Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-06
Encouragement Of Offices in
Capitol and Making Room For
J, New Boards a Problem
DEPARTMENTS TO BE SHIFTED
But Which Will Be Moved and Which
viii Secure Most Desirable Quarters
as Vet Undecided-some of tho Pro-
posed Changes and Where Depart
ment. May Be Placed.
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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 6.-Something must
be done soon toward switching the Of
fees in the state house, and while the
executive council has not turned q
wheel towards making the new adjust
ments, the employees of the state house
are somewhat concerned because of
various unauthentic and haphazzard
guesses as to what will happen. There
lis considerable choice in the matter.
and the question OF being stationed In
the basement or on the first floor is as
much rnooted a matter as the questions
of social degree in washington. The
Legislature has been accustomed to or
tdering that officers and boards be Civ
EN- offices in the state house and leav-
ing it to the executive council to find
the room. Some Of the officials are of
the opinion that they have particular
rooms at the favor of the legislature.
and, that the executive council cannot
move them.
With the erection of the new paper
warehouse back of the heating plant,
north Of Grand avenue, there viii be
considerable room provided and 1t Is
nota all unlikely that the council may
take advantage of this to make some
changes. While there has been no Off
cial discussion of the matter on the
~ r,f ;v,n
seems to be reason for believing that
the geological department will be
transferred to the historical building,
and that its rooms in the north end of
the basement of the state house will
be given to the board of control There
is a movement on foot to have the doc
ument room under the secretary of
states office transferred to the new
warehouse, and this would make nice,
big Office room. The state veterinar ian
must be provided for, and there is soon
to be vacant in the brick building
across the street east from the state
house some room that may provide for
the state veterinarian, and possibly
some others,
& One of the gravest problems is that
of caring for the railroad commission
For some years the railroad commits
sioners have had nothing much but q
kitchen table on which to pile their
valuable papers, but since for some
years the commission has done nothing
of consequence but draw its pay, lit
didn't make much difference It is diff
ferent, however, now since the people
have changed the personnel by putting
n q nc 1e1nr Is MO
being done. Chairman Ketchum has
now been provided with modern office
desk, but there is not space in the
rooms Of the commission for the other
two members to have desks. The ex-
ecutive council will try to give them
more office room, especially place big.
enough for dozen or more persons to
get into the room at time for a hear,
ing. But the agricultural department is
on one side of them, and the supreme
court on the other, and it is difficult to
find the additional room for them It
is barely possible that the clerk of the
supreme court may have to be moved
to make the additional room. There
has been talk that the agricultural de-
partment should be at the state fair
grounds with an administration build-
Ing erected for that purpose. Some of
the members Of the board OF directors
of that department, however, object. re
this was doneJ it would make ample
space for the railroad commission.
Another difficulty is to find addi-
tionA room for the attorney general,
who needs another small room. By
moving the office of the secretary OF
the executive council this can, be done,
but the question is where to put the
secretary. The rooms occupied by the
horticultural society's display, which is
not legally a department. of the state,
would make suitable and ex-
cellent quarters, and the hor-
ticultural display may be moved to
some other place. But the horticul-
tural society paid for the interior fur
nishtngs Of that room. They furnished
the wood and had 1t carved in the form
Of apples and other fruit, and they will
make big kick before they are ever
moved out.
Some additional room could be had
by moving the pharmacy commission
or the labor commissioner to the brick
building owned by the state east of the
state house, but the pharmacy COM
mission must have vault or safe and
this would necessitate the purchase Of
a safe. Besides the rooms vacated
would not answer the purpose of those
needing room. Within a short time it
is recognized that the state will have
to put UP an office building to take
care of the overflow from the state
house.
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