Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-02-27

use electricity as motive power.
An act entitled can act relating to
gaslight companies. w
An act relating to the hunting or kill
ing of deer in AndrOscoggin and kennebeC
counties.
An act to incorporate the Arctic Tcle,
phone s. Telegraph Company.
An act to amend section 81 of chapter
81 of the Revised Statutes, relating to at
tachments.
An act to amend An act to Incorporate
the city of Augusta"
An act to amend section ID of chapter
1928 of the Revised Statutes of this State
in relation to lotteries.
An act to amend the charter of the
Bath Street Railway.
An act to incorporate the Wiscasset
Water Co.
On motion of Mr. Plummer of Dexter,
bill an act to give the town of Castine
power to transfer in part one or more OF
its schools to the Eastern State Normal
school, was taken from the table, the bill
was amended and the bill passed to be
engrossed as amended.
Orders Of the Day.
On motion of Mr. Larrabee of Portland,
resolve in favor of accepting gift of land
and monument from the First Maine
Heavy Artillery Association, was taken
from the table, read twice and passed to
be engrossed.
On motion of Mr.. Gilbert Of Canton,
resolve in favor of Wilton academy, was
taken from the table, read Il second time
and passed to be engrossed.
Special Assignment.
Resolve in favor of the State College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
This resolve was passed to be engrossetl
in the House and comes back from the
Senate with amendment B and amend
ment to amendment B.
On motion of Mr. Whelden of Portland,
the vote was reconsideroi by which the
resolve was passed to be engrosscd
The question being on the adoption of
amendment to amendment b. to strike
out the words twenty thousand" i'll the
third and fifth lines and insert the words
twenty-five thousand,
Mr. Whelden moved that the House do
not adopt amendment l.
Mr. Whelden said that since the
establishment of this institution, the State
of Maine has appropriated to its use about
$500, 600, an average of about SO, 600 Il
year. During this time the college has
been highly prosperous and many good
men have been graduated from there. The
last Legislature appropriated for its use
$12 900, or at the rate of $4,000 a year.
Now we are asked to appropriate S25,
a year. l submit that this is rapid
change. l submit that this is sudden
long stride l submit that this is q re
markable and uncalled for and unneces
sary advance, from $4,000 in 1894 to s25,
900 in 1895. Not merely double not merely
treble, but more than quadruple. Not
merely SO per cent. nor 100 per cent. but
more than 400 per cent. Is it possible
that that Maine State College has in
creased at the rate of 400 per cent. during
the last year. and during the last two
years. If it has, l have not heard of 1t.
They say they have now only 207 students
and a year ago they had 1870. Then why
this rapid change? Is this money proposed
to be appropriated for the experimental
station, O. for instruction? No. For
what, then? We will see.
l understand according to the report OF
the officials of the college, that the net
cash receipts of this college for the year
1898 was S63, 600. This was from June
30, 1899, to June 30, 1898.
Sixty three thousand dollars plus $25,
600 would be $SS 900 clean cash for the
Maine State College to expand in one year
More than that. The appropriation I'm
der the Morrill, act increases Mt the rate of
$1,000 year. They had 80, 600 in 1893,
in 1894 they were to have $1,000 more, in
1895, $1,000 more, so in that year the total
amount that the college would have to
expend would be $50, 900, if we appropri
ate at the rate of $25, 900 year.
Comparisons may some times be odious
but still let US make one Last year
Bowdoin with her 229 students expended
only Sal, 1927; Colby with her els students
expanded only s42, 1885, while Bates with
100 students expended only 1924, 500. AT
this rate if we appropriate S25, 900, the
Maine State College will have at its dis
posal s41, 1878 more than Bowdoin. $40,
S24 more than Colby and $64, 1O2 more
than Bates has. And still Bowdoin and
Colby and Bates expect to get along toler-
ably we'll, and still these colleges expect
to give their students tolerable fair !
education.
Now let us consider for moment the !
statement of facts accompanying the r,
solve. They say they need thousand |
dollars for the Office of the President Now |
submit that this is a little expensive. |
venture the assertion that the office of any |
president and treasurer of any college in |
Maine did not cost $500.
They say they need a thousand dollars |
for postage and stationery, and granting |
perhaps they do. Perhaps they furnish |
stamps and stationery to the students.
They say they need $4,000 for improve
ments to grounds. This is not the Arst |
time they have asked for money for i'm 1
provement to grounds. The last Legisla. I
ture appropriated $4,000 for improvement
to grounds. 1t seems to me that il money |
would cause 1t, that land down there
ought to fairly laugh with fertility.
(Laughter.)
They say they need $1,000 for fuel, $4,000
for general repairs and $4,000 for repairs
to dormitory. Now the president says in
his report to the trustees, I'm most cases
the college buildings are in excellent con
dition. In excellent condition-and still
they need to expend 1000 upon them
for repairs. Ii seem, TO me that thes,.
buildings down there must have decaycd
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