Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-11
SCALING THEM DOWN.
Some Big Cuts in the Demands of In
stituti0ns for State Aid.
LARGE APPROPRIATIONS WANTED
BY the Pittsburg Hospitals Are Not En-
tirely Realized.
NINETY BILLS CALLING FOR $11, ,O14,751
rFRoM A STAFF coRREsPoNDENr.l

rFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
HARRISBURG, April 10.-About 80 ap-
preparation bills were reported to the House
to-day, including the general appropriation
bill. The committee has made a big cut in
the demands of the various institutions that
want the State to aid them financially. The
general appropriation bill calls for about
$1,000, 900 to support the public schools, to
pay the judiciary, the expenses of .he Legis-
lature and to meet other liabilities for whose
liquidation provision must be made in this
bill. -Four millions were allowed for the
public schools, which amount Is 81, 0O0, 600
less than provided for in another bill.
The amount asked for the Eastern peni-
tentiary (S9s, ,OOO) was allowed. but $55, 900
was Topped off the claim of $780, 900 of the
Western Penitentiary for the erection of
buildings. The Huntingdon Industrial
Reformatory asked for $160,000 and re-
ceiv ed S140, 900. The Pennsylvania Reform
School wanted $4,000 and was allowed
$4,000 The Anthracite Miners Hospital
at Ashland put in claim for $4,000 and
had to be content with $4,000. The
Soldiers and Sailors Home of Erie was
voted Its demand, amounting to S175, 600.
The appropriations to the cottage hospitals
were,generally curtailed.
Care of INDECENT Insane.
The Board of Charities recommended
$500, 900 for the care and maintenance of the
INDECENT insane, but the Committee on APP
preparations report one bill appropriating
$3.50, 900 and another $50, 900 to cover de-
ficiency. The Danville Hospital was al
lowed only $20,O 600 of the S51, 900 wanted.
No action was reported on the bills appro-
priating $537 900 to the Harrisburg and
S531, ,227 to the Norristown State Lunatic
Asylum.
The Philadelphia House of Refuge was
given $4,000, which was its claim, and the
Training School for Feeble Minded Chill
dren in Delaware county received S198, 900,
or within S. 900 of the amount for which
application was made. Of the $93, 500 de-
manded by the Philadelphia Blind Igstitu-
ton, it was allowed $50, 900. The Philadel-
phia Deaf and Dumb Institution wanted
$40, 900, but the committee struck out the
item calling for $3.50, 900 for new buildings.
The Western Pennsylvania Deaf and Dumb
Institution asked for S93,600, and was al
lowed $50, 900. The Scranton Oral School
received 500, 600 of the 100000 demanded.
The Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind
Men, of Philadelphia. had S42, 500 of the
S65, 900 wanted knocked out.
Scaling Down the Amounts.
The Western Pennsylvania Blind Institu-
ton made application for S34, $50, and was
allowed $23, 500. The Medico- Chirurgical
Hospital, of Philadelphia, wanted
5000, 900 for general purposes. en-
larging building, and was allowed $780,
OOO No action was taken ON the bill
appropriating S15O,0OO to University Hos
pital, Philadelphia. The Hahneman
Medical College, Philadelphia, asked for
$50, 600, and was allowed one-tenth of the
amount. The Southside Hospital, Pitts
burg, put in claim for S125, 900, and
secured $1,000, and the Mercy Hospital,
Pittsburg, for 100000, and was allowed
$40, 900.
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital
wanted $172, 900 and was given $122, 900.
The Homeopathic Medical and Surgical
Hospital, Pittsburg. had to submit to a re-
duction of its claim from S64, 900 to S45.000.
The Allegheny General HOSPITALS claim
was cut down from $50. 900 to $4,000. Many
of the smaller demands were also materially
cut down.
The amounts appropriated in the bills re-
ported to-day aggregate $11, Ola, 751. In the
items enumerated reduction of 81, 179, 800
has been made, and the committee claims to
have made cut in the entire number of
bills acted on, including those reported and
those in its possession, of from s., 900, 900 to
Sc, 000, 900. HENRY HALL.