The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-02-04
STATES EXPENDITURES.
ESTIMATES FOR NETT rwo
FEARS SNOW BIG INCREASE.

About Eight Million Dollars w.rtra
With Not More Than six sriliion Dol
lars In Receipts In sight-Big sums
for Armory. Insane Hospital and Re-
formatory.
Hartford, Feb. 2.-Ex-State Treasure
er Gallun's estimate Of expenditure,
for the fiscal year beginning july :
lsoo, show that unless some cuts ara
MADE somewhere both ends viii NOT
meet. Expenditures are estimated 81
SasO5S52, with some departments Of
lhe states work not yet heard from.
Iney VIII reach sS,o0o.o00 probably.
Over against this Mr. Gallup estimates
the receipts of the state treasury FOR
the same period at $685., 900. The re-
celpts are thus about s2.0Oo,0o0 shy.
The various state officers in making
their reports to the state treAsa,se,
with only two or three exceptions'
made raise in the futures. The IN
| crease in the estimated expenditures
over the appropriations for the same ii
something like s2,50O,00o In round ar
ures. Most of the increase comes in =
few proposed public works Of consider
able magnitude.
The estimated expenditures of fhe
armory commission are $500,00o. Nor
w1ch Insane hospital, s545, 800. state re-
formatory, $440,500. Those three items
put three-fifths of the increase OUT az
the way. Then the highway Commission
wants $15o,00o more than in 1903, the
Connecticut Hospital for the Insane
almost an even hundred Thousand
more, the Connecticut Industrial
School for Girls $4,000 more. and the
comptroller, for printing and circslla-
ting public documents, $4,000 more.
That shows where over 100000 more Of
the increase comes.
Considerable OF the increase comes IL
the items for educational and charita~
BILE purposes, among which the most Of
the above items for insane asylurns re-
fornnatory and schools could be inclu-
ded. The Children's Aid society for the
care Of incurable children wants 5000
extra; blind, $500; inbeciles, 81, 600:
Sheep Breeders association, 5000; Dai-
rymen's association, $1,000; GeologicaI
and Natural History society, $1,000. In
the State Board of Education's eyti-
mate s1,015,000 is asked for common
scools. This is s30,500 more than was
appropriated in 1903. For evening
schools an increase of 5000 is asked;
for high school tuition, $4,000 more; for
normal schools. $4,000, and for public
libraries, a $4,000 increase.
purposes might be added, bringing FL
total up to $4,000. The State Board
of Education asks altogether for 81,
46S,s00. To this should be added the
State Board OF AgricuIture's estimates.
which are for educational purposes
An increase of $4,000 for the running
expenses Of the Connecticut Agricul-
tura1 college Is asked, and an appro-
priation of $4,000 for a new dormitor' Y,
The consistent increase Of their fg~'
ures by state officials comes tn the
items for salaries. clerk hire and once
expenses. The state secretary wants
$2,150 extra, the treasurer 500, the
comptroller about 5000, the state III
brarian about the same, and so OH
through the various commissions ana
judges and courts and county commits
sioners, Some $4,000 extra is asked
for these reasons.
| Among the larger items in the esti-
mate are these: Printing and circtlIa-
ting public laws and documents, $15O.S
900; state capitol and grounds. s11000o;
salaries and expenses Of judges, $2da,-s
900; salaries Of sheriffs, $4,000; Hart
ford bridge commission, $4,000; nor
NAL schools $1S0,00O; care of state ar
mories, 100000: agricultural expert
ment station, 100000; roads, $500, 900;
state prison, $4,000; state police, $780,
900; board of inmates Of jaiIs and coun-
ty homes, over 100000.