Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

carpets and rugs, sS.762.90; 1S horses,
S2,l35; GO cows, $2,245.50; hogs. ST.
3O772; six sewing machines. $22215;
landscape work, $500; surgical instru-
ments and pharmacy supplies,
$1,0S3.66.
Council Bluffs Fire Expensive.
The expenditures from the providen-
tial fund at Council Bluffs were made
necessary by the fire which destroyed
the main building. The contracts for
building and heating, plumbing and
wiring same called for the payment
OF S16.936.82. The other payments
were for the interior fittings, including
beds, tables, furniture. and desks. Out
of the regular appropriation there
was paid $500 for annex to the indus
trial building and $240.59 for school
books and supplies.
AT Vinton, boilers, CRATES and porch
repairs explained most of the expendi-
ture.
At Davenport there was $4,000 paid
for land and s10125.97 for raising cot
tages and furniture, with $841.23 for
books and magazines.
The Glenwood expenditure for land,
which does not include the last pur-
chase, amounted to $5,400.20. There
was paid for roofing buildings ST.
S29S6.
There was paid on the contract for
the heating station, laundry and tun-
mel connections at Eldora S3,567.45,
and on buildings and boilers at heat
ing plant $9,76512.
Printing Press at Mt, Pleasant.
The sewage disposal plant at Mitch
ellville cost $1,000, and the sewage
disposal plant at Mt Pleasant cost
S2,9S7.57. There was paid for printing
press and outfit at Mt, Pleasant $751;
As; for motors, $1,05655; exhause ven
tillation, $2,6O5.9S; new we'll, $3.50;
furniture and carpets, $5,S59.14.
At independence the land bought
cost $35,S0775, and there was paid for
rent of land $1,S45. The radiators and
connections cost 81 ,9O6.36; carpets and
rugs, $1,334.49. At Clarinda the land
cost $27,911; the cold storage plant
1,020; the thirty closets complete.
$1,000; trees and shrubs $500; hook
and ladder truck, s675.
Many Books for the Convicts.
The board paid at the Anamosa pen
itentiary $1.110.74 for books on war
oCI lColoSbSC Gnu
building, $947.7S; purifying plant for
water $2,250, and for a carriage $160.
At the Fort Madison penitentiary
magazines.
AT the soldiers home at Marshall
town, the books show the following ex-
penditures for the year in this class:
New buildings and boilers, SIS, 40S.69;
tunnel connections, steam connections,
etc, $1,477.6S; couches, tables, chairs,
$17S.S0; dray, Sl91; extractor, $50;
hose, $50; furnaces for power house,
$500; magazines and papers, $S0,45;
music and musical instruments,
$1S2.03.
Music and Theatre for Insane.
In the matter Of music and amuse-
ments the boards expenditures are in
teresting. At Cherokee scenery for
amusement hall cost $3.50; five pianos,
$1,775; band instruments and music,
$35195. At Anamosa amusement ma
terials cost $21.4S, and at Fort Madi-
son 500.
At Davenport musical instruments
cost $51523; music $102.46; music
racks and supplies $29.S3; repairs to
instruments S54.86. At Vinton two
pianos cost S63S: music and supplies
S175.77; music $93.3S. Pianos for the
deaf school cost $319. A piano for
Glenwood cost S325; music S40.66; and
instruments and repairs S37.S3. At FL
dora musical instruments and sup
plies cost $596.74. At Mitchellville the
same items cost $996.S3; and there
was paid for entertainment materials
SEAS. At MT. Pleasant the materials
for amusements $10313; three pianos
1903; music $154.2S; books and maya
zines $255.90; three pianos 1868. At
independence materials for amuse-
ments $14.40; music and instruments
$3317 At Clarinda these items
amounted to $2O3.0l.
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