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The Jefferson School building, long before its removal, had become an eye-sore to the citizens. For years before its final disappearance it wore a very dilapidated appearance. In 1864 the school encountered a speck of war; at least it would appear so from a report then made by the superin- tendent to the board: "That the military, under command of Col. Dean, took possession of the Jefferson school lot, thus obstructing and hindering the progress of the school, and rendering the continuance thereof unpleas- ant, and in many respects improper, and that he had closed the school." The school remained closed for only a few days, because, as we suppose, the Colonel, finding himself and command in an unpleasant situation, con- cluded, as many another Colonel has done, that discretion is the better part of valor, and he retreated.
In 1875 the ground was desired by the county as a location for the new court-house, whereupon the board of education ceded it to the county, and purchased Johnson College and the block of ground on which it stands, for the sum of $30,000. This building was, as soon as it could conveniently be done, remodeled and modernized throughout, so that, next to the Franklin, it is now one of the best school-houses in the country. It con- tains fourteen school-rooms, ten of which are at present occupied. There is a primary and a grammar department in the building.
The Berrian School was built in 1868, at a cost of $7.200. School was opened in the two lower rooms, the upper story not having been com- pleted till the summer of 1869, when a third room was opened. The house
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contains four rooms, and is located within one block of the southern limits of the city, and by reason of such location the number of pupils attending does not increase very rapidly.
The Washington school-house was erected in 1869, nearly on the same plan as the Berrian, at a cost of $7,619. The house is located in the north part of the city on the northwest corner of Cherry and Sixthi streets.
The Webster was the third school organized in the city, and the house was built about the year 1855. It contains four large school rooms and two small recitation rooms. The internal part of the house had finally become thoroughly worn out, so that, in IS73, it underwent an entire remodeling. Nearly everything was torn out, leaving little beside the bare walls, and the house was so completely reconstructed as to make it practi- cally a new house, though with not more seating capacity than before. It has always been a popular school, and, as a consequence, it has at all times been crowded. The ground upon which the school is located, at Maine and Twelfth streets, is one of the most beautiful spots in the city.
The Irving School is located on Payson avenue, between Eighth and Ninth streets. The house, containing four rooms, was built in 1864, at a cost of $3,413. School was opened in May of that year in the two lower rooms, and in the two upper rooms in October following. In 1873 an addition of two large rooms to the building was erected at a cost of about $4,000. This, however, included a thorough remodeling of the old build- ing. The house now contains six school-rooms that are not inferior in any respect to the best in the city. The number of pupils in attendance has been constantly increasing, and to such an extent finally that a room for- merly occupied as a private school, within a few yards of the building, was leased, and a branch of the Irving primary established in it.
The Jackson School is located on the northwest corner of Vine and Eighth streets. The building was originally constructed for the purpose of a private school and was called the "Quincy Academy." It was pur- chased by the board of education in the month of July, 1866, for the sum of $12,000, and its name was changed to "Quincy High school." After the high school was removed from there it assumed the title of "Jackson school.". In the early part of the summer of 1875, in the night time, a tornado swept over a portion of the city, and among other buildings blown down was the Jackson school-house. It was made alinost a complete wreck. The house was immediately rebuilt at a cost of $6,000. It con- tains four large rooms, well ventilated and well lighted, and is in every respect a most desirable building for school purposes.
The Madison School is a small, one-story building located at the inter- section of Maine and Twenty-fifth streets. The building and ground was conveyed to the board of education in 1867 by the directors of School District No. 4, Melrose township, in consideration of the promise and agreement on the part of the board of education that the children of parents residing within the limits of said district, though they might be outside the city limits, should forever have the right to attend said school.
