The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-27
Applies to Board of
Charities for Funds
for Proposed New
Building
SESSION STARTS
THIS MORNING
Harrisburg Hospital Asks for $4,000
for Maintenance for 2 Years and
s9,5OO for Improvements-Poly-
clynic Wants S63,5OO

The Board of Public Charities began
a two-day session in its rooms in the
Capitol to-day to consider applications
for appropriations to be made by the
Legislature at its next session. This
action on the part of the Board is ia
ken just before the Legislative meet
ing in, order to ascertain just what in
stitutions of all kinds asking State ap-
proprations should, in its judgment, re.
ceive aid.
1t frequently happens that the Leg
islature' increases the amounts recon-
mended by the Board, but in the ma
.iority of cases where such increase is
made it is done as a personal favor TO
the Legislator introducing the appropria-
tion bill, the recommendation of the
Board being disregarded. At the last
session of the Legislature that body
increased the amounts recommended
by the Board to an enormous extent,
but Governor Teuer cut them all down
and in the end the institutions got only
what the Board recommended
This mornings session was devoted
to hearing applicants for aid for State
institutions exclusively. Tomorrow
private hospitals, charities and homes
Of a private character in Central Penn
sylvanis will be considered. This morn
ing the applications of the Cottage
State hospital in Bloomsbury and the
State hospital in Shamokin were heard
among others, and at noon representa-
tives Of the Harrisburg State Insane
hospital We're heard in support of their
application for SCI 900 for additional
buildings.
The amount asked by the State
Lunatic Hospital, SCI, 900, includes the
following items: Land at the entrance
to the hospital grounds at the bottom
of the hill, on which are some old
houses belonging to the Graham estate,
$4,000; elevator, $4,000; furniture
for sun parlor, $1,000: industrial build
ln9 for women, $4,000 to finish the
front drive, $500: repair work, stor-
age buildings, cow barn, etc., $25,000:
grading, paving, ETC., $4,000.
Harrisburg Hospital Asks $59,5OO
This afternoon applications were
heard for the Carlisle hospital, Todd
hospital in Carlisle, State Institution
for the Detention, Care and Treatment
of lnebriates in Carlisle. Polyelinic
hospital IN Harrisburg, which asks for
$6S,o00 for buildings and mainte.
nance; Harrisburg hospital. $50, 600.
maintenance for two years, and $500
for improvements; Mary NJ. Packer
hospital, Sunbury, Chambersburg hos
pital, Columbia York, Lancaster and
Reading hospitals.
The Board has decided that il will
not recommend appropriations for
buildings for private hospitals or insti-
tutlons that are not under State con.
troll exclusively. Even State institl.
tlonS applying for new buildings will
not be considered favorabIv until the
Board members, through sub commit
tees, have made close examination as
to the necessity for such buildings.
Tomorrow among the applications
that will he considered will be the fol
lowing from Harrisburg institutions:
Nursery Home, Home for the Friend.
less, Children's Industrial Home. Mes
sah Home Orpnanage, Sylvan Heights
Home for Girls and Florence Critten-
den Home. The amounts applied for
by these institutions were not made
public and, as the Board holds its ses.
sions in private, they cannot be ascer.
however, that each institution will seek
However, that each institution will seek
about what it received last year.
Illness Keeps Boyle Away
The members of the Board present
to-day are Francis j. Torrance. William
I. Bell, Isaac johnson, Samuel +. Gill
and Edward X. Rowland, with Bromley
Wharton, the general agent and seere.
-ary. For the first time in the history
Of the Board, Colonel Patrick G.
Boyle, of Oil City, is absent. being de.
tanned at his home through illness. The
members of the Board to-day sent Colo.
mel Boyle message of regret that he
could not be present.