Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-10-17

sioners. whose efforts have been
crowned with such gratifying results
are: E. S. Carver, Grant City, Mo-,
president; John f. Beal. Edna, Mo-,
vice-president; Robert III. Yost, st.
Louis. secretary and superintendent;
Charles G. Bell, Boonville. No., treas-
urer; Fayette P. Graves, Doe Run,
No., mines and mining"
Rev. T. A. Waterman says that he
ia very much disappointed and sad
dened at the refusal of the Episcopal
general convention to do anything to-
wards correcting the name of the
church. He repeats what he has said
scriptural, a hindrance to the church's
growth and work and the chief u
of thousands formerly of the Church of
England being in this country lost to
religion in any form. He further ex-
presses the assurance that unless more
attention is paid to the church's deep
est needs by the legislative department,
and the bishops show more determina-
ton that the work particularly in mis-
ions goes forward as it should in a nor
ganizatiou claiming to be a Episcopal
church, that there will be a falling off
in candidates for the ministry and that
many of those ministering will 60 into
some other occupation until there ia a
change. He gives notice that at some
future time he may consider in q SER
mon the duty of the lay members in
the crisis-at present he has not the
heart for this and submits this state
ment instead. The pastoral letter of
the convention is required by canon to
be read in all churches but believing
1t best not to omit the Sunday sermons,
the letter will be read in sections on
Wednesday evenings instead as soon as
it is received.
The Pennington asylum commission,
which has been in session at the La
clede hotel for two days. let the con-
tract yesterday for the construction OF
the new laundry, dining hall and kitch-
en- buildings to George E. Matthews.
of West Plains, Mo. Six bids were
submitted TO the board, all of which
were close to the figure made by Mr..
Matthews, which was about thirty-iYe
thousand dollars. After the contractor
has given bond in the amount of the
contract price he will be permitted to
begin work. The commission expects
the buildings will be ready for occu-
pancy by March 1 of next year. Ar
chitect Hohenschild was instructed to
complete the plans for the violent in
sane building, for which $29, 600 has
been appropriated, and for the barns,
which are to cost not more than four
thousand Enthusiastically Globe
Democrat.
The first bids filed ranged from
about $55, 900 to about $50, 900. AS
there was only about $35, 900 available
for the erection of these buildings the
plans had to be altered greatly. Some
Of those who bid say this will give the
state the outlines of the more expensive
structures, poorly and incompletely
finished. At least one contractor came
home disguised with the plans which
the architect had drawn up and which
contractors were asked to go to the ex-
pense and trouble Of bidding on, when
there was but little over half enough
money provided for to erect such
structures as the plans called for. 1t
appears that Architect Hohenschild
comes in for some wholesome criticism
on this point. 1t can not be denied
that he has overshot badly on every
plan he has drawn for this town lately.
This criticism applies not only to the
plans of the asylum buildings just con-
tracted for, but for those of the public
school building o being erected and
also for the residences here for which
he has drawn plans. but it is not our
business to criticise any blunders he
may have made in this latter instance.
This method of drawing plans far in
excess of the amount to be expended
causes much delay and more or less
trouble all along during the erection
of the buildings and the citizens of the
community, being affected by these de-
lays more than any one else, have a
right to make complaint and request
that in the future more attention be
paid to the amount of money actually
available for the construction of the
particular building or buildings for
which plans are to be drawn.-FGrm-
tngton News.