The Lincoln School has been devoted to the education of the colored children, and is situated on north Tenth street. It was originally estab- lished in 1861, but for some time previous to that year there was a small, one-story single room building located on or near the site of the present Lincoln school-house, which was used for the purpose of a colored school. In the above stated year, Miss Louisa Alexander was appointed teacher at
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a salary of $200. In February, 1862, it was ordered by the board of edu- cation "that unless the average attendance at the colored school during the current quarter shall amount to twenty scholars, that said school shall be closed at the end of the quarter." It was closed at the end of the quarter, opened again in August, 1863, and closed again in the following April, "on account of the difficulty in procuring a competent teacher." On the 25th of May following it was again opened with Miss E. Y. Hancock, teacher. Since that time it has been steadily progressing. In 1872 an excellent four-room school house was built at a cost of $6.200.
The High School was first organized in the Centre school building Sep- tember, 1864; thence in the fall of 1866 removed to what is now the Jack- son school, and from thence to the Franklin. At the latter period and up to 1870 the standard of this school was barely up to that of the grammar schools of to-day. The principals of the school from its organization till the present time are as follows: Mr. A. W. Starkey, who held this position at two different times; H. A. Farwell, C. C. Robbins, and Rev. Wm. B. Corbyn, D. D., who was appointed in the month of June, 1874, and who has given the utmost satisfaction to the board of education and the patrons of the school. That gentleman is also principal of all other departments in the Franklin school building. The high school has a fine laboratory, and it is well supplied with apparatus and appliances. A large case of geological and conchological specimens has been collected, assorted and properly labeled. It has also the nucleus of a fine library.
The valuation of the public school property in the city, buildings and grounds, is estimated at $200,000, and the furniture at $15,000. Fifty- five teachers are employed, four of whom are males, their salaries aggre- gating $28,500 annually. There are nine school buildings, with fifty-three school-rooms, besides five recitation rooms, as follows: Franklin, 15; Jef- ferson, 14; Washington, 4; Jackson, 4; Lincoln, 4; Webster, 4; Irving, 7; Berrian, 3; Madison, 2; total, 58.
The seating capacity of these buildings is as follows: Franklin, 750; Jefferson, 750; Washington, 220; Jackson, 220; Lincoln, 220; Webster, 250; Irving, 220; Berrian, 200; Madison, 100; total, 2,930.
The facts and figures relative to the condition of the public schools in Quincy have been obtained from T. W. McCall, the present efficient super- intendent of schools.
The following is a list of superintendents from the organization of the school system up to the present time:
Isaac M. Grover
.July 10 1847, to April 1850
C. J. Swartwout,
April
1850
1851
John Murphy.
1851
1852
Warren A. Reed
1852
1854
John Murphy.
1854
1856
H. S. Davis. .
1856
66 1858
N. T. Lane. .
1858
1859
B. B. Wentworth.
:6
1859
66 1860
H. S. Davis ..
1860
Aug.
1864
A. W. Blakesley
August
1864
1865
J. W. Brown
1865
1866
W. G. Ewing.
1866
יר 1867
·
James Lowe.
1867
1869
J. W. Brown.
66
1869
46 1871
T. W. Macfall.
66
1871
pres't time
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The presidents of the board of education are as follows:
Thos. Jasper ..
March 1, 1861, to Aug. 1, 1861
I. O. Woodruff.
August 1, 1861,
1,1862
Wm. Marsh.
1, 1862,
1,1864
I. O. Woodruff.
1, 1864,
66
1, 1866
A. J. Lubbe.
1, 1866,
1, 1867
P. A. Goodwin.
1,1867,
1,1872
R. S. Benneson
1, 1872, date
The following table shows the attendance and general school standing for the last school year as compared with previous years, and is contained in the superintendent's last annual report:
1873-4
1874-5
1875-6
1876-7
1877-8
Number enrolled
3548
3250
3395
3554
3807
Number withdrawn
2484
1855
1858
1899
1979
Number suspended
11
15
20
29
89
Number readmitted.
1045
777
747
766
775
Number of cases of tardiness.
