Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-14

warm The severe weather of this
winter is too much for the plant or
else the plant Is at fault. The en-
ployes shiver and hover around the
registers The registers are directly
under the windows and the cold COM
ing from the windows drives the en-
ployes back to their desks. Nearly
every office i'm the state house has been
supplied with another set of windows
this winter and yet the rooms are not
always warm Some claim that the
pipe leading from the heating plant to
the middle of the building and carry
ing the steam is two inches smaller
than the pipes leading the rest of the
way. Others claim the radiation has
been reduced in the new system that
is being installed. Others claim there
is an out of-date high pressure steam
system in place of the low pressure
system that is in use nowadays. Some
say the state burned $1,400 worth OF
coal trying to keep the building warm
during January when last year $500
or $500 was considered a big months
coal bill. With the new heating sys-
TEN the state installed last summer
some thermopiles which are suppos-
ed to keep the heat al the proper COM
Portable temperature all the time. BY
an electrical device when the heat
drops below a certain point the cleo
trical current is turned on and this
turns on the steam. In number of
the offices it has been discovered by
the employees that with an envelope
opener they can make the electrical
connection and start the steam. There
is a strict rule of the executive coun-
ell against tampering with the thermo-
pile. but the employees of the state find
it is a great system for helping to
keep somewhere near comfortable. Out
in the wings of the building 1t is the
coolest. The offices of the Superin-
tendent of public instruction and the
secretary of agriculture seem to be the
coolest.
1t is a source of regret to the friends
of Governor Cummins that he was I'M
able to make the trip to st. Paul to
speak there before the Lincoln Club
and the Minnesota legislature. both for
the governors sake, and because they
wanted to know what he would say in
people and the freight rate agitation.
The fact that he will not speak. how
ever, will prevent some of his enemies
from expatiating on his talking on
other than state issues. From the Cos
sip that is going around it would seem
that the talks of the governor are list
need to with very great interest by the
people and are looked forward to even
if they do touch other than state is
sues.
Supt. John f.. Riggs has written to
Editor Bailey, of the Britt Tribune,
who recently criticised the consolida-
ton of country schools as a fad and
believes it is against the best inter-
ests. He argues that the number of
farms is on the increase and the size
of them on the decrease, and for this
reason thinks the school houses should
be maintained on the corner of the sec :
ton instead of four miles up the creek.
While not entering into an argument
with him. Supt. Riggs calls his atten-
ton to the fact that during the spring
term OF 1904 there We're but seven
schools in all Hancock county where
Mr.. Bailey edits the Tribune that had
more than twenty pupils. During the
winter term preceding there were but
ten and during the fall term there We're
but three. During the winter term
that year there was one school with
an average attendance of two, two
with an attendance of three, one with
four, two with five, two with six. six
with seven, eight with eight, seven
with nine, eight with ten, seven with
eleven, nine with twelve. six with thir-
teen, six with fourteen, eight with fif-
teen, and twenty-five with from six
teen to twenty. This of course in
cludes all the city schools.