The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-24
AFTER SURPLUS
Appropriations Committee
Considers Many Applica-
tions for States
Morey.
NO new SENATE CHAMBER
Railway Reformatory Will
Get 5000, 900 for a New
Domestic Building.

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News.'l
TRENTON, March "A. 1s02.-The .Appro-
priation Committee of the Legislature
failed to agree Saturday afternoon on the
question of putting into the supplemental
bill for this year an item OF s125.o00 for
the proposed new Senate chamber. Sena-
tor Strong of Middlesex interposed objec-
tions to the spending Of any money on the
enlarging of the State House at the pres
ent time, declaring such expenditure un-
warranted and unnecessary. The present
Senate chamber. he asserted, was large
enough to accommodate the members and
facilitate the transaction Of the business
of that body for the present time and
several years to come. He deprecated the
idea of spending money lavishly on eX-
travagant improvements that were a
luxury instead of necessity, simply be-
cause the State happened to have on hand
a good-sized surplus. and urged that with
the more liberal corporation laws being
enacted in other States there was reason
to believe that New Jerseys large income
from corporation taxes would not always
continue, and it would be wise to retain
the surplus now on hand to guard against
future emergencies.
1t has been planned for the approprIa-
ton Committee to meet on Wednesday
night, put a quorum did not appear, and
Senator Hutchinson, the chairman, called
a special meeting for Saturday afternoon
to clear a batch of work on hand and
forward the work Of apportioning the
budget so that ii will be possible for the
committee to report both the regular and
supplemental bills next Wednesday, as
will be necessary to have them passed in
time for the Legislature to adjourn
Thursday Another meeting of the com-
snittee will be held on Monday afternoon.
The plans 4or the. proposed new cnam-
ber. drawn by Carr, Poole and Lum. and
adopted by the State House Commission
last year, were before the committee dur
ing its session today. AT the close of the
meeting Senator Hutchinson and Senator
Strong had a consultation with the Cover
nor on the subject.
Among the items practically agreed
Upon by the committee this afternoon was
the appropriation of 100000 asked bv the
Board Of Managers Of the Railway Re-
forInatery for the erection Of a new build-
ing. to be used for kitchen, dining room,
chapel, schoolroom. laundry and other do
lnestic purposes At present the prisoners
at the reformatory cook and eat in the in
dustrial building, which it is desired TO
use exclusively for workroom purposes.
While the item was not finally decided
upon today. the members generally
agreed that the request was reasonable
and should be granted. If the money is
allowed it is the purpose of the man
ayers to begin work on the building at
once, so that it can be completed and oc-
cupied before winter. It's erection will
obviate the necessity for compelling the
to and from their meals three time day,
which in severe weather is not considered
conducive to their health
OF the other items asked for by the re-
formatory managers. amounting to am
other 100000, it was decided to cut out
$4,000 asked for material for the construc-
tion of a new wing to the prison build
ing. There are 256 cells in the wing al
ready completed, of which only ninety
six are occupied and the committee de-
cided that it would incur no hardship or
overcrowding to defer the beginning of
the second wing another year or longer.
The $4,000 appropriated for improve
ments to the Bordentown Industrial
School for Colored Youths, provided for
in the Minch bill. passed last week and
signed by the Governor Thursday was
put on the list to be reported to the Leg
islature and the committee also passed
favorably upon the suggested appropria-
tions of $1,000 for a battle monument at
Fort Lee and SIS, 0O0 for the Princeton
battle monument