6111
5959
4330
4177
4783
Average number enrolled.
2331.8
2316.6
2482.9
2609.4
2813.3
Average number of boys enrolled.
1178.9
1180.3
1247.9
1287.8
1368.4
Average number of girls enrolled.
1152.9
1136.6
1234.1
1321.6
1444.9
Average daily attendance.
1866.6
1951.2
2107.2
2234.9
2427.1
Average number belonging.
2048.5
2118.5
2265.5
2393.9
2578.7
Per cent. of attendance on average number be- longing.
91
92
93
93.4
94 29.88
Per cent. of school population admitted.
29.83
29.54
28.55
29.88
Per cent. of attendance on whole number en- rolled ..
52
60
62
63
63
Per cent. of attendance on the average number enrolled for each month.
80
84
85
86
86
The list of teachers is subjoined :
FRANKLIN SCHOOL. Principal-Rev. Wm. B. Corbyn, D. D.
Assistants.
Prof. C. Rotschka,
Augusta Fernkas,
Louisa M. Robbins,
Ella Eaton,
Emma Atkenson, Jennie Roberts, Lotta B. Davis,
Maggie R. Kenney, Anna Gallaher,
Hannah J. Mahoney,
Effie Bernard,
Susie J. Dunn,
Diana E. Head.
JEFFERSON SCHOOL.
Principal-Julia W. Burns.
Assistants.
E. M. Sturgis, M. W. Robinson,
Helen E. Bernard,
E. A. Wright, Sallie R. Williams,
Clara E. Patton, Effie Adams, Mrs. A. W. Starkey.
WASHINGTON SCHOOL. Principal-Ella Atkinson.
Rose V. Kenney,
Assistants. Laura G. Menier,
Bessie Duff.
JACKSON SCHOOL. Principal-Mary E. Welch. Assistants. Dora Field, Fannie E. Bywater.
Kate Smith,
.
M. A. Bryant,
Clara H. Keenan,
.
C 11
Moore
(DECEASED) QUINCY
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LINCOLN SCHOOL. Principal-Oliver M. Atwood, M. D. Assistants. Emma Coger.
Lizzie A. Lindsay,
WEBSTER SCHOOL.
Principal-Lizzie Welch.
Mollie P. Allen,
Assistants. Emma Schell, Fannie Reynolds.
Elanora D. Simmons, Ella N. Wentworth,
IRVING SCHOOL. Principal-Cornelia A. Wakeman. Assistants. Janet A. Gatchell, Clara Gunther, Jennie E. Welch,
Nellie V. Shannahan, Eliza Trowbridge.
BERRIAN SCHOOL.
Principal-Kate L. Anderson.
Assistants.
Kate Shannahan, Nellie Kane, Rose E. Kane.
MADISON SCHOOL.
Assistant: Elenor Cottnam.
German-Albertina Jahn.
ST. FRANCIS SOLANUS COLLEGE.
The St. Franciscan Fathers of the Province of the Holy Cross came to America from Germany in the year 1858. In the same year several members of the order established a house in Quincy, when they opened a high school and founded St. Francis Solanus College. The first location was on Maine street, but in the year 1860 the order built a church and mon- astery on Vine, between Eighteenth and Twentieth streets. The latter building was used as a school for day scholars only until 1870, when in order to accommodate the numerous applicants they erected the building now expressly occupied as the college. In 1873 the college was chartered and now has all the privileges of a university. Since the charter was ob- tained the average annual attendance has been 110, sixty-five per cent. of whom are students from abroad. In the course of instruction there are three departments, viz: the preparatory, commercial, and collegiate, each of which is complete in its own sphere. Twelve professors, mostly mem- bers of the order, are engaged in these departments, devoting their whole time to the instruction and welfare of the students.
In addition to the Catholic college above mentioned, very large and excellent schools are attached to the St. Peter's, St. Boniface, and the St. Mary's churches, also a fine convent seminary on the corner of Eighth and Vermont streets, entitled the Convent of Notre Dame.
