Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-21
SAVE n NRECK|NG
IH[ iowa BUILDING
States Wisdom In Making Ap-
preparation For This Work
Clearly Demonstrated
ONLY STATE THAT DID so
Board of Control Pleased With Fact
That Several Thousand Dollars Will
Be Saved Above What Would Have
Been Obtained From Sale of Build
ing and Furniture at St. Louis.

Dc 0dVGu tAOOvV vtIias SsSS'S ''S0
Been Obtained From Sale of Build
ina and Furniture at st. Louis.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines Feb. 21.-Iowa is the
only state in the union that MADE an
appropriation for the wrecking OF lts
building at the st. Louis exposition
and according to report that has just
been made to the board of control 81
73O feet of dimension timber has been
taken from the building up to this Tune
and the building has been wrecked
down only to the first story. The hard
wood floors of the building were taken
up with practically no damage and
are being used in the erection Of the
building at Knoxville. There is great
deal of lumber yet to be taken from
the building and it is estimated by
members of the board of contrQ that
this will amount to as much as l5o,-
600 feet of lumber will be saved from
the building This at an estimated
value of $40 a thousand amounts to
$4,000 alone.
Besides this lumber there has been
saved a lot of steel T. beams which
| will be used at Knoxville, and all doors
and windows and door and window
sash. The windows in the lower story
of the ST. Louis building were all AM
erican plate glass. In drawing the
plans for the Knoxville building ar
rangements were made to use these
doors and windows and the sash and
they have been shipped to Knoxville
and are ready to be placed lin the
building. The furniture in the build
ing was worth $4,000 on first cost and
all of this was saved. The appro-
priation of the state amounted TO S5,-
900. All therefore that is saved over
and above the furniture is a clear saw
ing to the state. When Mr.. Cownie
was in st. Louis he found that many
Of the big state buildings furniture
and all were sold for as low as $4,000.
Those who made business of buying
such buildings We're we'll aware that
no states except Iowa made any ap-
preparation for the removal of the
buildings. With no appropriation for
their removal the officials could do
nothing but sell them. The board Of
control of Iowa is we'll pleased with
the outcome of the wrecking of the
building and several thousand dollars
will be saved above what would have
been obtained from the sale of the
building and furniture.
The Iowa building is being wrecked
by day labor. The board of control
found that the most extravagant prices
would be charged to let the matter by
contract and so employed a superin-
tendent and a lot of men. 1Shey are
paid $1.75 and 50 a day, and the build
ing is being taken down as we'll as
possible to do. Every nail is being
drawn from the lumber and all the
material put in first class condition
ready for use at once on arrival at
Knoxville or wherever it is used.
1t seems likely that nothing can be
done in the matter of collecting fees
from the car lines that operate in this.
state and fail to file certified copies
of their articles of incorporation, OF
with companies who file articles with
less capitalization than they have
in other states, where the original ar
ticles are filed. There seems to be q
broad question concerning the intent
and requirements of the laws in this;
state. The trouble in the case of the
car lines prevails in other corporations
of the state and is due to laxity
of the laws. Corporations with mill
lions of capital. have before this filed
their articles with but 100000, or such
matter named as the capitalization.
The only way the matter can be got
ten at is for additional laws to be
passed.
There seems likely to be some
difficulty in S'Brien county according
to information that has reached the
governors office. The governor has
been officially notified by the auditor
of O'Brien county that there is a va
cancy in the office of representative
from O'Brien county, the representa-
tive having moved out Of the county.
1t is understood unofficially, however,
that the representative from that
county claims his residence is still
inside the county, tho he has gone to
Sioux City. The representative is G.
r. Whitmer, of Primghar, democrat.
| The auditor is j. P. Bossert of Primg-
har and like all the other. county Off
cials of that county is republican.
1t is presumed that Mr.. Whitmer has
left his family i'm Primghar, if he has
one. Tho he may have moved his fam
| lily to Sioux City and still claim it is
temporary and that his residence is in
| Primghar. In Polk county Emery
English is now in Mason City and is
| connected with the Times Herald there
but his family remains in Valley juno
| ton which he claims is his home. The
auditor of this county is, however, a.
| republican and there is no conflict
whatever, and will be none.
1t is quite possible that Governor
Cummins will not go to Washington
| to attend the inaugural ceremonies but
will go south for,a month in the hope