Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-27
RoAD OF CONTROL OF IOWA
MAKES APPROPRIATIONS FOR
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS.
-FOUR NEW EDlFlcEs
List Includes New Tuberculosis Hospi-
tai, Mt. Pleasant Infirmary, clarlnda
and Glenwood Cottages - Balance
Goes for Additions and Repairs.
Dies Moines Bureau of
The Ottumwa Courier,

Des Moines, April "a
by the state board of control On the
appropriations of the Thirty-second
general assembly, will be limited to
the tuberculosis hospital, the woman's
infirmary at Mt. Pleasant, the custo-
dial cottage at Glenwood and the
women's cottage at Clarinda. Some of
the other appropriations by the legis-
lature are available for this year. but
for the most part they are minor re-
pair sand improvements. The four
buildings to be erected this year are
az follows:
tuberculosis hospital ....... .$55, 900
Mt Pleasant infirmary ...... 1868, 900
Clarinda cottage ............. SIS, 900
Glenwood cottage .......... $50 900
The legislature also appropriated
$4,000 for new cottage at TIE Girls
Industrial School at Mitchellville,
dence, $35, 900 for a new cell house at
Fort Madison. These are the largest
appropriations, but do not make up
but about one-half of the total appro-
priations to the board of control, the
total being $S01,550 A considerable
part of the balance will be available
this year. The $125,000 infrmary at
Independence, canot all be built next
year. There will be but about $4,000
OF this available for 1908. which will
not permit of more than the putting
in Of the foundation. The board may
let the contracts for the erection of
the building late that year and may
have some Of the work done in the fall,
paying but part of the contract the
matter being yet to be determined.
OF the other improvements about
the state institutions the legislature
provided $4,000 for improving the
grounds, $4,000 for fire protection and
$4,000 for new engine and generator
at the soldiers home; $4,000 for re
building and equipping the boys in
dustrial school at the soldiers or
phans home; $4,000 for Improving the
grounds, $500 for storage and refrig-
orator plant and $4,000 for light, heat,
| laundry and boiler house at Council
Bluffs; $1,000 for new furniture, $780,
600 for new boilers. $4,000 for engine
and generator at Glenwood and $780,
900 for water supply at Glenwood;
$4,000 for converting hay barn into
farmers lodge and $500 for tunnels
i at Mt, Pleasant; $4,000 for engine and
generators and $4,000 for ventilating
system at independence; $4,000 for
engine and generators, $4,000 for sewer
and tunnels. and $500 for smoke
stack at Clarinda.
The erection Of new buildings pro.
vided for by the legislature is some.
what handicapped by the fact that it
is late in the spring before the appro-
priations are known and considerable
time sthen necessarily taken up in
preparing the plans and specifications,
| advertising for bids and letting the
contracts, SO that it is always late be.
fore actual building is commenced.
In former years the state Of Iowa
required of the railroads that they
make reports of accidents involving
loss of life, these reports going to the
railroad commission. In all the early
reports of these accidents are listed
/ When the code was madE
over again in 1897 this clause
was lost. Nobody seems tc
know how or why this was left out
but for number Of years al lefforts
to get it replaced in the laws has beer
unsuccessful until this year. Now the
clause is again a part of the law and
4 the railroad commission will receive
reports of railroad accidents so thai
! investigation may be made is deemed
advisable The railroad companies will
be required to report by telegraph tc
Des Moines and later to report b,
mail all accidents.