Norwich bulletin., 1909-03-03
CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE TRUSTEEshlPS
Hearing Before Committee Not as Live.
ly as Was Antipicated.
0special to The Bulletin.

Hartford, March 2.-The hearing be
fore the committee on senate appoint
ments on the appointment of three
trustees to the official board of the
Connecticut Agricultural college was
by no means as lively a session as had
been anticipated. The claims Of Messrs.
Patterson and Capen were presented to
the committee, which consists of Sen
ators Barnum, Middleton and Turner,
and the claims of other candidates
were set forth by their friends, it being
stated over and over that there was
no purpose to upset the present hold
ers of the three trusteeships in ques-
tion and po thought of urging other
appointments unless the committee
made UP is mind to make changes.
George s. Palmer Of New London
didn't appear and there was no ap-
pearance before the committee for him.
but the senators were privately as
sured that Mr.. Palmer is by no means
strenuous about going back on the
board. He would like to see a good
strong set of trustees appointed, but is
not especially concerned about his own
fate in the matter.
It is freely said about the capitol
corridors that Mr.. Palmer has no eE-
pecial need to be concerned about his
own part in the affair, for he has no
chance Of being returned to the board
are rumors that the places of Messrs.
Capen and Patterson are by no means
as secure as has been supposed and
that there may be a celan sweep and
three new trustees appointed.
The joint committee on agriculture
considered the resolutions which ap-
propriate $500 for the purpose of buy
ing the Valentine farm in Mansfield
for the use of the Connecticut Agri-
cultural college and also the resolution
concerning the, erection Of a water
tower, tank and windmill at the col
lege. which carries an appropriation of
$4,100.
President Beach of the college, who
had previously addressed the morning
meeting of the Farmers association on
these subjects, was present and told
the committee Of the need for more
room which was imperative with the
officials of the college. The state is
already renting this Valentine farm
and needs all of the land it contains
for its uses at the present time. It
will need more land for the extension
Of its buildings which must come with
in a very few years and uses all the
land it has for the agricultural work
now.
Trustee Charles A. Capen of Will
mantle eXpatiated on this phase Of the
subject at some length, as did Judge
SIONTS Oh MauSIlelu. MT. AdpeQ SdlQ
that 1t had been stated to him by a
Mansfield man that there had been laid
out on this Valentine farm some $780,
900, which made $500 seem a very
cheap price for the property.
Representative Savage of Mansfield
is the house chairman of the commit
tee on agriculture and ne told the gen.
tlemen that he thought the trouble
was that they weren't asking for ad-
ditional land enough and that the col
lege was going to be cramped for room,
even after acquiring the Valentine
farm. He said that a greater proper
ton of the states land there was occu-
pied by buildings now than should be
the case for an agricultural college to
DO its best work and as the college was
forced to enlarge its buildings and
build others it would find itself more
and more cranlped for land to carry ON
the special work which It was planned
to do
Trustee B. S. Patterson of Torring-
ton presented briefly the matter of the
water supply plant which the trustees
had been forced to put in because of
the wearing out Of the old wooden
plant that was in existence. A steel
tower. windmill, etc, have been erected
at a cost Of S41o1.5S, which was taken
from other funds, and the trustees now
ask the legislature to pay for these
needed improvements.