Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-30
1O FINISH
CONTRACT JUNE |
Decorators Will Not Have
Finished Work on State
House Then, However
FINE IMITATION OF MARBLE
scaaolio is Put On the Pillars In
Sheets and Later Polished Until 1t Is
impossible to Tell tho Difference
Beauty Of Decorations is Beginning
to Be Apparent.
70 Tlmes-Repubilcan.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, March 3o.--1nside OF
two weeks the greater part OF the pas
terinp will be completed at the state
house in the hall Of the house ana
the work of putting on the scasoAo
will begin. The scaffolding which IS
used in making the improvements VIII
he left in place for the painters ana
decorators and it is expected that IT
will take them about six weeks 10
complete their work. Then the scar
folding will be torn down. After tne
decorators are thru the work OF com
pleting the tinishings about the doors
and windows will be done and the nan
will be completed. 1t is expected by
Grahl & Peterson who are making the
repairs that they will be out OF the
building by about the first OF June.
There will still be work for the decor
ators after that on the walls OF the
chamber.
The scagolio is put on the pillars IN
sheets and later polished and 1t is I'M
possible to tell the difference between
1T and marble. The columns are nrst
plastered with Portland cement and
then with a firmer cement. The scago-
lilo is mixed to initiate whatever mar
BILE 1t is desired to represent, and then
prepared in sheets. While it is damp
1T is placed on the columns. 1t Is mix
ed according to an old formula that
has been known in Italy and other
countries for ages. There is already
some of that work In the capitol build
ing. At the entrance to the house
chamber it is said there are marble
columns and scagolio columns and the
alninitiated can't tell the differsnce.
All the decorating in the upper part
Of the capitol dome and rotunda is now
completed and considerable of the
scaffolding has been removed. Within
two weeks the scaffolding now remov-
ed will be placed on the second floor
above the grand stair case and by the
time that scaffolding is completed it
is expected that the decorators in the
rotunda will have completed down to
the level of the ceiling of the second
floor. The decorators will then begin
the work above the grand stair case
and the carpenters will remove the
scaffolding in the rotunda down as far
as the work has progressed, after
which the decorators will again return
to the rotunda and the scaffolding
above the staircase will be torn out
and placed in the corridors on the
first and second floors For fear some
may think there is nothing but alumni
mum leaf used on the building, it may
be said that gold leaf is now floating
about the corridors Of the building. 1t
is not in evidence in such great guam
titles as was the aluminium leaf when
it was being used. The gold leaf is be-
ing used on the images and figures
about the rotunda. Now that
enough Of the scaffolding has been re-
moved to get little glimpse Of the
decorations the beauty is beginning to
be apparent.
The first cases to be argued orally
before the supreme court at the period
which opens next Tuesday are from
Marshalltown and will include the case
of Shaw against the city of MARSHALL
town known as the old soldier law
case. The first case coming up for
submission is that of Emma Parrott
against the Chicago & Great Western.
1t was heard before Judge Obed Cas-
well, September 81, 1903. She brought
suit for $1,000 damages against the
road for taking out a lot of dirt in a
cut causing the banks to cave in. The
cave in extended into the land Of the
plaintiff on her farm and she claims
damaged six acres of ground. The jury
gave her judgment of $3.50. The rail-
road claims the work was done by a
contractor, who, if he did remove such
dirt, did it on his own responsibility
and that the road therefore should not
be held liable. The second case is that
of r. w. Hughes against the Iowa
Central railway, tried before Judge G..
w. Burnham, November II, 1908.
Hughes was caught between an engine
and the coal chute at Marshalltown
November S, 1902, and was severely
crushed and permanently injured. He
brought suit for s1,999, and the jury
awarded him full damages.
Curator Aldrich of the historical
building, finds great encouragement in
the fact that many county historical
societies are being organized in many
places Cedar Rapids has the most
progressive society and Lucas and
Decatur counties also have strong So
cieties. A few years ago Mr.. Aldrich
could hardly get people interested in
the subject of the states history, but
now about every other country paper
is running a series of articles on the
early history of the county or COM
naunity where the paper is located.
These papers as they reach the his
torical department are indexed and the
clippings saved and Mr.. Aldrich be
lieves much of the information will
prove very useful. The basement of
the historical building is filled nearly
full of newspaper files. Some of them.
in fact many of them. run back to