Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-17
STATE HOUSE is CROWDED
Legislature Will Be Asked 10 Appropriate
Money for ofice Building.
PLAN TO BUILD ON lNsTAllMENTs
First Wing to Contain Rooms for
Agricultural and horticultural
Departments and Board
of Control
Rrom a STAFF Correspondent)


DES MONIES, Sept 16-(special THE
next session of the legislature VIII be
asked to make an appropriation of so, 900
or $4,000 for the erection Of one wing of
what will ultimately be a very modern and
beautiful Office building for the purpose OF
accommodating some of the commissions
and officials now crowded into the state
house. The matter has been discussed by
the executive council and 1t is practically
agreed that the next legislature should
make the appropriation, as some relief
must be secured soon from the crowded
conditions in the capitol building. II is
believed that the wisest plan for the state
to follow is to make a small appropriation
for the purpose of erecting one wing of
a building after deciding on plans for
complete building. In one wing would be
placed the Agricultural and Horticultural
departments and the Board of Control.
This would relieve the crowded condition
of the capitol building for some time to
come and as more room was needed the
state could make additional appropriations
for the further completion of the office
building The State Board of Educational
Examiners desire a room in which to place
the corps of readers who are TO assemble
four or five times a year to mark and
grade the examination papers and for the
secretary OF the board, who is at the ONCE
the year round. With the Board of Control
out OF the capitol building the rooms
under the superintendent Of public instruc-
ton could be used for that purpose. The
rooms in the basement now occupied by the
Board of Control on the west side OF the
corridor could be assigned to the new In
surance department, which is likely TO be
tod h4oI,
will absolutely have to have offices. The
Railroad commission at present has two
small rooms that are entirely inadequate
With the Department of Agriculture out
OF the building. the commission would be
assigned these rooms, which are large
and spacious. in addition to the ones now
occupied The secretary OF the executive
council would probably be placed in the
horticultural rooms and thus give the at
torney general more space II is believed
that the farmer members OF the legislature
would all be favorable TO this proposed new
building. The horticulturalists would favor
It for the reason that they are not secure
in the room they have. An attempt was
made at the last session OF the legislature
10 get a bill through giving the department
the room IL now occupies, but the bill
failed and the department now occupies
the room only by suffranoe and knows
not when it will be put out OF house and
home. Furthermore, II is proposed to pro-
vide in the new building hall sufficiently
large for the meetings OF the State Agri-
cultural society and Horticultural society
These societies now have to meet in the
once rooms OF the departments. which
are quite inadequate for the purpose. The
historical building which is now being COM
pleted was built as a wing at the time.
and II Is claimed once building could
be erected in the same way without the
state feeling il financially.
DeaeOnesE Training school.
At the Des Moines conference of the
Methodist church II was announced today
that Mr. Rianeha GafsehalI haa sav..,