CHADDOCK COLLEGE.
This institution was organized in the year 1853 under the name of Quincy English and German College. Among the trustees were George Leibrick, John Kinkil, H. Dills, W. Dickhut, and F. W. Jansen. The school was first opened in one of the school rooms of the old Vermont Street M. E. Church, and after their new building on Spring street, between Third and Fourth, was completed, the school was moved into it. J. F.
Principal-Mary Long.
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Jaques was elected president and acted in that capacity for about five years. The school grew to be a very prosperous institution under his man- agement. In the later years the school became very much embarrassed. During the war the building was used as a military academy under Prof. Powell, and afterward used as a hospital. After the war the school was reopened and Rev. Mr. Andrus was elected president, who succeeded in making the college a success. He afterward was succeeded by Rev. George W. Gray as president, who also proved a successful one. W. C. Bourn succeeded Rev. Mr. Gray, but the school did not prosper under his management. The name was changed to Johnson College in 1874, the Quincy English and German College and the Johnson College of Macon, Mo., being merged into one institution, to be called by the latter name. Prof. E. W. Hall acting in the capacity of president. In 1875 the building was sold to the Quincy board of education for $30,000, and the building known as the Gov. Wood mansion was purchased for the sum of $40,000 and the school moved out to that building the same year-1875. In the fall of 1876 Charles Chaddock, Astoria, generously gave the institu- tion the magnificent sum of $24,000, which lifted the college out of its embarrassment. In consideration the name was changed to that of Chad- doek College, in honor of Mr. Chaddock. Prof. Hall resigning in 1878, J. G. Evans, of Hedding College, Abingdon, Ill., was elected president. Under his management the college gave promise of snecess, but becoming embarrassed he was obliged to resign. The executive committee, T. D. Gam- ble, George Adams, and H. Reed, have the school in hand at present and propose to continue until the end of the college year, when arrange- ments will be made to have the Weslevan University, of Bloomington, assume full control of the institution. Under this arrangement its success is assured.
TIIE ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
This place of amusement is situated on Maine street, between Third and Fourth streets. It is 144x60 feet, which includes the stage, audito- rium, and corridors. The stage is 42x60 feet, and is furnished with all the modern appurtenanees. The stage has direet communication with the street by means of an underground passage, and is separated from the audi- torium by a brick proscenium wall, with arrangements in case of fire or accidents on the stage for the security of the audience.
The auditorium is horse-shoe shaped, the highest point of the dress cirele being on a level with the sidewalk, the platforms for chairs being formed by sections of concave and convex cireles, and each platform having a rise of six inches above the next in front. The parquette takes the shape of the circles forming the dress circle, with an ineline toward the stage. The dress circle is intersected by three aisles, communicating with the cor- ridor, the entrance to which is twenty feet in width, in which the ticket office is located.
The main corridor is separated from the section that connects with the three aisies of the auditorium, and two large flights of stairs lead to the gallery.
The arrangements of the gallery are the same as those of the dress cirele, except that the ineline is much greater, giving each platform for seating a much greater elevation than the next one in front. In the ar- rangements for ingress and egress the gallery has five doors provided, and
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besides the stairways mentioned there are two other large flights of stairs, furnishing at the close of entertainments or in case of emergency direct communication with the sidewalk on Maine street.
In construction the gallery, like all the rest of the building, is sub- stantial. The inner supports are iron columns, standing on piers of stone and brick, five in number, built especially for the purpose, making the gal- lery strong and durable.
The ceiling of the auditorium is broken at the angle of the side wall by a cove extending entirely around the auditorium. In the center the ceiling is broken by a circular dome twenty-four feet in diameter and six- teen feet high, arranged in the top for ventilation, as well as serving to im- prove the accoustic properties of the auditorium.
ODD FELLOWS HALL.
