Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-03
Council Bluffs
DeCOratIOn,
for Auditorium
Being Received
First Car of Grsenery Shipped from
South Reaches City and Will Be
Put in Place at Once.

The first carload OF material to be used
in decorating the interior Of the Audi
forum building for the third annual eN-
position Of the National Horticultural con
gress and the Corn show arrived yesterday
afternoon and was unloaded during the
day. IL consists OF southern smllaX, holy
and semi-tropical evergreen foliage, ana
under the direction of the committee on
decoration, OF which Roy +. Wilcox Is
chairman, the material will be bestowed
in a manner that win transform the IN
terror Of the building into a state Of beauty
much more enhancing than was accom-
plished at the previous two expositions.
The work Of plastering the brick walls
and covering the exposed woodwork ot
the roof. trusses and underneath the bal
comics with the tinted plaster board has
been practically finished and a corps of
fifty workmen is now engaged in rushing
the other preparatory work to keep ahead
of the decorators. The whole interior OF
the Auditorium has been rswired by James
c. Bradley. former city electrician, who
has removed all of the temporary open
wiring previously used and replaced 1t by
permanent concealed work. The wiring
scheme has been worked out with view
of meeting all future contingencies The
system is fed by three street cables, suffi-
cient to carry current TO operate all Of the
lights that may ever be needed and to fur
nish electric power to every part Of the
building where IL may be required in the
future Switches and cut-out boxes are
located in many places and the system
made complete in every respect.
Painters Are Busy.
Painters are still at work staining
and painting the balcony woodwork
light sage green tint to corre-
spond to the color and finish Of
the balcony opera chairs, 50 that the gen
eral color scheme throughout the whole
bulldlng-green and white-will be carried
out to the least detail The refinishing Of
the interior has seemed to add to its di-
mensons and those who visit IL for the
| first time after the rich southern greens
are placed will be as surprised as they
must be delighted.
The demand for space has made it neces-
sary to add about 1000 square feet to the
floor area Of the annex buildings. These
buildings are of a very much better
character than the sheds erected hereto
fore. The extra space to be heated, COM
prised by the permanent annex constructed
at the east end OF the Auditorium, has
| made Il necessary to call for extra service
from the main steam heating plant, and
for the purpose of encouraging to dc
better work the contract was let yes
terday afternoon for the addition Of
twenty feet to the top Of the big smoke
stack
A. to Corn show.
Preparations for the Corn show are ir
the same stage OF forwardness. Prof Bruce
Crossley. the active manager of the new
feature of the expositions, has returned
from Ames college. where he secured the
fuller cooperation Of the agricultural ex'
tension department of the state college II
the work of the Corn show. The college
will send a corps OF the best INSTRUCTOR
from it's faculty and will install here thu
exhibit used at the Iowa State fair, II
charge of the same men who installed 4
at Des Moines This will constitute a fin
educational feature that Prof Crossle!
says will give permanent results. Prof
Holder. the evangelist of good seed ant
higher evolution OF King Corn, is expected
to arrive here in a few days and will re
main until the close OF the exposition