The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-07

Number of passengers carried, 52,7S9,-
79l.
Whole number of persons injured,
300; killed, 20; passengers injured, 6S;
killed, A, All others injured, 223, OF
whom 16 died of injuries.
Insurance.
The condition of the insurance COM
panies of Connecticut shows no great
changes, other than the healUay growth
which good foundations, good manage
ment and conservative handling Of in
Vestments and the absence Of any unu-
sual losses always brings.
Companies doing life insurance bust
ness on assessment plan:
Total assets ....................S9 ~, 2S9,Sl2
Paid claims during year..".." l,74S,4S3
Benevolent orders and fraternal soci-
cites are doing very large business in
life insurance in the state.
The national board of fire underWri-
tiers estimated the losses by fire in Con-
necticut for 1896 at $1,S40,O00, The pro-
biem of reducing the amount of annual
fire loss is an economic question, which
1 believe should receive your attention,
and remedial legislative action, if pos
sble.
The Connecticut Industrial School for
Girls.
This institution was opened in Mid
dletown January l, 1870, founded by
gifts from charitable persons, for the
care and instruction of girls without
homes or whose surroundings were evil
and leading to ruined lives.
The whole number of girls re-
ceived since opening the school 1857
Number under care during the
last two years. ................. 469
Number at present in the school 24l
Amount of money paid by the
state, 1895 ....................$4 SAL 329.23
Amount paid in 1896. 4o,7S4.S2
The institution has funds invested
contributed by individuals from which
1t derives some income, but this money
is inadequate for carrying on the work.
The girls in the school are graded &C
cording to age and behavior, and are
taught the art of cooking and house
keeping. When they arrive at a GER
tain rank in attachments and behavior
they are placed in families, and are
still looked after carefully by the excel
lent lady visiting agent Of the school.
AS a result, 80 per cent. of all the girls
who have gone out Of the school are
leading useful lives, and are respecta-
Bile members of society.
The Connecticut School for Boys.
The report of the trustees for the
Connecticut School for Boys, for the
year ending September 80, 1896, gives
the number of boys received between
September 80, 1895, and September 80,
1885, as 19O Number returned on old
commitments, IS, and the whole num-
Der in school, 1859.
Amount Of money received from the
state treasury during the year, $70,OS7.-
81 Useful trades are being taught, in
GLIDING carpentry, blacksmithing, brick
laying and wood carving. Printing
and telegraphy are also taught
Since the opening of the school in 1854
there have been received 5,S15 boys
Connecticut Hospital for the Insane.
The north hospital, which was or
dered by the last general assembly, has
been completed and furnished at cost
of $101, 1856, or, in excess of appropria-
ton, $1,7S6, and tie excess was paid
from the funds of the hospital by vote
of the trustees. This building has been
for some time filled with patients.
The constantly increasing demand
for accommodations has been so great
that the trustees have been obliged to
erect an additional building adjoining
the hospital, and capable of providing
for the comfort of fifty additional pa
TENTS.
More than half the patients admitted
during the past two years were incura-
BILE before reaching the hospital, an ev-
idence that they have been inadequate
| ly provided for in their homes, or in
almshouses, until too late to be benefit
ed. The trustees ask that provision be
made elsewhere for insane convicts.
The number of patients present Sep
TENDER 80, 1895, was 1,7SS. For further
statistics 1 refer you to the report of
the trustees.
The Lakeville School for Imbeciles.
! No important alterations have been
undertaken during the past year, but
the school has continued with it's limi-
| ted accommodations as well as could
be expected. The school is well con-
Quoted, and the aid from the state eco
nomically and faithfully expended.
Amount paid by the state. .... SIG, 5S6. 05
Appropriation for building. 3,500.00
| Number of state beneficiaries,
according to last report
| aVallaple OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. LA
Connecticut Institute and Industrial
Home for the Blind.
| This institution dates it's corporate
| existence to October, 1893. The work
which the institution seeks to perform
| is the educational and the industrial
training of blind children of the state
The institution is not under the direct
management of the state, although ap-
| preparations have been made to it, The
| legislature of 1895 appropriated fifteen
thousand dollars to provide buildings,
furniture, tools and apparatus for the
use of the institute.
The institute is located in Hartford
and has been educating and training
in industrial pursuits tifty-two blind
children during the past year
The Mystic Oral School.
I recommend that the appropriation