Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-09
IOWA STOCK PAVILION
Des Moines Expects to Make
Good Use of the States
Property.
Plans to Use the New Stock
Pavilion for the Horse
Show.
The Capitol Improvement Com.
mission to Meet Soon-The
Madison Republicans.
Special to Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 9.--The Iowa state
fair stock pavilion which is being con-
structed at an expense of about $4,000
to the state of Iowa, altho not intended
for the especial use of Des Moines ueo-
pie, is likely to be made use of in var
ious ways. The promoters of the an
nual horse show are already figuring on
holding their next horse show in the
held in the open air on the base ball
grounds, and when the weather is bad
the show has been held under great diff
ficulties. There has been some idle ak
| of the erection of a great pavilion or
coliseum in Des MoineS on the river
4 front, or elsewhere, but this has pro-
| ceeded no further than to gain some
newspaper notoriety for those who talk
glibly about such things. The next
horse show will be in the big pavilion
at the state fair grounds. 1t will be
large enough for that purpose and ad-
the fall, long after the state fair. The
agreed that it will not only have the
street cars running into the fair
| grounds but will run siding direct to
the pavilion. There is hitch between
the street car company and the state
agricultural department in regard to
| franchises. The legislature passed a
| law permitting the department to grant
| a franchise TO a company to enter the
fair grounds. The local street railway
company came demanding a twenty
| fiye-year exclusive franchise before en-
teripg the grounds. The agricultural
board offered franchise without any
terms or conditions, and is standing ON
! thesoffer Negotiations We're broken Off
some weeks ago and nothing has been
done recently, both sides refusing to
make any concessions; however. the
street car company will run it's cars in
to the fair grounds after reasonab BILE
amount of parleying The board would
hardly be justified in granting an ex-
elusive franchise tc anybody over state
property, and 1t Will not be done.
The commission for the Improvement
and completion of the Iowa capitol is
required to meet and organize the firse
of next month and to begin work. There
is no doubt that the commission will
enter upon its duties promptly and that
within a few months the work of COM
pleting the capitol will be commenced.
There is no limit to the manner Of do
ing the work, nothing to require that
this or that work shall be done first. 1t
is probable, however, that attention
will be given first to the work which is
necessary to complete the capitol in ac-
cordance with the original plans in
material way. and the decoration and
repairs will be left until near the last
In fact contracts for some parts of the
decoration will have to be left several
years in advance for the finest of the
decorative work will have to be done by
artists who will require several years
in which to complete their work. The
commission will open an office in the
capitol, probably in one of the COM
mittee rooms of the building, and will
have secretary or bookkeeper to keep
the records. 1t will have to work more
or less in harmony with the executive
council, which is just now engaged i'll
making some material Improvements
in some of the rooms, laying new car
pets decorating the walls, ETC. The Sc
lections by Governor Cummins for the
commission are generally commended.
The work to be done is already We'll
planned and needs only execution. The
selection of Senator Funk was one made
by the governor on his own motion, for
they have long been most excellent
friends, and on the judgment and 10y
atty of Mr.. Funk the governor relies. |
The naming of Charles A. Cumming as
the artist member was a foregone con-
clusion. Edward p. Schoentgen, of
Council Bluffs. the democratic member, |
comes highly recommended. The COM
missioners will not be required to be |
present at the capitol except for stated |
The purchase of the Cedar Rapids
route by the Rock Island is regarded as
having some relation to the prospective
loss of the Fort Dodge division % the
Rock island. 1t is suggested that in
view of all the circumstances the Rock
Island may conclude to permit the con-
troll of the Fort Dodge to pass from it.
The Rock Island owns the Gowre-Sib-
ley line and could get the Marshailtown
& Dakota road easily and then build
into Des Moines, or it could easily con-
struct a new line from, Gowrie down TO
Perry and thru Dallas county to Van
Meter-a road that would be good all
the way. One thing is regarded as set
tied here, and that is the immediate
putting on Of a train direct from Des
Moines into South Dakota. This would
go over the Fort Dodge to Gowrie
thence to Sibley and over the late B., c.
r. & n. to Sioux Falls, S. D. The Rock
Island has long wanted to get into the
The travel in that direction
from Central Iowa is enormous. Land
seekers and spectators are going in
that direction all the time. The Rock
Island is now in a position to put on
thru train that will get the bulk of the !
business from Des Moines and further
south. 1t is stated here that this will be ,
done in few weeks.
Gov Cummins' selections for the $
Lookout Mountain commission We're as
all soldiers of Iowa regiments /
Who took part in the battles around +,
Chattanooga: i
John Alexander Young, Washington.
Joseph d. Fegan, Clinton. 6