14 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Repair and take out step in walk down to crossing northwest of 

 Administration Building near the street crossing to Grandstand. 



Building cinder walk south side of Grand Avenue in front of news- 

 paper building. 



Build brick sidewalk from street car entrance to south entrance to 

 Machinery Hall. 



Build brick sidewalk in front of feed barn and horse barns on south 

 side of Machinery Avenue to connect with new cement walk laid this 

 year. 



Change curb and gutter southeast of Agricultural Building to fit new 

 walk; also curb and gutter at the north end of Agricultural Building to 

 fit new walk. 



Build a cement platform in front of concessionaires store room in east 

 end of amphitheater, properly drained to take care of slop from ice cream 

 packers, etc. 



Through the Polk County Board of Supervisors one of the large grading 

 outfits with street scarifier was secured for placing Grand and Rock 

 Island Avenues to grade. The arrangement made was that this depart- 

 ment is to pay for men for operating the outfit, kerosene, lubricating oils 

 and for necessary repairs to teeth and blades of grader. 



The committee authorized the superintendent of grounds to make 

 arrangements to use the outfit for grading north and south roads into 

 the camp grounds. 



The superintendent was instructed to paint and repair roof on swine 

 pavilion. 



The superintendent was directed to devise some plan for converting 

 the three frame toilets, one east of brick dining halls, one east of Exposi- 

 tion Building and one in orchard in camp grounds, into semi-sanitary 

 toilets, by building cement troughs under the toilets and by installing 

 automatic flushers. 



Move barn secured from game farm to a point over sewer in camp 

 grounds occupied by soldiers last year and convert same into toilet for 

 men and women. 



Excavate entire space under lobby of Administration Building. 



The secretary was directed to have the architect prepare plans for 

 toilets to be installed in the room excavated under lobby of Adminis- 

 tration Building and to receive bids about May 23rd for the plumbing 

 work. The brick work, carpenter work and excavating to be done by the 

 superintendent of grounds. 



The committee authorized the superintendent to move the outside fence 

 east of the swine pavilion thirty-three feet further east for the purpose 

 of enclosing all the land owned by the state at that point. 



The committe authorized the superintendent to move the uostide fence 

 the game farm and determined on location of fences at these points. 



The committee instructed the superintendent if possible to repair the 

 outside fence on Thirtieth street and on the north side of grounds. 



