Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-28

Total ................... .$l,SoI'o1o
with the exception Of the college for
the blind at Vinton and the soldiers
orphan home, the requests OF the state
normal are the most modest in the list.
The normal asks for $4,000 for the
library fund, $1,000 for the librarians
salary and $1,000 for paving and side
walks.
All the appropriations listed above
are what are known as extra appro-
priations. and are in addition to the
regular annual support fundsfof the in
stitution, which are perpetual and not
made each session. The appropriations
for the Iowa State University and Iowa
State Agricultural College are the larg-
est asked. The agricultural college
asks for an increase Of $4,000 annually
to it's support fund, and asks that the
college extension appropriation OF $15,-
600 be made annual, making an In
crease for the biennial period of $685.
900. In special appropriations 1t asks
for the following: Completion of heat
ing plant and tunnels, 100000; inn
proving water system, $4,000; new
engineering shop, $4,000; remodeling
old engineering hall, $4,000; general
engineering laboratory building, $780,
600; dairy and poultry farm equipment,
$4,000; addition to Margaret Hall,
s45, 900; purchase Of pure bred stock,
$40, 900; walks and grades, $4,000; fur
nishing hall Of agriculture. 100000;
summer school 1908, $4,000.
The requests of the university are
increase in support fund for biennial
period, $145,000; woman's building,
1925, 900; land, 100000; land for wom-
ans building, $4,000; general equip
nlent and supplies, 100000; equipment
new science hall, wing of hospital and
steam laboratories, $4,000; paving and
sidewalks, $4,000; improvement and
care of grounds, $4,000; mechanical
stokers, $4,000
The state fair Is asking for $4,000
for swine pavilion and sheds that viii.
cover three acres; $4,000 for steel
amphitheatre; $4,000 for land, and So
900 for moving the race track.
The biggest requests on the part Of
the board Of control are for an infirm-
airy for Cherokee, $4,000: cell house
and hunks for Fort Madison. $4,000;
infrmary at independence, $125, 900:
cottage IOI WOlIlSH at SldIlIIQd, 20.
900; woman's infirmary at Mi. Pleas
ant, $4,000; custodial hall at Glen
wood. 100000; quartermasters building
at Marshalltown, $4,000.
In addition to all these requests for
appropriations there are any number
of requests for small appropriations
that will be made with the introduce
ton Of bills for monuments for former
public officials, for the expositions at
Jamestown and Seattle, for roster Of
soldiers, for the completion of the his
torical building, the erection of an ex-
ecutive mansion. publishing of various
documents, additional for the archives
department, and for permanent APP
preparation for the custodian of the
archives. All of these will mount up to
many thousands of dollars. This year.
as every year, the question with the
appropriations committees of both
houses is what to eliminate In the
governors message to the legislature
he estimated S917,526.40 as the amount
available for special appropriations. 1t
is probable that the ways and means
committees will be able 70 find little
more than this and may be able to
make ii as much as S1.000,0O0, but
even that amount will not half meet
the demands of the bills that will be
introduced.