The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-03
JOINT SESSION OF Committees.
Matter of Appropriations Taken Up
Claims of Railroads.

Matter of Appropriations Taken Up
Claims of Railroads.
The Senate finance committee and the
House committee on ways and means held
a joint session last evening and heard the
applications for appropriations from the
Eastern Hospital for the Insane through
Superintendent Smith; the Southern Hos
pital for the Insane through Superintendent
Mason; the State Prison through Warden
Harley and the Indiana Reformatory
through Superintendent Hert. This even
ing the committees will meet in executive
session and decide on what appropriations
to allow.
The Senate and House committees on In
diana Reformatory also met in joint session
to hear the applications from the institu-
ton. 1t was decided that an appropriation
of 100000 be recommended for the erection
of 6O0-room dollhouse. The other recon-
mendations are the same as those made by
the joint committee which visited the insti-
tutions.
The House committee on temperance
heard arguments from a large number of
druggists, through Captain Curtis, against
the Downey and Kirkpatrick bills. The
former provides that every drug store which
has government license to sell liquor must
also have a county license. Captain Curtis,
among other things, said this would put the
drug stores on a saloon basis, and would
virtually place saloons in residence dis
tricts He claimed it would also permit sa
list. The Kirkpatrick bill provides that if
drug store shall have government license
II shal De prlma facie evidence or the sale
OF Intoxicating liquors and that a county
license shall be required. The rulings of
revenue collectors to the committee is that
II drug stores use liquors only in such guam
titles, in the compromising of medicines, as
will not make the medicine intoxicating, no
county license is required. Both bills will be
indefinitely postponed.
The House committee on railroads lis
tened to an exhaustive argument against
Mr.. Neals 2-cent-fare bill by Mr.. p. A.
Ford, general passenger agent of the Penn
sylvania lines. He produced statistics
showing the operating expenses, gross
earnings and net earnings of the road in
Indiana per passenger for each mile. He
showed that for some years there had been a
loss, and that the profits have been in
small fractions of hundredths. He said his
system has 1000 miles of road in this State,
and is vitality interested in the bill. Mr.. Neal
dends, but Mr.. Ford declared no dividends
have been paid since 1895. Last year he
said, his company had paid in taxes in this
State $508,S3S.S5. He argued that there are
$1,000 men employed on the roads in this
country, and that they should not be af-
Ieeted by legislation of this character. He
asked that a further hearing be given The
committee retired, and after consultation
announced 1t would give a further hearing
present We're lro Ge Sory az p m Others
the clover Leaf; Samuel Moody, A. G. p
A. of the Pennsylvania; General Counsel
Plckens and General Manager Lockwood of
the Grand Rapids & Indiana road
The building and loan association COM
mltee heard protests from representatives
OF nearly every association in the city
against Mr. Atkins bill to reduce the funds
for expenses. -.-''.-'-
. Mr.. Osborns bill TO provide that suburban
lines shall be permitted to enter the citv
over the tracks of the city street-raiIroad
companies was considered by the commits
zee on the affairs of the city of Indianapo-
lis. a. X. Hovey and John c. Ruckelshaus
appeared in favor of the bill. No action
was taken
The Senate committee IN clsiros ,-;,i
favorably report a large number of claims
for street and sewer assessments