160 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Prof. G. W. Bissell of Ames, engineer employed by the Execu- 

 tive Committee to prepare plans and specifications for the water 

 distribution system at the State Fair Grounds, appeared before the 

 Board at invitation of the Secretary and submitted a report of the 

 classification of bids opened by the Executive Committee on No- 

 vember 26 for the proposed water system. A detailed list of the 

 bids properly classified by ^Ir. Bissell were put on file in the office 

 of the Department of Agriculture and were made a part of their 

 records. 



Mr. Curtiss moved that the contract for the water distribution 

 system as per bids submitted November 26th to the Executive Com- 

 mittee be awarded to the Des Moines Bridge & Iron Works of Des 

 Moines, they being the lowest bidder on the cpiantities specified, all 

 service pipe included. Motion was seconded by ]\Ir. Brown and on 

 roll-call the members voted as follows : Ayes : Cameron, Brown, 

 Simpson, Johnston, Packard, Legoe, Curtiss, McDonald, Pike, Ol- 

 son. Nays : None. President declared the motion to have carried 

 and the contract was awarded to the Des ^Moines Bridge & Iron 

 Works. 



Mr. Bissell informed the Board that he was unable at this time 

 to present a detailed report and recommendation for increased light- 

 ing facilities at the State Fair Grounds. He further stated that 

 he hoped to have the matter in shape sometime early in February 

 so that some action could be taken. After listening to the state- 

 ment made by Mr. Bissell, ^Ir. Curtiss moved that the matter of 

 lighting be referred to the Executive Committee with power to act. 

 Motion was seconded by ^Ir. Olson and prevailed. 



The Board elected the following gentlemen to act as marshals 

 at the Iowa State Fair of 1907, and fLx^ed their compensation at 

 $35.00 each, each marshal to furnish his OAvn horse and feed. Mar- 

 shals elected w^ere as follows: C. ^I. Akes of Leon, T. D. Doke of 

 Bloomfield, T. J. Hudson of Winterset, and Carl Shields of Afton. 

 Mr. Donald Hill of Storm Lake was elected to the position of Chief 

 of Police. 



The following list of assistants and heads of departments for the 

 Fair of 1907 was presented by the Executive Committee and on 

 motion of Mr. Curtiss report was adopted. List of assignments can 

 be found in the premium list of 1907 and in the proceedings of the 

 Board meeting to be found in the Secretary's office. 



The matter of location for the erection of headquarters and rest 

 pavilion for the State Fair Grounds was referred to the Executive 



