Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-16
.$6,0OQ,0OO FOR
STATE INSTITUTIONS
Board OF Control Issues Figures
Showing Cost Of Schools
and Homes
SOME CHANGES RECOMMENDED
Needs for Next Biennial Period Are
Not So Great = Board Issues Figures
on Expenditures, Members of State
Institutions and Work Accomplished
In Past Biennial Period.
Special to Times Republican.

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| Des Moines. Nov. 16.-Some idea of
| the cost of running the institutions OF
Iowa may be had from the report of
/ the state board of control, just issued
From this it will be found that the
| fifteen state institutions under man
agemeni of this board cost the state in
the two years prior to June 80. last. the
sum of $3,754, ,76S.O9: and the three
colleges, whose book accounts must be
inspected by the board, cost the state
$2,S49.33447
The fifteen state institutions care
for $500 persons-including depend
ents. criminals and those in hospitals
and there are about 4,500 students
tional institutions. Between these
eighteen state institutions lies nearly
all of the expense of the state. H. is
divided about sc per cent for the board
of control institutions and "A per cent
for the educational institutions.
In the report of the board for the
period ended June 80. 1901, it was
stated that the number of inmates in
board of control institutions was 1000.
and the cost for the biennial period
was s2.505,719.75.
The state has been adding to its
property, to it's permanent investment,
very rapidly. When the board reported
six years ago the inventory showed
total values of all property of every
kind at the board of control institutions
to be $7.170.32S.97. Since then The
acreage of state farms has iheen in
creased from 300 acres to 7,133 acres,
and the board reports that the value of
the property of the state subject to
fire damage was s1G.25S.173 and props
erty subject to loss by storm $12,1S1,-
$50
The expenditures of the board at the
institutions, shows much work done to-
ward permanently completing these in
stitutions. At Marshalltown quar-
termasters building cost $4,000 and
a coal house $500. AT Davenport an
industrial shop for boys was rebuilt
for S4,100. AT Council Bluffs improve-
ments cost s21.365. AT Glenwood the
new custodial building cost $94 ,651, 4,
and q connecting tunnel 1925. An
electric plant cost $4,000. AT MITCHELL
vile new cottage cost $16,122. At
Edora small amount was spent and
the boys did a vast amount of work.
At Mt Pleasant an infirmary is nearly
completed at cost of $65, 900, tunnels
cost $3.50, and a barn was converted
into a workshop for $16,207. At Inde-
pendence a contract has been made for
an infirmary to cost 100000, and at
Cherokee similar contract is out. AT
Clarinda woman's building cost $780,
7O5, a smokestack $500. and an cleo
trio plant $4,000. At Knoxville, Fort
Madison and Anamosa but little was
spent aside from the work done by the
inmates.
The largest expenditure of the state
under the board of control recently
has been for the new tuberculosis
sanatorium at Oakdale. between Iowa
City and Cedar Rapids. The board
has expended s1O3,94S for this institu-
tion, and has a farm of 274 acres and
accommodations for eighty. A total
of 1O5 patients have been admitted
since it was opened Feb. / last. The
board asks for $57,50O more, of which
s22,50O would be for cottages and
$4,000 for kitchen.
Detailed report is made by the state
board in regard to the results of farm
operations, and it is shown that an i'm
mense quantity of grain, vegetables
and fruit is grown. In the current
year this crop report showed: beans,
1901 bushels; beets, Ass bushels;
broom corn. 400 pounds: cabbage,
41O,51O pounds: field corn, 46,364
bushels; sweet corn, 247,327 pounds;
popcorn, go bushels; cucumbers,
1891 pounds; carrots, 114.444 pounds;
celery. 37.931 pounds; oats, 11,252
bushels; tomatoes, 1889 bushels; eggs,
11,343 dozen; milk. 2,115,951 pounds;
lard, S0,126 pounds; pork, 194,577
pounds, and many other things.
The herds of the institutions have
been tested for tuberculosis and of the
s7s animals tested 2s6 We're killed
The board reports the abandonment
of the deep we'll at Glenwood and con-
struction of a. pumping plant. An ap-
preparation is wanted for a well at
independence. A water system has
been completed at Knoxville but the
water is hard.
Considerable has been done at the
institutions to provide against losses
by fire.
The board during the past two years
appointed the heads of four institu-
tions and selected new heads for six
of the institutions. The new men are
Marquis Barr at Anamosa, J. c. Sand
ers at Fort Madison, III f. Kirschner
at Iowa City, w. l.. Kuser at Eldora,
H. S. Miner at Knoxville and j. T.
Harnett, state agent
The board makes an interesting re-
port on work of the juvenile courts of
the state For the year ended Dec. 1.
1907 there was brought before the Iowa