Odd Fellows Hall, or as amusement goers know it, the Opera House, was built for the purpose of supplying the public with a place of amuse- ment; and was erected in 1867. For the purpose of its construction the following gentlemen formed themselves into an " Odd Fellows' Building Association ;" Maj. Gen. J. D. Morgan, Maj. G. W. Burns, T. T. Wood- ruff, J. K. Van Doorn, T. Dewey Woodruff, James Arthur, Samuel Holmes, A. E. Wheat, I. O. Woodruff, and Henry Allen. Maj. Burns, President, and T. T. Woodruff, Secretary and Treasurer, of the Association. It had an original capital of $40,000 which was increased before the completion of the building. The ground, corner of Sixth and Maine streets, on which the Opera House was erected, was owned by the I. O. O. F., who determined not to sell the property until they could secure the erection of a public hall. The Odd Fellows finally made an agreement with the building asso- ciation to give them the ground whereon to erect a building containing a spacious hall, provided the association would give them a clear deed to one entire story for the use of the Order. The first design of the builders was much simpler than that which has been carried out, the present structure costing more than double the amount anticipated at the start. Some $15,- 000 of this increase was caused by the change of plans, whereby a simple publie hall was changed into a more costly and elegant Opera House.
The entire building occupies 70 feet on Maine and 123 feet on Sixth street, fronting upon the former. It towers np in four immense stories. Its entire height from sidewalk to apex of turret is ninety-two feet. The style of structure is the renaissance, and, as is usual in buildings of that style, is surmounted by a mansard roof, 12 feet in height, containing three dormer windows in front and six on the side. This roof is covered with variegated slate, ornamental pattern.
The stone work of the building, above the water table, is of Joliet cut stone, while the walls are brick. The building is heated, and ventilated through flues and registers in the side walls. The cellar under the base- ment contains the furnaces. The first story is used as store-rooms for busi- ness purposes.
The Opera House proper is on the second story, reached by two broad stair-cases, a twelve foot staircase from the east front, and a seven foot one from the south. A hall eight feet wide runs the whole length of the west side and north side of the second floor. Two entrances from this hall open into the auditorium whose dimensions are 80x50 feet, and 35 feet high. The room is airy and nicely adorned. The woodwork is of a light straw color. The
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surmounting rail is of black walnut. The seats of the "dress circle " are arranged in a circular form, facing the stage, and will accommodate about 525, the seats in the "family circle" will hold 400 more, the orchestra chairs 250, and the proscenium boxes 25. Thus 1,200 people can be com- fortably seated.
The parquette is 36 feet deep by 32 wide, containing 250 arm chairs. The " family circle" gallery is 11 feet higher than the main floor. and supported by 10 gilded columns, adding much to the tout ensemble of the auditorium.
The four proscenium boxes are gorgeously ornamented with drapery, gilding, and neatly painted walls and woodwork.
The portion devoted to the stage and its appurtenances is quite large and well arranged. From the rear hall to the front of the stage is just 50 feet, 10 of this being in front of the drop curtain. There are eight or nine dressing rooms, several of them behind the boxes. The stage proper is 39.6x69.6; the drop curtain is 28x25 feet. The scenery is first-class, and consists of seventeen distinct sets besides many other parts required on a well stocked stage. The drop curtain is pretty in design and well executed.
Odd Fellows Hall is the general title for the third story. This floor is divided into three large halls and six ante-rooms. It belongs to the I. O. O. F., as before stated. The three halls have the same dimensions, 30 x60, the whole three being divided by folding doors, which can be opened and the three rooms thrown into one large, commodious and beautiful hall. The hall of the Odd Fellows (which is composed of the Quincy, Marquette, and Adams Lodges, and the Encampment) is frescoed by the same artist as the Opera House. This story is 17 feet in height, and not supported by pillars below, but by iron rods from the truss work above.
RAILROAD BRIDGE.
