Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-05
Will Save More From the st.
Louis Fair Than Any
Other State.
NOW WREcklNG IOWA BUILDING
Bulk of Furniture to Be Shipped to the
MitohelIvilIe, Independence, and e.
dora Neutrality-suspicious. $4,000 Will
Be Turned Back Into Treasury Be-
side the Original Saving of Cost.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 5.-John Cownie
Of the state board of control, returned
yesterday from st. Louis, where, with
Judge Robinson. Of the board, arrange
ments were completed for the wrecking
OF the Iowa building and the removal
of as much Of the salvage from 1t and
the furniture and fixtures to Iowa in
s.itUtions as possible.
I'VE already have five men at work
packing the furniture for shipment to
the Iowa institutions" said Mr..
Cowi lie yesterday. 1.-THE bulk OF the
furniture will be shipped to the fnsti-
tn.lons at Mitchellville, Independence
and f.idora. These, ut present, have
less furniture than any of the other
institutions. The carpets will so to
Mitchel.N lille.
t,iJe organ which Governor Larrabee
installed in the Iowa building. and
which he has donated to the institution
at Eldora. now has his rnen at st.
Louis. and tomorrow they will be at
the work of tearing down the organ,
packing 1t and shipping 1t to Eldora.
The governors contract called for the
taking down of the organ, It's shipment
and it's rebuilding at the Eldora insti-
tution-so that this will cost the state
of Iowa not one cent. Governor Lar
rabee's generosity is very great
Judge Robinson and l took an In
ventory Of all the furniture and fix
lures OF the building the past week,
and have divided it up among the in
stitutions for their best advantage.
After the furniture Is packed and
shipped, we will set the men to work
tearing out the inside of the building,
leaving the outside shell stand as long
as possible, so that men can keep
right on working all of the time. 1t
will take long time to do all of the
work but 1t will be pushed thru as
fast as possible.
"All Of the salvage for the building
we will ship to the Knoxville In
stitution. We already have arranged
for cars with the O. road and will
ship it direct. We will cut out the
door and window frames, for in
stance, and ship them to Iowa. in their
present form. The building at Knox
Vile will be erected with a view to
the use Of this salvage. 1T will be as
easy to build structure at Knoxville
with windows the size of those in the
st. Louis structure as any other. We
believe that we can save a considerable
amount Of money in this way. The
fixtures of all kinds, plumbing. light
ing, ETC., win go very nicely at Knox
1% %<. I,@ 1taS IN IN
save most of the very elegant hard
wood floors in the Iowa building. They
are double and perhaps form one OF
the finest floors in the city Of st.
Louis.
Buildings Sold cheaply.
II have been informed that the dis
patches today say that a Chicago
wrecking company has been figuring
on buying all Of the buildings on the
fair grounds. This is true, but doubt
the statement which is also made that
the deal has been completed. At least
1t has not as to the Iowa building.
They are buying buildings for a song,
and those they take in, but we could
not sell at the ridiculously low figures
they wanted to talk about.
Zone structure on the grounds there
which cost $4,000. was sold for $1,7oo.
They are sold for mere song by
many Of the states. Most Of the states
did not make provision for the disposal
of the buildings after they were thru
with service for the fair and the COM
missions are simply selling them for
what they will bring without respect
for the original cost. Fortunately, the
legislature of Iowa arranged 1t so that
we would be able to save some of the
money the state put in at st. Louis,
and we are working to better advan-
tage on this account than most Of the
states"
In addition to saving several thou
sand dollars Of the cost of the build
ing and the furniture, the Iowa COM
mission is going to be able to turn back
into the state treasury about $4,000
Of the $4,000 appropriated. 1t is
said that this record will be unique for
this and many other states.