New-York tribune., 1901-12-22
CONNECTICUT AFFAIRS.
A SATISFACTORY FINANCIAL CONDI-
TTON-BOARD OF HEALTH ACTIVITY.

Hartford. Conn. Dec. q (speciaD.-The financial
condition Of the State as given in the reports OF
the Controller and Treasurer. just made public Is
sa tisfactory Treasurer Gallup within the last ten
days has purchased $4,000 OF State bonds rom
investment companies, reducing the DEBT oy thdL
amount and leaving the total Indebtedness OF Ile
State at Sly 1000 OF which s1656.0o9 bears per
cent and the remainder 312 per cent Ihls Is Ihe
lowest figure for the Connecticut state d~ot Ior
thirty-five years. In comparison with the city u
Hartford It IS small indeed. the CITY mas d
bonded Indebtedness of So s9GO9 of which the water
bonds are self-supporting and self-reducing. by
reason of the income from consumers OF water
leaving net Indebtedness OF 81 2S50So The conduct
Of State affairs while 1t has not been OF partcu-
lary enterprising sort, has been conservative and
careful and the people well satisfied with IL
They pav no direct taxes for the support or the
Commonwealth the receipts being mainly from cor
poration taxes, the small town tax for the behene
OF the State having been done away with soIhe
years
The expenses for last year show a slight increase
over those OF the year before, according to the
Controllers report. when the large amount paio
during the year (S0OoO0o) for the reduction Oh the
State debt is taken into consideration II IS 10 Dc
considered in comparison that the year was a
legislative year and the expenses for the session
were $4,000. expense which did not occur last
year. The OF receipts over actual current
expenses for the year amounts TO $OO,00. and as
there is now 10000 in the State treasury there
ciaI distress. An interesting table has been pre-
pared by the State Board Of Equalization, fixing
the value OF the stocks OF the banks and insurance
companies This table shows the valuation OF
stocks as handed In by the companies and as fixed
by the Board OF Equalization, the difference being
almost uniformly slight advance by the board
The taxes which Will be paid to the State on bank
ing and insurance stocks Will be based on 10 mills
on the dollar, and the money Will be returned TO
the towns In which the stockholders live. in pro-
portion TO the number of shares they hold The
towns appropriate II for school purposes Ihe
law : q one, and passed for the purpose
when the town assessors are making up their lists
the rate Of State taxation being less than the
usual in the cities and large towns OF the
State In other words. the State agrees 70 collect
for the towns what the towns nave not Deeu sue
cessful IN gathering in
The State Board of Health at its recent meeting
In this city adopted a new plan for the coming
season. which involves the inspection of the many
summer resorts along the Sound for the purpose OF
analyzng the water supply and taking a general
view of the sanitary conditions surrounding them
There has been trouble from feVerS in these
resorts in past years, and this is the first time
inspection although individual cases have been
cared The State Board will operate in con-
nectlOn with the local boards OF hedltn ana the
details of the inspection nave been dtleEated 20
Professor Brewer. OF Yale. and TO Dr.. e X. Root
of this city formerly medical inspector here and
a physician who has made Speciality OF work OF
the local boards well are urging vaccination,
the school children In all the Of the State
outbreak of smallpox in several Of the towns last
and in Bristol this season has given local
boards much apprehension 10 the possible spread
OF the disease The BrlSTol cases nave been traced
directly to Boston.
The death Of Chief Of Police George F. Bill