The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-06
.HOL COMB PLEADS FOR DIRECTORS
 OF NEW HAVEN
(Continued from Page D GOV. HoLCONGBss
 INAUGURAL MESSAGE

=5 MT. President and Gentlemen of the
 General Assembly:
 The Constitution of Connecticut provides that the governor shall, From tune to time, give the General As- sembly information of the state of the government and recommend to their consideration such measures as he may deem expedient. In com p4iance herewith at this time briefly direct your attention to some conditions and measures, which should receive your consideration, and defer suggestions regarding other matters until I may find it advisable to Specifically call your attention to them.
 Tn this state, to a greater degree than in some others, the responsibih- h- ty for legislation rests with the Gen eral Assembly, the power of the gov eTnor being practically limited to accommodations as his veto of any act of yours can be overru1ed by your majority vote. shall not attempt to usurp your prerogahves or assume your responsfbil ilitiess
 The New York New Haven g. Hartford Railroad Go, our principal public service corporation, has in the past provided efficient and economic al service to our people and indus tries, and has, until within recent period, annually contributed in taxes
  nues required to defray the expenses of our state government. By reason Of existing conditions in it's affairs, 1n part at least created by actions brought against it by our federal gov- ernmaxf, the financial strength Of this corporation has materially les- ssened resulting in a yearly loss to the state of some $500, GOO in taxes and a. prospective enforced decrease In eff ciency and increase in expense Of ser k4-s CTS are making commend dabIe efforts to solve the difficult problems which confront them. including those which with increasing seriousness confront all public service transportation com paFfIes throughout the United States
 The securities of this corpor alton are quite largely owned and held by women and children, in trust fun ds, and by our tnsmrance companies, who purchased them as g safe, conserva- tive 1nvestnent The interests of these holders deserve your careful c0nsi deratlons and ample protection. The ante-election indictment, as crirninals, of certain former direc- tors of that corporation was a sur prise and shock to most of our citi- zens and Justified and 1nerited the criticism passed thereon by my pre- decessor, Governor Baldwin.
 We have considered such men as Colonel Frank ". Cheney, John iH. Whittemeres I. deNer Warner, Lever ett Bradnards George Bru sh, Charles Hs. Brooker. James s. Elton, and others might name. as bene- factors of the state whose efforts have established and developed in- dustIisss which give employment to large .nuHber of our citizens and have in no small degree contributed to give this state its proud industrial prominenee- The people of Conn ec- ttcut do not believe that these men belong to the criminal class or that they should have been indicted as the ndictments
 The Connecticut plan Of conpt1I- sorry education of our children in ou1 public schools, unless receiving eeuaE 1nstrnct1on elsewhere, is necessary te the we1fOre of the state The sue cess and perpetuity of our expert
 1ent in self-government depend upoE he education of the children and ou1 blic schools have been made more Efficient by the employment Of teach CTS who have been prepared there Tor in our normal schools, but in view the present condition of the fl npt be increased in number unt1 2 there shall be a greater necessity fol hem than now exists
 Tuberc1Iosfs.
 The measures which have beer sadopted to eliminate or minimize tho s7vide devastaHon caused by tubercu- ,, 9 iDEis should be continued. A failure to adopt the most effegtive means ts this end would not be economy oi umanity. but in this connection call your attention to the recommen, dation of Governor Baldwin in his message of 1913 that the duties o. the board be concentrated in a single Commissioner, who shall be ex officic member of the State Board 0. aea1th. This deserves your seTiou, eonsideration and has my approval
 Charitable and Penal Institutiors-
 I shall not attempt at this tim, to call your attention in detail to tn, eeds of our hospitals and othei charitable and penal institI Itions am of the other agencies which hay, been established to meet the necessi s41es of the people of the state. Thes, must be maintained in such name as to efficiently meet the purposes fo Rf hich they have been sesta ab1ished, bu skhey should be Gonducted upon tn, Same economical business principle which are adopted in we'll conducted private corporations and in this con nectten call your attention to tn, wisdom of appointing a state pIr veyor to purchase supplies for tn, Institutions which are supported b. the state.
 Governor Woodruff recommende. f1ata in 1907, and the recon1nnendatiol was renewed by Governor Baldwin il I911 and 1913, and, inasfnuch as i was adopted as a plank in. tflep lat sfornls of both the Republican an. Democratic parties preliminary t the election Of last November. [ as sume that it will receive your ap prova1 and favorable action
 recommend that the esta blish n1ent of additional hospitals an, armorIes be postponed until the stat finances are in more isatfsfactoI- eonditfon, and that the closest econ ozny consistent with continued use fitness be exercised in ma king ap proprfations for any constructiv work.