Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-06
A HARD Task DEVELOPS
Repairing State Capitol Building
Proves to be a Difficult
Proposition
OLD BUILDING in a BAD WAY
Start Will Be Made by Reinforcing the
Foundation walIs-BarreIs Of Paint
Will Be Used-Roof Can Not Be Re-
paired Until Next Season State
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pecial to Times-Republican.


Special to Times Republican.
,Des Moines, Oct. 6.-Actual work of
repair and rebuilding will commence
this week on the state capitol of Iowa
under the capitol commission. Thus far
all that has been done is the getting
ready. This has been much more of a
task than was anticipated by any of
the members of the capitol commission.
AS Chairman Funk said: Il had sup
sposed we might go at this much as /
would start repairs on my own house,
Just get ready and go ahead after q few
days conference with contractors and
others. We have found the task of get
ting ready quite different. There are
thousands of things to think about that
we never dreamed of until we got our
selves fairly into the work. There are
so many details of construction that
must be considered before anything IS
done that it has been a slow task to
make the beginning. But we are ready
now to begin some work and hope to be
able to have something doing right
along" The first work that will be done
on the capitol will be that of repairs to
the brick and stone work and the work
necessary for preservation of the foun-
dation. The commission found on In
vestigation that there are many places
where there are signs of disintegration
OF the stone and cement. This must be
preserved, and work will be done to
stop the danger. There will be great
deal of painting done during the COM
ing winter. The woodwork of the IN
terror will all be gone over thoroughly
and repairs will be made or new work
inserted wherever that is necessary.
All the locks on the doors and desks will
be replaced with modern ones. 1t will
be with minor work Of this kind that
lhe commission will be concerned for
some time. There was regret on the
mart of the commission that the new
roof could not be placed this autumn.
But when it came to contracting for
...e.-eiiass II vas fco1a tns+ rors ro'ild
be delivered before the middle of Mo-
vember, and 1t would not do to open the
roof at that time of the year and take
itne FISK Oh SloIHlS. Sood DiaS "ShG iS-
ceived on the roof, but the work could
not be done quickly.
Members of the Iowa commission on
the Vicksburg monument have gone to
Washington to attend the Grand Army
encampment, and also to visit national
cemeteries and get ideas in regard to
state monuments on battlefields. They
will visit Arlington cemetery, Gettys-
burg battlefield. Richmond, and perhaps
other places. This trip was arranged
for at the time of the meeting in July
to organize the commission when Capt.
Merry was made chairman and Col.
Rood secretary In about month the
will go to Chattanooga and
Chickamauga, and then to Vicksburg.
The Iowa monuments have been prac-
tically located already at the Vicksburg
battlefield by a previous commission,
which surveyed the field and found the
lines of the Iowa troops. The commits
sion will then have meeting some time
during the winter and decide upon the
plans for the monuments. There Is to
be one handsome monument on the
Vicksburg field for the state of Iowa,
and one for each OF the regiments in
the fight. The central monument, 1t is
expected, will be one Of the finest state
ever placed by northern
state on southern battlefield.
The date for the annual meeting of
the Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
for Iowa has been fixed. 1t will
be in Des Moines Oct. 2S to 30. Mrs.
Nellie w. Nelson, who was for two
years corresponding secretary, closed
her work the first of the month and is
now studying osteopathy. In place of
Mrs. Evelyn III. Belden. of Sioux City,
who resigned as vice president. Mrs
Iona l. Robinson, of Des Moines, has
been appointed. The program for the
state meeting includes the addresses
and reports by Mrs. Adelaide Ballard.
Of Hull, president; Mrs. Eleanor c..
Stockman, Mason City. recording sec
Mrs. Anna II. Ankeny, Des
Moines, treasurer, and others. Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, the national
president. is to be here. On one evening
there will be an address by Rev. Marie
III. Jenney, of this city. The report of
Miss Daisy Deighton on legislative
work will be an interesting one, espe-
cially If she makes a full and complete
report on what was accomplished and
how it was done. 1t will be recalled
that the equal suffrage proposal for
amendment passed the
senate almost without opposition. but
was killed in the constitutional amend-
ment committee of the house, and the
house refused to give it any considera-
tion on the floor The story of how this |
amendment failed, If told accurately by
the superintendent of legislative work,
will be decidedly interesting. The Off
GERS of the association claim that dur
ing the past year they have made great
gains in membership and the associa-
ton is now much stronger than usual.
A recent scandal, which was almost
suppressed in Des Moines. has been
called to the attention of the state
board of health, and 1t may result In |
some reforms. This relates to the dis
position of the bodies of persons which |
ire not claimed by friends or relatives
'or burial. 1t appears that the custom
nas been here for the coroner to make
of such bodies without re-
porting them to the state board OF
health, and as result trouble has aris-
IN among the colleges In the matter OIL