Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-10
USE FOR THE MONEY OF IOWA
How the State institutions Will Fare IL the
Bill is Passed.
MONEY FOR PUBLIC LAND AND BUILDINGS
State Board Of Control Institutions
Likely TO Get Nearly All that f.
Needed-Omnibus Bill f. Now
Ready for the Legislature.
MONEY FOR PUBLIC LAND AND BUILDING
CFrom a star Correspondent

the recommendations of the house commit
tee on appropriations as contained in the
omnibus bill which has been passed on
Item by item relating to the institutions
under the State Board OF Control are
adopted by the general assembly without
substantial change then the State Board OF
Control will have during the next two years
disposition Of every cent Of the state funds
now in sight. The total is 1856, 577.50, of
which $12S, 900 has already been appro-
priated for the hospital at Cherokee, and
the rest is in the bill which IL now in the
hands Of John Hughes, jr.. Of Iowa county,
chairman OF the house appropriations COM
mittee. to be reported this week. This bill
would dispose Of the money the state has
on hand or coming. II 1t is passed and
the necessary appropriations are made for
other purposes the state will need about
1880, 900. This must be secured through
an increase in the state levy. The only
trouble is that q state levy will not bring
in the money right away. The levy for
this year has been made and cannot be
changed. Any change in the state levy will
not begin to yield until after the close Of
this year and the money will not be avail
able until near the close Of the biennial
period for which appropriations are now
being made.
Proposition q Hard One.
1.-THE fact is" said one Of the prominent
members OF the appropriation committees,
I'VE are right up against a hard PROPOSE
tion. We have not the money we need for
these appropriations and there is no way
we can get 1t. The war claims will prob
ably bring us something, but we will find
a place for all that with ease. We will get
in about $500, 900 from the taxes and fees.
] H. 49, H. a-. 49, A.A..-
this materially. We need 81, 900. 900 more
and must have some Of It. But to ask an
Increase in the tax levy doesn't help us
out, for that will not be available right
away. Yet we will have to do the right
thing, to see that no interest suffers and to
provide that II shall all be paid"
or the sum appropriated in the bill which
has been agreed on by the house appro-
priations committee and which will be re-
ported on this week, $144, 900 is for the pur-
chase OF land and more than $3.50, 900 for new
buildings and equipment. The fact is that
all the Iowa institutions have been grossly
neglected for many years and 1t is posi-
lively necessary that permanent improve
ments be made. All sorts Of new build
ings are needed for these Institutions The
large appropriation for land is earnestly
insisted on by the Board Of Control for
Lne reason IudI IL uhS Deen ucU1OubJTdIcQ
that the state can economic greatly by
the use OF large farms near the insane
hospitals and similar institutions. A great
deal Of labor can be profitably used.
one Large Item Omitted!
One large item left out Of the bill, an
I prepared by the Board OF Control, was for
$12, 900 for a deep we'll at the Independence
hospital. The people of Independence OBJ
jected to this because the state is buying
water from the city water works at a good
rental. The committee also cut out the
item for a quartermaster's building at the
Soldiers Home and the items for gates and
entrances, but increased the allowance for
the hospital. This Is on the theory that the
home is fast becoming little more than a
hospital for the old men who seek its COM
fort in their declining days. The board
asked for $4,000 for a coalhouse at the
school for the deaf, but the committee
thought $1,000 would do. At Clarlnda the
board thought $1,000 would be right for a
coalhouse, but the committee reached the
conclusion that a comfortable coalhouse
could be erected for $4,000. The board
asked for a new house for the solitary
cells at Fort Madison, but the committee
struck out the $4,000 for this purpose. At
the same time the board is authorized to
make use OF t22, 900 Of other funds to build
a library and school building at the penI-
Tertiary, and also to divert some SO, 900 of
the support fund at Clarinda for building
uses.
When this bill gets fairly before the
house all other matters will be dropped
for the time. In the estimation Of the
members Of both OF the. appropriations
committees the Board Of Control bills
ought to be got out OF the way before other
appropriation matters are taken up seri-
ously. The house will act first and the
senate will finish on the bill, and II is ex-
pected short work will be made of II. The
disposition Is to give the Board OF Control
all that Is needed and practically every
thing asked for or suggested. The follow
ing are the items Of the Board OF Control
as 1t has been agreed on in committee:
Soldiers Home at MArshAIItOvvn.
For an assembly hall and for furnish
> Ing the same. and for carrying heat,
> Hght, water and sewer to the same. $500
For additional room and facilities for
! a0spitab PURPOSES, and for nurses
vision for heat, light, water and
sewage. and for furniture and fur
) For a laundry building and couipmean;tt 400
and for carrying heat, light, water
: and we to the same ................ 500
! carrying heat, light. water and
sewer to the same. and for a new
For an icehOuse and cold storage and ""'
> equipment 400
= For charging boiler house, new
4 boilers, settings and connections.
: and for a new chimney ...... III 20
Z For new bathtubs, stools, urinals and
connections for the main and old
8 mems building 400
Z For an elevator for the sItain build
: ing, connections, equipment and
changes 10 make the same Access
blDto $40
For tunnel and steam connections be-
> tween the hospital and main power
q pant go
d Soldiers Orphans Home at Davenpor
! For a new boiler and engine house
smokestack, coalhouse, equipment
and connections 40 m
: For raising cottages and for cottage
furniture 3-::y-.-."-.-.:. 400
4 taBee rs
For the purchase OF land ........." q G
For disposal OF sewage by sewer or
sewage disposal plant, including
sewer connections, water closets.
equipment and carrying heat, water
and sewer to same ............. az
land the Board OF Control Is author
lied TO use the 81. 246. Is Appropriated
for a sewer by chapter cXlvn, Acts