Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-02

July. 1908, sl25OOO for expenditures
under the law. II becs necessary 10
do nothing more the complete the
roof and build the war = Sc. unless we
exceed our available = trees. Ii was
imprac cticable To Ing s the heating,
lighting. and ventil systems. or
the elevators para 8 for the reason
that each is depend Sipon the other.
Furthermore. these Stracts could not
be divided wfthou Siuch additional
damage by repea 6breaches In the
construction of ths Sbuilding. Open
ings that could be.fnade available for
the several systems would have to be
made for each If put in separately. We
decided to do this business for the
state as a good business man would do
1t for himself. and trust to the sound
judgement of the legislature to afford
the necessary relief. We cannot noW
say just how much expenditure In the
completion of all this work thus far
undertaken will be In excess of the
available appropriations. but II will
doubtless be necessary for the legisla-
ture to make available at as early a
NStlc uS tlIeI tpilN CtiiiiS, eii's
full amount that would under the law
become available July 1. 1904"
The work of repairs was found to he
much greater than anticipated and
only small portion of this has been
done. New elevators have been In
stalled, but they are not running yet.
They are hydraulic elevators and the
water is pumped by electricity. The
fan system of ventilation was adopted
and has been put in operation. Tho
plans for the general equipment were
prepared by C. l.. Linley, who especial
ly prepared the plans for the ventilat-
ing. while Professor Allen. of Ann Ar
Dor, designed the electrical equipment
and James Harrison the steam work.
All specifications were submitted to
George W. Bissell, of Iowa State col
lege for inspection and correction. The
contract for the entire work was let for
s71.00s which included elevators but
not the galvanized iron work and steam
fitting ard stockers. The boilers had
previously been purchased. The GAL
vanized iron work was let on percent
age basis. and the steam fitting Is be-
ing done by direct purchase and day
work.
The commission states that in view
of the necessary excess of expenditure
there must necessarily be considerable
additional appropriation or the omis-
sion of various improvements contem-
plated. The commission Is justified
in its own judgement for the expendi-
ture already provided for. Superintend-
ent Crawshaw has been asked to make
supplemental report on estimate of
improvements necessary to place the
building In first class condition. ut
is possible says the commission.
that In the legislative Judgement. some
of his recommendations may be omit
ted without serious detriment, but We
have held it to be our duty to submit
these estimates to the executive and to
the general assembly for their con-
sideration. 1t $ our purpose to make
n plain statement of the case and leave
1t entirely with the legislature as 20
which course shall be pursued. We
have only asked that enough additional
appropriation be made available to dts
charge the obligations In our judgement
necessary for a practical and economi-
cal prosecution of the work with which
we have been charged. II this Is done
the work of improvement will be wholly
suspended until July, 1905. when the
last installment of the appropriation
originally provided will be made avail
able. The commission has done under
all the circumstances what has seemed
best, and leaves its work of the past
and Its policy for the future entirely in
the hands OF those responsible to the
people for the care of public property
and the use of public funds
The report of Superintendent Craw-
shaw, giving estimates of what is need
ed to complete the repair work. shows
estimates aggregating s1sT,412.4s, made
up of the following items:
Outside painting and gliding
domes $4,000
Repairs of stone and copper
Gaping $4,000
Outside steps, entirely
new .................. 16.246.S2
Cement walks, street and
square ............. 5.ss2oo
Terrace coping to be reset. 100000
Granite steps to be rebuilt. 3,460.S0
Marble tile in the basement
story .................... s.s34.25
tile for main corridor
floors .................... 1s,7s2.4o
Inside finish, wood marble,
etc. s5.40o.0O
Mosaics. tinting, frescoing.
etc. ....................... 100000
repairs, ........ 100000
drainage. coldwater
paint in basement ........ 3.501.2S
Cement and coldwater paint
in attic ................... s.2ss.s4
Paving. scales, gradings and
sodding at power house :. $1,000
Tiling and waisscoting en-
gine room ................. 2,S00.00
Superlntendency and contin-
gencies ................... s.4oo.5s
Il make the foregoing estimates"
says Mr.. Crawshaw. "and suggestions.
purely in the interest of economy ana
knowing that the building
and Improvements on the grounds have
been greatly neglected. having had no
repairs worthy of note since the origin
al capitol commission was legislate'l
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