Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-08

!. The number or patients mas so ,.r.,..
increased OF late, and the necessitv ~
another hospital in the near future wa al
s SO app nf en- that several years ago a
eta g. Vi lano was purchased in the citv
OF Bangor Tor that purpose Before ANY MY
this, additions have been made IN tha uSS nis
pitai IN aaugusta from time to time, until
Y was deemed unwise to continue u thin
policy further, or have any more no tn, Ills
aggregated in one place r"''enes
me over-crowded condition of the hos
pltai ~ augusta compelled the IepisIn
ture OF 1898 to take further action anS n.s
propriate Si5O.000 towards erecting ~ ~
has Lna Maine Hospital on the lot which b
This hospital is intended. in its cpnsfr,e.
ION lion anu equipment, to embody ali the
pest modern thought and improyements
a committee authorized by the Legisla.
s sure WAS appointed by Coy. Cleaves to
business experience and integrity. thew
naVS, 1 thlnk, faithfully and wisely ex-
s sunne 5he sum appropriated. 1t was not
complete this Undertaking.
wnn,G TaS Wen understood that the grant
n WGuiu nave to be supplemented with
co,ner approximations. The report of this
committee will give you in detail full
p pahrtteu i of what has been DONE and
Wnat they will requife to properly con-
isss ae n! mis- work %ar durg the years 1897 and
appropriation should be made. It is for
you, you 10 decide what sum you will give
.nem TO eXpend this year, and also what
sum Tor the next
~ INSURANCE.
..Ihe report of the insurance commits
slohei ana his recommendations deserve
specia! attention. This question of insur-
d dnoe IS one in which very many are
ueepiy interested. Any legislation which
can reduce the annual loss must I'M
uouotedly bring lower rates of insurance
III 'iine. We are dependent almost wholly
on foreign companies for insurance, and
tit present rates pSnpciaI1V farm
pulidlngs, are so high as to almost pro-
niolt placing policies upon them, in most
There has been considerable legislation
On the subject of insurance, and yet Z
9oupt IL very much has resulted there
rpm 10 insurers or insured.
II would seem that the only way we
can nope to obtain the much desired
lower rates is to reduce the average loss
SO as to satisfy the companies that they
sonable profit.
ana then have personal interest not
onty IN preventing fires. but in ferreting
V Wiifa am1 furnishing n any persons who shall
Mnlully purn property to obtain the
amounts insured thereon.
STATE PRISON AND REFORM
SCHOOL.
Your joint committees will visit the
State prison and the reform school, and
thoroughly examine everything connected
with the workings of these institutions.
The reports of the officers who have
charge OF them will give you a full insight
into their condition, the number of per-
sons therein. and the terms for which
they have been committed. The general
methods of conducting and governing
both should be carefully inquired into.
Not that | doubt the excellence and cor
rectness OF the management in all the de-
partments but do believe in prisons, re-
form schools and insane hospitals, moth
ing should be taken for granted.
In this connection l would call your at
tention to the fact that under existing
| understand n1,ap
ter 142. boy Of only eight years of age
may be, for no very grave offence. sent
to the reform school until he is tw enty-
one; l believe that no boy eight. ten or
twelve years of age should be ever ire
Vocably sentenced to that institution for
| so long term; and l submit that it
youthful offenders, the indefinite period.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, ETC.
The Industrial School for Girls will
| doubtless receive your favorable consid-
GRAFTON, and such assistance as shall en-
able it to effectually carry on the excel
| lent work it is now doing. Nothing can
| be more meritorious than to help young
persons in starting rightly in the race of
life.
The State of Maine should continue to
| literally provide for and educate the I'M
fortunate deaf dumb and blind and also
willingly aid in caring for the children il
the military and naval hospital.
There are other institutions. hospitals
and infrmaries which are doing philan-
thrOpic and humanitarian work. alleviat-
| ing suffering. and caring for those who
cannot properly care for themselves that
are deserving of judicious and discrimi-
mating assistance. l doubt very much if
| it is best to encourage an increase in
| their number. 1t would seem that less
| expensive and better results might be oh
tanned from smaller numbers. CENTRAL!
located. easy of access. where the best
professional skill could be relied upon.
MAINE STATE COLLEGE.
The Maine State College has been estah-
tigh moi fhirtV
| Those who rocked the cradle of it's strug.
Cling infancy, amid doubts, hopes ana
fears, must feel gratified at it's remark
able and unprecedented growth.
Its. trustees and faculty have been I'M
ceeded beyond their fondest hope.
In 1899 there were 1863 students perusin =
| the several courses of instruction. At
present there are 316. with a certain pros
pect of still further increase in numbers,
Notwithstanding the requirements for adj
| mission have been raised to some extent.
This institution of learning was founded
for the express purpose OF promoting
chanic arts. and to enable the industria |
classes, so-called. to procure practice
education by reducing the expense SO that
it would be within their reach. 1t is. in
fact, n school 'of science and tech
nology" where students who desire
sound and useful instruction that shall
fit them to enter successfully upon the
practical duties of life, rather than to sit
under the shadow of a great name like
that of Harvard or Yale, can obtain it at
a very reasonable cost. 1t Is emphat-
ically a college of and for the common
people. 1t deserves. and will receive, just
treatment from your Minds. -t.f
The State of Maine when it accepted
the land grant from the general govern
ment entered into certain obligations
which we should faithfully discharge.
This college has Il permanent endow-
ment fund Of 1921, 600, the annual inter-
est of which sum / suppose amounts 10
some $4,000 1t also receives annually
from the United States about 1000 fer
the purpose of instruction and $4,000 for
Investigation in agriculture and the
sciences.
It's necessities in excess of these sums
must be provided for by the State. What
further assistance shah be granted it.
and for how long a period that grant
shall extend, are questions to be settled
by you, so as to promote as far as possi-
bic the bes8 interests of the college. and.
at the same time. not place too heavy
burden on the tax payers.
Its pressing wants and needs, ana the
financial condition of the treasury for the
next two years are factors to be consi6-
cred in determining what you can ana
will do for this institution.
NATIONAL GUARD.
There are at present in the State two
infantry regiments of National Guard,
composed of twenty-four companies, with
ap1 line officers. also an