The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-08


The financial condition OF the state
affords occasion for public congratulation-
Notwithstanding the unusual monetary
and industrial depression that mas pre-
vailed, the exhibit for the hscai year
ending October 81, 1884, is uneauaiied IN the
history of the State
The report of the Comptroller shows
Receipts from all sources for
aa tne sIst nstai 1sSa year enuihs 50 1es o7a o1
Balance in bank November 1st,
1Ss3...-.. 724,O3S L
rot., raoa,n+s s9q17111 "a
Total disbursements during fis-
raj year. ending October LIST, -,
ies4,-'. 49, 49, -. .''.,''.., l,s0V,10o q
Balance in bank November 1st,
1884,. -. -. -. .......... ss86.S55 81
The various items making up the ag-
gregate of above receipts and disburse-
ments. are particularly stated and shown
in tba rarart, Of +ba f,omn+rol,er and
Ia eae iepoies "a Lac Ooinp.i oiiei anu
Treasurer. They are too numerous to be
here restated, but all further information
das;red resnectinpg tba sama CON he oh
There is no floating debt, and practical
5ly the State is entirely out of debt. There
are outstanding, at the date of this mes
purposes" amounting in the aggregate
TO the sum of SaS5. 400. Portions Of these
bonds fall due annually, on the first days
OF January in each year until January
l, 1902, when the last of them mature.
Against these there is In the Sinking
Fund s4l. .663-4S of available assets. The
State also owns 1,SS7 shares of the stock
of the joint companies, worth in the
market a rhiS time ahonf SA50 ms u
a total of 1891, ,663.oS of assets against
bonded indebtedness of &S5, 400 These
war bonds could, therefore, be eX-
tinguished today, If due. They are, how
ever,2, eing discharged as rapidly as it
MS Il =, possible to do so.
Provissee climate of the Comptroller of re-
ccipfs anu disbdrsenients for the current
hscai year is as fonows:--
Estilnated receipts exclusive of
shna.Lr, pSdance 81 on Sseo, 9oo:sl above
ing October 31st. 80. .042. $40 90
Estimated disbursements during
isS5 sai ear eiiuiilt' oceoeel oist' o,7 eo- oc
:. -N-- $500 -
Balance. -. -. $25,264 IA
Appropriations heretofore made. and
balances due on such appropriations,
amounting in the aggregate to $171, ,30674,
SAS OeSSte'HNAi5 h-Ah tiiiPdiu. EoOiilG VI
these unpaid appropriations are liable to
be called for during the current year,
others are not. But, assuming the above
estimates of the Comptroller to be cor
rect, it is evident that those appropria-
tions, and any additional ones that your
honorable bodies may make, cannot be
betrayed from current receipts. They
will have to be paid from the balance
Ioy ND TO fhaf yfov, II u rrl,.
fact should be borne in mind in all legis-
lation involving an appropriation of pub
lie funds.
PRISON ACCOMMODATIONS
The cell capacity of the State Prison
Is seven hundred. The number of con-
victs at the date of the keepers report
October 81, 1885, was 1O26, an increase of
IS over the preceding year. The law re-
CURES that leach convict shall be con-
fined in one of the cells of the prison.
separate and alone" This provision of
the law cannot be complied with. The
keeper is obliged to violate it and to
confine two or more prisoners in cells,
intended and fit for but one. This is
prejud:cial to the good order and dis
cipiine of the prison, and highly detri-
mental to the health and morality of
taiC AOANiClS. uS lSpOit VI the pHy SiClaH
discloses an increased rate of mortality
and sickness in the prison during the
past year, which he ascrtbes to its over
crowded condition and the lack of proper
hospital facilities.
I regard the enlargement of the prison
as the most imperative demand upon your
honorable bodies. A law was enacted in
1890 Chapter 15D approprlating 100000
for the erection of an additional wing to
the prison and providing proper hospital
accommodations. BY reason of its Pc
culiar provisions that law is imperative.
I therefore recommend the passage of
a new act appropriating a sufficient sum
for the extension and enlargement OF
the prison, including a proper hospital
and such other improvements and
changes in and about the institution
tsuggested and recommended in the re-
ports of the supervisor the keeper and