The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-22

l Flnhnces-Nearly Two Million Dol
 lars of the sum Named Is for Educn-
 tiOnal Purposes and Public Institu- ! tons.
 In spite of the many statements which have been made to the effect that there would be a serious deficit in the state treasury the next two years because of the appropria tions made by
 the general assembly just adjourned,
 Senator Roberts, who was chairman of
 the appropria tions committee, says
 that there will, in his opinion, be none
 at all.
 In discussing the matter with a
 Hartford Post" reporter Senator Rob-
 erts pointed out the fact that while the
 amount appropriated might exceed the estimated receipts for the two fiscal | years to come, this was not conclusive | because the receipts would in all proba- | bility exceed the estimate. This was the case two years ago, and there is no
 reason why it should not be so for the next two years. Consequently Senator
 that when the end of the two years is Roberts feels fairly safe in believing that when the end of the two years is
 reached it will be found that there is no deficit after all
 DEFICITS TO MEET.
 It is not to be understood, of course, that the appropriations committee in it's deliberations counted on the possi-
 bility of the receipts exceeding the esti- mate, for that would be a bad business
 policy wholly out of keeping with the
 efficiency which marked the tran saction of the committees affairs.
 The committee in the first place, Sen ator Roberts explained, was handi- capped by the great deficits which it had to meet at the outset. The general assembly of four years ago kept every thing down so closely in an effort to make record for economy that the present assembly and the one preced- ing it have been called upon to make up deficits of large amounts. The present session was confronted by some big deficits from the start and contin | ued to bump up against them all the l way through the session, This had the | result~of greatly swelling the sum total 1 of the appropria tions, for of course it ! was imperative that they be met.
 In speaking of this phase of the ques tion Senator Roberts said that the de- | mands to make up deficits were not all , presented to the committee early in the session as they should have been, but kept coming until the time of final ad- journment. This made it impossible for the committee to estimate with any degree of certainty what the total ex- penditure was going to be.
 TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS
 The total amount appropriated is over five million dollars, and of this about one million dollars went for educational purposes. It was inn possible to scale this any, for Secretary Hine, of the state board of education, was able to show the committee con- clusively that every cent he asked for was necessary, and the committee felt that the educational interests of the state were too precious to be handi- capped by lack of funds The appro- prations for public institutions and their maintenance were also exception ally large this session, and in each ,ase the need was imperative The state prison and the Hospital for the Insane at Middletown both received arge amounts, which they had to have, he latter's appropriation being largely increased by the new congregate din ng room which had become a necessi- y no longer to be denied, and there l were many other similar institutions which had to have money. The l mount appropriated for public insti I utions and their maintenance totalled 1 in the neighborhood of l fight hundred thousand dollars c
 NEW BUILDINGS DENIED t All appropriations for new institu- c ions were refused, with the exception t f the new tuberculosis hospital to be I onnected with the Hartford hospital, l nd it was felt that this was neces- ity which could not be overlooked, so s twenty-five thousand dollars was ap- ropriated for that. A new armory il 1r Hartford was badly needed but the felt that it could wait until Ii he next session, in view of the extent c the other demands on the treasury, ut Senator Roberts said 1t would sure- S / have to come at the next session. f, He said further that with the inn c lense amount of deficit cleaned up by c le present session and the large ap- a ropria tionsmade for state institutions, a le next session ought to have compar- Y lively easy sailing. While consider lg the amount of money Appropriated H y the committee, he pointed out, it is ell to consider the amounts asked for ct nd not granted. These amounted to & . least half million of dollars. ir