School Utilities

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs circular letter by providing the general condition of the buildings, heat, light, and drainage at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt further discusses the need for an upgraded sewer system and some other small repairs.

Richard Henry Pratt provides an update on the status of the Carlisle Indian School's physical plant as well as the number of students the school is able to accommodate. In particular, he proposes a number of repairs and improvements.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to have uniforms produced in Carlisle due to a delay in receiving materials. He also asks for authority to spend money to clean old vaults and cesspools.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay the bill of the Carlisle Gas & Water Co. for extending electric lights into new additions of the school building as well as needed repairs.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the additional electric light required for the schoolhouse addition.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a proposal of the Carlisle Gas and Water Company to supply electric light to the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he needs to modify the recent authority to advertise for coal due to the different boilers. In particular, he notes that he does not need broken anthracite coal and can instead use bituminous coal. Pratt therefore requests authority to re-advertise for 1600 tons of bituminous coal…

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to sell the boilers that are being replaced with the new steam plant.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies and materials connected to the new heating plant including iron pipes and fittings.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase wood covering for steam pipes to connect new buildings and to make repairs as well as asbestos or magnesia covering for a steam drum and an exposed surface of steam pipes.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase stamps for student correspondence as well as pay annual contracts for water and telephone service.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies for the Carlisle Indian School hospital including medicine, fruit, crackers as well as electricity for running motors for the laundry and printing office as well as 2000 yards of dress braid for girls' uniforms trimming.

Richard Henry Pratt provides an overview of the physical plant of the Carlisle Indian School in addition to an overview of the enrollment during the 1899-1900 academic year. Pratt ends by providing an estimate for the 1902 fiscal year.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various electric lights for recently constructed buildings as well as asbestos cement for pipes and incidental repairs to buildings.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to have a telephone placed at the Kutz Farm connected with the general exchange and the school at the cost of $18 per year. Pratt notes that the phone can be attached to the line on the Hocker Farm.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase a No. 1 Automatic Damper Regulator in order to control the steam pressure of the four boilers. Pratt notes that this should be a more efficient system. In addition, he requests an 8 inch reducing valve with companion flanges attached and a low pressure steam gauge.

Richard Henry Pratt provides an overview of the 1902 fiscal year and provides an estimate for the 1904 fiscal year appropriation to the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt focuses on the water and sewer plant at the Carlisle Indian School.

Edgar A. Allen provides an overview of the Carlisle Indian School during the 1903 fiscal year and makes a request for the 1905 fiscal year. Allen focuses on the enrollment for the previous year and discusses the school physical plant.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to replace the pipes which provide water to the Carlisle Indian School.

Richard Henry Pratt follows up on his previous letter stating an additional need for increasing the size of pipes which deliver water to the Carlisle Indian School.

William A. Mercer submits a revised contract between the Carlisle Indian School and the Carlisle Gas & Water Company of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Mercer outlines the revised contract locks in the price for ten years.

William A. Mercer provides a report to the Office of Indian Affairs on the state of the Carlisle Indian School during the previous fiscal year. Mercer focuses on the physical plant of the school including the sewage and electric plants and proposes building additional rooms to split the small and large girls. He ends by requesting the…

William A. Mercer requests authority to pay for three men to lay water pipe on Carlisle Indian School grounds to complete the contract with the Carlisle Gas and Water Company.

These materials include correspondence and a report regarding construction, buildings, and grounds at the Carlisle Indian School, performed in 1905 by John Charles. Medical Supervisor Dr. Joseph A. Murphy requested the report in 1908, and returned it to the Bureau office in 1909.

William A. Mercer requests authority to have a local engineer create topographical maps of the school grounds to correct errors including the locations of the main pipe line and the school cemetery. In addition, Mercer notes that the school drawing teacher is making floor plans and elevations of all of the school buildings.