Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-06
STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DE-
clDEs WORK or FIRST
IMPORTANCE.
GRADING AND LIGHTING
TO De NEXT. WORK DONE
Heating Plant to bs Moved to Point
on South Side Adjacent to Railroad
Tracks--Plans For New Office Build
ing to be Presented to Next Session
Of northumberland Has Money.

| Special TO Times Republican.
| Des Moines, Sept 6-The completion
Of the work on the grounds included
in the capitol extension has been re-
ceiving the consideration Of the state
executive council for some time now.
After conferences with the firm OF
Slifer, I.undis & Abrahamson, Of st.
Paul. successors to the late E. l.. Mas
queray, the plans have been determined
on
The work rema ming to be done and
considered of immediate Importance in
cludes the following.
The closing UP Of Eleventh street
east of the state house
Taking down the coping or retaining
walls around the old grounds, ,remov-
ing the sidewalks adjacent thereto and
grading up the ground adjoining TO
conform to the enlarger grounds
Laying Of electric conduits turnout
the tract and the placing of 24e hve-
light posts and forty-six one-Ight
posts for lighting the grounds.
Grading for a road which starts at
about East Eighth and Court avenue
and follows the south rim of the cap
itol extension grounds 10 East Twelfth
street. Laying out a circular drive in
the southeast corner of the grounds.
This work will be done yet this fall
Neyt spring much further work re-
mains to be done but year from this
fall the work Of getting the grounds
in shape will have been sufficiently
completed to almost completely alter
the appearance of things around the
state house and show what has been
improvement,
To Move Heating Plant.
The further changes in the capitol
grounds contemplate the removal OF
the heating plant from the north side
Of Grand avenue north Of the state
house to a point on the south edge
OF the grounds next to the railroad
tracks: the possible construction OF
garage on the present site OF the heat
ing plant; the removal Of the Allison
monument to some new location con-
sdered by the council and by the archi-
tects as a more lifting location: the
tearing down of the fiat buildings east
of the state house in which number
of state offices are now housed and
putting these offices elsewhere.
There are six state departments
housed in these fat buildings and IT is
planned 10 put them in a building on
Des Moines street or in some other
locs ton SO the ground east OF the cap
itol can be cleared.
The executive council has appointed
a committee to look after the trees
and plants on the grounds. The mem
bers of the committee are Prot T. H.
Mcbride OF the state university, Iowa
City. DR.. l.. H. Parmil. Ames. and
Wesley Greene. secretary of the state
horticultural society Des Moines. A
man will be chosen to give personal
attention to the plants and trees on
the grounds with view to planting
out shrubbery, and flower beds and
preserving trees So as to make the
grounds as beautiful as possible.
Has $4,000 Per Year
The council will have sI5o.ooo per
year to expend on this capitol extension
work By the time the next legis-
lature meets the grounds will be about
as planned when the original capitol
extension landscaping was mapped our.
Undoubtedly the state leaders inter-
ested in the capitol extension program
will present to this next legislature
plans for new Office building or a