OF THE

BOARD

OF

CAPITOL COMMISSIONERS

TO THE

GOVERNOR OF IOWA

FEBRUARY 6, 1884.

PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

DES MOINES:

GEO. E. ROBERTS, STATE PRINTER.

REPORT OF THE BOARD.

To his Excellency, BUREN R. SHERMAN, Governor of the State of Iowa:

The Commissioners appointed by an act of the Fourteenth General Assembly, and "charged with the execution of the provisions of law in respect to the erection of the Capitol," would respectfully submit the following report:

At the date of their last report the exterior of the building, including the main dome, had been completed, consequently the expenditures of the last two years have been mainly confined to the interior.

MARBLE WORK.

On May 24, 1882, the Commissioners awarded the contract for the marble work of the Senate Chamber, of the House of Representatives, and the corridors of the second story, the main corridor and rotunda of the first story, the House and Senate corridors of the first floor and the wash-rooms, to Robert C. Fisher, of New York, for the sum of $23,389.76.

ELECTRIC WIRES AND BATTERIES.

On July 19, 1882, the Board contracted with the Western Electric Light Co. for the apparatus for lighting the gas, high and low water indicators for the tanks, wires and apparatus for telephones for the sum of $4,808.

MURAL DECORATIONS.

On July 20 the Commissioners contracted with E. S. Miragoli for painting and decorating the ceiling and walls of the Senate for the sum of $3,000; for the House for $3,500.