Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-13
and indicates the rapidly increasing wealth

and indicates the rapidly increasing wealth l of the state. 1 The insurance capital of the state is large | and constantly increasing The unfriend iIrIesislation of some of the other states
 Is to be regretted.l Should any further le,
 gislation be needed tp protect our inter.
 ests al, home or abroad, trust 1t will re
 ceive yonr favora ble consideration. aA According to the report of the Insurance | Commissioners, there are fifty nine fire jn- ] suranee companies and thirty two life com. ] panies doing business i'll this state under charters granted byAother states These
 com paiiies have paid taxes on their premi l ams collected in this state during the last
 year, to the amount of $1l, ,51974, which hts been paid over to tbe State Treasurer. Our legislation is recipfnoal in i6, oiaor~e | ter, but I think it needs some revision. would refer you to the report for details.
 The humane institutions of the state have pursued their benevolent work during the
 year past with gratifying success f The General Hospital for the Insane, al Middietown, is now in full operation. Il is very complete in ail it's appointments, fsanitary and domestic Its location is un- surpassed, and it's general arrangements 1 second to those of no other institution in ] the country While but little has been done for external ornamentation, nothing 1 has been left undone for convenience and 1 utility. The Trustees, including my two predecessors, have, without compensation, given to it much time and attention. Not l withstanding 1t has cost much more than
 was originally contemplated, owing to the increased cost of labor and materials, they believed that the state had decided by it's legislative action to care properly for its
 insane poor; and while regretting this in
 creased outlay, they felt bound to prose cute to its comp. .etion the enterprise al
 ready inaugurated. It is a noble and mu- nificent charity, and am confident will soon be securely established n the judg
 ment and sympathy of the psople of the state st- a1t Lssas z-sst~t1.,} ss The main building is now complete, and fully occupied by about 225 patients No
 more can be taken, although there are
 large numbers in the state yet uneared for. It has received from the state $385. 900.
 It is now in debt about $18,0 900. 5r l An appropriation Is needed to pay this off, and perhaps to construct buildings
 and fences, in which the establishment ia
 sadly deficient y,g.
 At no distant day it will undoubtedly be | the true economy of the state to complete the wings, which will more than double its
 capacity at less than half its present cost. The able and comprehensive report of the Trustees will be laid before you, to which I invite your careful attention. The Hartford Hospital appears by the report of it's Directors, to be we'll managed,
 and is doing good work. IF has cocf aIonE 310S' 1,f xx,b;oh f z, slate has contributed $IO,OO0, and the bal ance has been given by individuals. .lsss
 It IS now in debt for the construction of new wing-still ncomplete-about $27,
 I It has permanent fund of 92, 900, the income of which is applied to the current expenses. h...i ,.f tf.r
 By this it appears that while the state
 has contributed but $10.O0O, individuals
 have given $16O, ,OO0. .Isa *s sss. a..e
 The Trustees will ask you for an appro-
 priation of $2O, ,O0O to enable them to com
 plete the building. I submit the matter to your consideration. stezt .4.llE s..z
 The State Reform School has been con ducted the past year with the ability, econ- omy and success, that have herstofore char acterlzed it's management. 'o The whole number of boys committed to it since it's opening in 1854, is 1890. The number discharged the last year is IA The school now numbers 244, and the earnings of the boys the past year amount to about SIP, [OO0. .. f~.@.... .-'7 F. No appropriation for running expenses
 will be required The Trustees have ask ed each of the last two Legislatures for an appropriation of $5O,0O0, to be expended for an additional building, which has not
 been granted. ''
 They will repeat their request to you.
 As there are great differences of opinion
 as to how, when, and where, this enlarge.
 ment should be made, if at all, would re- lspectfully recommend careful and thor ough consideration of the whole matter sd F. The Connecticut School for Imbeciles at Lakeyille has 20 pupils who are partially | supported by the State. The. progress
 made by the recipients of this humane
 charity is in the highest degree satisfac l tory. sa3 a. a1s ..,e. s,ee...e, ..s The American Asylum for the education of the Deaf and Dumb in the intelligence, skill, and devotion of it's directors and in. lstructors, gives the best possible guaranty
 that the difficult work 1t has undertaken
 will be we'll performed. = The whole number of pupils under in
 struction during the past year, has been 279. Of this number, AS are State benef ciaries. The yearly cost to the institution of each pupil, has been about $26O, ,00
 while the sum paid by the State is only $175.O0 l The Connecticut Soldiers Orphan
 Home at Mansfield, and the Fitch's Sol.
 dier's Orphan Home at Darien, are both
 accomplishing great good. The very mod.
 crate appropriations of the State to each
 of them have been economically expended The field in which they operate is very
 wide. We owe so great debt of grati.
 tude to the soldiers, that there is little
 danger of our over-paying it in the care I've take of these little ones, these legacies
 our brave boys have left to the country which they died to defend. sE I There now but q patients in the Re-
 treat for the Insane receiving State aid This institution has always cared for the
 State patients with great fidelity and econ omy, for which it deserves the thanks of
 our citizens. But, as the General Hospital
 for the Insane is now taking most of the patients, the appropriation to it, can. with lpropriety, I think, be reduced. = Our annual appropriation of 5000 to assist in the education of the blind at the Perkins institution in Boston, is not all
 used for that, purpose. More children
 might be admitted there as beneficiaries of