully engineered the difficult plan' ning of this unique school-from the first idea to the present completed blue' prints and specifications. Now the builders are engaged in the construction of what we believe will be one of the best, most practical and complete vo- cational school plants in the United States. Early in 1925, preliminary floor plans for shops, laboratories and class- rooms, were prepared by the instructors of the school. These drawings were revised and improved during the next two years. In April, 1928, Mr. Crimi and his force of engineers, architects, and draftsmen, began active work. They soon discovered that our early preliminary floor layouts were for a building very much larger than could be built for a million dollars, so it was necessary to curtail each department's requirements in order to keep the total cost within the sum appropriated. Bids Opened February 28, 1929 After different arrangements of the various rooms were tried, and conferences between the architects and the faculty were held, the final plan was evolved. Mr. Crimi, Mr. Gill, Mr. Schefler, and Mr. Dempsey, with the forces of their respective oilices, then completed the final working drawings and specifications for the architectural and structural work as well as the mechanical equipment of the building. Estimates were received on January 10, 1929, but were rejected because they exceeded the appropriation. Modifications were then made in the plans and specifications. New bids were received on February 28, 1929. On April 25th, Mr. Henry jerge, Chairman of the Board of Education, announced the awards of contracts to the following contractors: General Contract, Mosier and Summersg Heating and Ventilating, Lawrence Cating Plumbing, Batt Companyg Electrical work, Buffalo Electric Company. n Y ' . l F 5' P vs, '95 -l 4 flivffa- ' . 1.7 I 5 jsJg,x..1-i A 5 I ILL - 7 E l