School Utilities

J. R. Wise notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that a hydraulic engineer was employed to provide information on installing a new system of water supply for the school. Wise notes that the plans and cost will be submitted at a later date but that he hopes the cost will be authorized.

William A. Mercer requests authority to pay telephone rent, for medical treatment of students on outing, and for transportation and board of students being treated in Philadelphia.

William A. Mercer provides an estimate for the 1907 fiscal year in addition to providing an overview of the physical plant and the need for various buildings.

J. R. Wise requests an extension to complete the contract with George Bridges for the installation of engine, tank, tower, and other materials for the water system at the school farm.

William A. Mercer requests authority to pay telephone rent, for medical treatment of students on outing, and for transportation and board of students being treated in Philadelphia during the 1907 fiscal year.

William A. Mercer provides an overview of the physical plant of the Carlisle Indian School for the 1906 fiscal year and provides an estimate for the 1908 fiscal year. Mercer further makes suggestions on ways to improve the physical plant.

William A. Mercer makes suggestions to the hospital building plans under construction concerning the lavatories and sewer connections.

Correspondence regarding a request by William A. Mercer to install and use 13 telephone lines from the Pennsylvania Telephone Co.

William A. Mercer provides an update on the conditions of the physical plant of the Carlisle Indian School and provides an estimate for the 1909 fiscal year appropriation.

Letter from T. Chalkley Hatton as consulting engineer to James W. Eckels, the Chairman of the Sewer Committee, regarding an outfall sewer located near the Carlisle Indian School.

Supplementary permit for sewerage for an outflow sewer near the Carlisle Indian School. The permit redirects the line from the Carlisle Indian School to the sewer disposal plant and allows the School to use the sewer system with the permission of the borough of Carlisle.

Correspondence regarding a right of way for the Borough of Carlisle to construct and operate an outfall sewer on the grounds of the Carlisle Indian School.

William A. Mercer informs James W. Eckels that he has forwarded the correspondence related to the right of way for the outflow sewer to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Washington D.C.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent W. A. Mercer requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs send him a map of the school grounds so that the Carlisle Borough can build a sewer across the campus. Chief Clerk of the Office of Indian Affairs F. M. Conser forwards Mercer a  copy.

Supervisor in Charge of the Carlisle Indian School Charles H. Dickson encloses an Oath of Disinterestedness for an agreement with the Carlisle Gas & Water Company for the water supply of the 1908 fiscal year to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $700 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1910" appropriation on water supplies for "domestic purposes" from the Carlisle Gas and Water Company. First Assistant Secretary of the Interior Frank Pierce approves the expenditure.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards electric lighting and water contracts with the Carlisle Gas & Water Company to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Carlisle Indian School Moses Friedman asks the Office of Indian Affairs Education Division Chief J. H. Dortch if he recommended money for an electric light plant and an improved heating system for Carlisle's annual 1910-1911 appropriations. 

Education Division Chief W. B. Fry informs Friedman that he cannot currently answer his…

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $500 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, PA., 1911" account for water. C. F. Hauke approves the request.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $500 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1912" account for water supply, and C. F. Hauke approves the request. A carbon copy of the request and receipt are included as well. 

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman forwards a contract with Carlisle Gas and Water Company for providing electric light for buildings, installing six arc lights for the school grounds, and providing all of the water supply for the year.

Supervisor of Construction John Charles provides a report on the heating system and buildings at the Carlisle Indian School. He writes about completing the heating and vacuum system, the newly renovated guardhouse, building a workshop for the engineer, building new bathrooms for the dormitories, installing manholes for the sewer system, and he…

Supervisor of the Fifth District Charles F. Peirce provides an Inspection Report about the Carlisle Indian School. Peirce states that the dormitories need new floors, that the partially installed vacuum system makes it impossible to properly heat the buildings, and that the toilet and lavatory facilities are the "poorest" he's ever seen.…

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $400 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1912" account for water supply.

Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman requests to spend $400 from the "Indian School, Carlisle, Pa., 1912" account for fiscal year 1912.