Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-05
Building Operations Involving
Half a Million Dollars Ex- :.
penditure Under Way
BOARD OF CONTROL is BUSY
Attention to Details Of the New Build.
ings at tho Various State institu.
tions Requires Large Amount Of
Work--Larse Sums Also Expended
in Purchase Of Additional Land.


Des Moines, Aug. 5.-The state Of
Iowa is steadily engaged in building up
the state charitable and penal institu-
tions and hospitals and schools for de-
fectives, and this year the building
operations are quite as extensive as
any in the past.
In the past three months the state
board of control has adopted plans for
buildings at state institutions. and has
let contracts on competitive bids ag-
gregating nearly $450,000. Work is now
being cone on every one of these con-
tracts and In the next three months
the work will require much supervision
and attention to details. Some OF the
work is not on contracts, but is being
done at institutions by piece work or
with the labor Of inmates. but all build
ings are on contracts. The principal
building contracts entered into are:
Cherokee state hospital-New cottage
for inmates. s55.597.50.
tage, $5S,412.5O; new workshop, $11.990:
coal house. $1,000.
Council Bluffs school for deaf - Ad-
ministration building and dormitories,
S1s5,27l; roof for Industrial building.
S1,275; hospital, s24.751.
Ft Madison penitentiary-Steel for
hospital. s6.565.S4: stone work to be
done by state, total cost Of improve
ment about $4,000.
independence state hospital = Pump
house and pit, $2.105; laundry annex.
$3.50: three reservoirs. $5,550; pumps,
$1,000.
s Marshalltown state Soldiers Home
Addition to old peoples building. $1A,-
900; addition to hospital. $500; barn.
$1,000: operating room. $500; pump.
$1,000.
Eldora industrial school-New pump
for water system, $500.
Mt. Pleasan. state hospital-Cistern
material by state, $780,
Vinton school for blind - Hospital,
material by state. $500.
Chairman Robinson, of the board,
pairs to the custodial building at Glen
wood, $4,000 or more; grading and
draining at Mitchellville. $500; tunnel
work at Davenport, $4,000: filling Duck
creek. same place $1.350: equipment
power plant. $1,000: laundry equipment.
$4,000. There there is much other work
being done by state labor. especially IN
preparation for water systems and fire
protection, and the clearing Of the we'll
at Cherokee for $4,000. The item Of
material furnished by the state is not
included in the sums given and this Is
soon all the fire protection and fire es-
important. 1t Is expected that very
capes will be placed, and the three
pumps bought. as mention, are for this
purpose. I
Since the close Of the legislative ses-
sion the state board has always ex
pended in the purchase Of additional
land at the institutions the sum of $47,-
1856. This has been spent as follows:
Knoxville inebriate institution,
80 acres $I4'oVV
Marshalltown soldiers home.
11ia acres ................... IVuV
Eldora industrial school so
acres 4,s00
Glenwood feeble minded 80 acres
and one city block ............ 6,616
Anamosa penitentiary, so acres. 1920
Davenport orphans home, 81
acres .................... 4'ouV
independence state hospital. 40
acres ................. ''VoV
Mt. Pleasant state hospital. IS
acres $500
At Glenwood the board has purchased
one block of ground on which are
number Of buildings which are inter-
ferinp with the institution. AT Mar
shalltown the land was expensive be-
cause it had been plated. but IT was
necessary to protest the states proper
ty. At Knoxville. there We're two
tracts. one in the city. but 1t was need
ed by the state to complete it's ground.
The board was disappointed in regard
to the purchase OF certain land at MI.
Pleasant as the city had bought 1T
lust as soon as the appropriation was
made and converted 1t into ceme-
terry.
The board is now arranging to have
a railroad spur run into the state
ground at Knoxville so that the work
Of building there will be easier AS soon
az this lis done the contract VIII be let
for the new buildings and remodenn2
the old. The board has s125,0O0 for
this work and the work Will be COM
menced in the fall.
The securing Of the land. getting tit
les and arranging legal matters, has In
volved a great deal of work on the
board this year, while the contracts iet
were of such character as to require
good deal of labor in arranging de-
tails. Despite the fact that the price
of materials has ruled hlgn the ooaru
,rade contracts on favorable terms and
In each case has kept within the ap-
nrourtations In some cases second
bidding has been necessary.
There Is a foreign language school in
Toxic. where most all languages are
taught and curiously enough. Russian
sS~fAn rayOrito.