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Show . . REPORT OF THE OOMXISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIBS. 35 I this school to its original capacity of 300 pupils previous to the destruction of the old dormitory. To increase the industrial features at the Indian schools at Chamber-lain, 8. Dak,, and Carson City, Nev., shop buildings have been erected. Acetylene-gas lighting plants have also been installed at each of these places, and also at Fort Mohave, Ariz. Modern electric-light system and cold-storage warehouse have been erected at Chilowo, Okla. Congress having appropriated $25,000 for a new school building and $5,000 for a new hospital at Genoa, Nebr., plans for the same are now under contract. A new dormitory, for which there is appropriated $20,000, at Grand Junction, Colo., has been completed. A new sewerage system has also been installed, which relieves unsanitary condition of the plant. At the Kickapoo school in Kansas a new laundry, warehouse, employees' cottage, and water system complete an elegant little school plant for 75 pupils. Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kans., one of the largest school plants, has received handsome additions and improvements in the shape of a new school building, costing $25,000; a new steam plant, $10,000; a domestic building, 825,000, and employees' building, $5,000. To increase its e5ciency from an industrial standpoint and give more room for pupils, Congress has provided at the Salem school, Oregon, an industrial building, $6,000; a brick dormitory, $20,000; a laundry, $5,000, and an extension of the steam heating and electric lighting plant, $11,000, all of which are now under contract. The Santa Fe school, New Mexico, has been improved by extending the school building, erecting a warehouse, and providing a lighting plant. At the Shoshoni school, Wyoming, a new hospital and sewer and water system have been made. The Tomah (Wis.) school has received material improvements by the erection of dormitories, superintendent's quarters, hospital, etc. The Grand River Indian school, on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, has been enlarged by the erection of a new school building, remodeling the old dormitory, changing other buildings, and installing a complete sewer and water system, all of which will increase both its capacity and efficiency. The principal improvement at Phoenix (Ariz.) school was an audi-torium. The purchase of additional land, for which Congress appro-priated $4,800, will give needed facilities for extending the industrial training suited to that locality. An extended water and sewer system, with necessary plumhing for buildings, is under contract for the Potawatomi school, Kansas. |
