Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-19

ters Of interest only to the companies
represented. All the companies will be
given a chance, but only a few of them
will make any special plea.
New College Buildings.
State superintendent Barrett attended the
meeting Of the trustees OF the Iowa State
college at Ames, where a contract was let
for the preparation of the plans and speci-
f~ications for the new main college building
at Ames, which is to cost about $500, 900.
The contract goes to Proudfoot & Bird OF
this city. The general design Of the build
ing has been agreed upon and it will be
built Of brick, dressed with stone. The
contract was also let for the furnishing
OF the new Science hall. l.. Harbach Sc
curing the contract for $4,000. The work
of adding to the college equipment in
buildings was made possible by the action
Of the last legislature.
Tax Voted for Interurban.
The Omaha syndicate building the new
interurban trolley line from Creston to Des
Moines by way Of Winterset has been voted
a 5 per cent tax in aid Of its business In
Grand Meadow township, Madison county,
in which the town of Macksburg is situated.
This will yield them about $25, 200. The
work Of grading the road has proceeded
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ing and work is now being done in the
direction Of the new tow Of Leith City.
The road will be welcomed to Winterset
and the hope is expressed here that the
company will be able to build on into Des
Moines, since all the projects for inter-
urban lines in that direction from Des
Moines has thus far failed.
County Clerks Convention.
Tha nonyantIon ~ scounty oIarks at Mar-
shalltown selected Des Moines as the place
for the meeting next year, but left to
the executive committee the fixing of the
exact date. The following officers were
elected: President, ]. C. Tate, Polk county;
first vice president, c. M. Soper, Story
county; second vice president, G. c.. Pot
ter, Mills county; third vice president,
John l. Mullany, Dubuque county; treas
urer, ]. G. Mariner, Johnson county; sec
rotary, Tom c. Meader, Hardin county,;
executive committee, Alex McLennan, Iowa
county; NJ. o. Fouts, Buchanan county;
g.. W. Meadow, Hamilton county; President
Tate and Secretary Meader. Two new mem
bers OF the legislative committee were
elected in the persons of Clerks George
B. Elliott Of Grundy and G. G.. Stranahan
Of Ringgold. The holdover members of this
committee are: c. c. Pugh Of Dallas, C. NJ.
soper Of Story, John H.. Merckens Of JEFF
ferson county, G. R. Graves Of Mitchell
and the president and secretary.
Strike der Not Obeyed.
The strike orders of the organizers Of
the Telephone Operators union have not
thus far been generally obeyed In Iowa. A
movement has been made to induce a gem
eral strike in all Offices where the lows
Telephone company has business, but re-
ports from Keokuk, Davenport, Sioux City
and elsewhere indicate that the operators
and linemen affected are resisting any at
tempt to get them to quit work through
sympathy with the strikers in Des Moines.
In this city the effort to have customers
remove their telephones because Of the
strike has not been very successful, as 1t
is found that the Iowa company has yearly
contracts in every case and can collect
the rentals whether the phones remain In
the houses or are taken out.
Retired Express EmpIOye.
Charles Demuth. who has been with the
American Express company for nearly
forty-three years, has resigned, and will
take a vacation before assuming further
business duties Of any kind. He is sue
ceeded by Ambrose G. Pink, formerly of
Decatur and Peoria. Mr.. Demuth began
working for the American in Chicago Au-
gust 3, 1859, as a messenger on the old
Pittsburg & Fort Wayne road. Then went
to the Chicago & Galena road and after
various other changes came to Fort Dodge
In 1869. where he was agent for the Ameri-
can for ten years. He came to this city
and for nearly a quarter OF a century has
had charge OF the local business. He is
So years OF age.