New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-05-13
THE GOVERNORS TOUR.
soNE oF The INSTITUTIONS HE Is TO
YISIT-FIRST TRIP OF KIM SINCE
GOVERNOR FLOWERS

Albany, May u CSpeciaD Governor od.I,.s
tour for inspecting State institutions which
VIII begin on Tuesday morning. VIII be the ar,,
journey Of this description undertaken nv
Governor since the administration Of Roswell ,
Flower ana since Mr.. Flowers day the number
o. these institutions has increased. and they
contain far larger number Of persons.
The Governor, il is expected, will not limit his
work TO an inspection OF the State penal and
charitable institutions, but may extend It 10
arraories and to normal schools Moreover. he
will be in the Adirondack region for several
days and have an opportunity to learn about
the progress being made in the States policy Of
forest preservation and the probability of Cor
nell Cniversity's succeeding in its attempt 10
show upon thirty thousand acres of land that
the Forests can be made Commercially profitable
10 the State. The School Of Forestry Of the uni
versity in the Adirondacks is now in operation
The Governor. Speaker Nixon and Senator Els
worth, president pro TEN. of the Senate. are the
members or the Board Of Review just appointed
by act OF the legislature to finally determine the
site for the proposed State Hospital for Con-
sunptives- The site proposed is at Ray Brook
Franklin County. and the Governor has an
proved Of the expenditure OF 500 600 in the pur-
chase OF the land and erection OF hospital build
ings' but the Board OF Review must approve
OF the site before the land can be purchased
WHAT GOVERNOR IS TO INQUIRE INTO
The State has expended a large amount OF
money in the erection Of hospitals for the in
sane, charitable and reformatory institutions
prisons, normal schools, arsenals and armortes
and naturally the Governor wishes to inspect
a large number OF these institutions 10 learn
what further expenditures upon them are need
ful and what can be postponed for a time The
boards OF managers, superintendent and other
VIII Of b,,EfS
perhaps naturally. always see the need OF fur
Their expenditures on theirs, and a Governor
who shall remain IN Albany and take their word
10 the imperative necessity of these outgoes
would occasionally AT least be mised. Governor
OdeU is resolved TO keep the State tax rate
down 10 its present low limit. the lowest since
1854. and therefore makes this tour. TO learn
at first hand the actual needs OF all kinds OF
State institutions. and next winter he will be
able 70 act with personal knowledge upon the
various petitions put forward for appropriations
for these institutions
SUNS SPENT on INSTITUTIONS.
The amount Of money which has been expend-
ed by the State upon its institutions UP 10 Janu-
airy ! Of this year. according TO Controller
knight was follows.
Ss--sbIs a. -ef~--,afo-Z INSTITUTIONS 24l s34 %
sta1s prisons and asylum cor insane crua.-
=
4.zy7.2lA
Total $50 sal. 81 80
II is probable that Governor Odeu will inspect
the House OF Refuge for Women al Hudson,
built at q. cost Of S35s 334 81; the Hudson River
Hospital for the Insane a. PoUghkeepsie, built
81 q cost OF S3.319,491 SC; Sing Sing Prison,
upon which 81 79s 103 6S has been expended
and the Matteavan state Hospital for Insane
Criminals. whose buildings have cost S1,O25,-
453 IS. At Sing Sing Prison the Governor viii
have 8 chance 10 personally see how Unsanitery
the buildings are in which the convicts are i'm
prisoned The Superintendent Of Prisons favors.
The construction OF a new building al some
other place. The Manhattan state Hospital for
the Insane at Central Islip. Long Island viii
probably De inspected later in the week