The great bridge which spans the Mississippi river at the city of Quincy, and connects it with the Missouri side, is one of the grand achieve- ments which science has made in the department of bridge building. As early as 1855 the subject of bridging the river of Quincy was discussed as being one of the necessities which commerce demanded. In view of the great and extending interests of the western trade, the importance of an uninterrupted railway crossing of the Mississippi, which would overcome the difficulties of low water in summer and of the ice-blockade of winter, was long appreciated by the enterprising city of Quincy; and it was only a question of time and location, as to the construction of of a bridge. Quincy made an effort to obtain it, and for this purpose a charter drafted by Col. Sam'l Holmes, lately deceased, the earliest friend of the measure, and pressed by a large number of public-spirited citizens, was obtained from the State Legislature: the crisis of 1857 and the absorbing and protracted civil war which subsequently intervened, prevented, however, the success of the project, and the charter was suffered to expire by limitation. Ex-Gov. Wood, Chas. A. Savage, N. Bushnell, J. M. Pitman, Col. S. Holmes, and Thos. Redmond, still cherished the enterprising conception, and at the session of 1864-65, Mr. Redmond, at that time a representa- tive from Adams county, succeeded in procuring a re-enactment of the act of incorporation from the legislature of Illinois. The sanction of the National Government being deemed of the utmost importance, the task of
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securing it was appropriately devolved on ex-Governor John Wood. The incorporators under the act were John Wood, Samuel Holmes, James M. Pitman and N. Bushnell, and the charter thus obtained, was of the amplest character, granting equal privileges to all railroads, present or future, to avail themselves of any bridge constructed under its provisions on just and impartial terms, and also carefully guarding the important interests of navi- gation.
In determining upon the important point of the site of the bridge a thorough scientific exploration was made of both banks of the river for the distance of two miles, from the extreme northern to the southern limits of the city, which finally resulted in the present admirable location which is at the northern portion of the city at the foot of Spruce street. This loca- tion was selected from the fact that the bay and island divide the distance to be crossed into easy sections, the west bank being more elevated and desirable, while sounding established the fact that a solid rock bottom was to be obtained for the erection of the pivot pier on which the draw could turn.
The corner stone of the bridge was laid on Wednesday, September 25, 1867, and the ceremonies were conducted by the masons in the presence of a large concourse of people.
We give a short description of the bridge: The great or main bridge, spanning the river from the island to the west bank, is 3185 feet in length. Its superstructure is of iron, of the Pratt truss, which years of trial has proved to be the best form for strength, durability or lightness. It rests upon nineteen piers of the best quality of first-class cut stone masonry. The foundation of all the water piers, except the center or pivot pier, is of piles driven to refusal and cut off eight feet below low water. The founda- tion for the pivot pier is the solid rock in the bed of the river. The foun- dation of the piers are thoroughly rip-rapped beyond possibility of accident from any change in the bed of the river by washing. The distance from first pier to second pier is 250 feet, thence 181 feet to third or pivot pier, thence 181 feet to pier No. 4, thence 250 feet to pier No. 5, then two spans of 200 feet to No. 7, thence 11 spans of 157 feet, and concluding with a span of 200 feet to the island on the east shore. The pivot is 362 feet in length, with a 30 feet turn-table, operated by stationary steam power, sup- ported by the main pier, and its ends when open resting on an equi-dis- tant outside pier above and below, the upper one of which is protected by an immense icebreaker. When the pivot is open, the space on each side of the center pier is 160 feet in the clear. The main bridge is connected with the east bank proper by an embankment across the island of 600 feet in length, elevated to grade, thence by a trestle bridge of 400 feet across Wood's slough, thence by 500 feet more embankment, thence over the bay by an iron drawbridge of the Bollman truss, 525 feet long, comprising 6 spans, and with foundations and piers of same character as those in the river. It was completed in October, 1868, and cost $1,500,000.
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