Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-11-25
Sums Sought
ByBureausof
State Pruned
Board Of Control Cuts
$662,808 from Es-
timated Needs Of
Departments

The state Legislature will be ask
ed to appropriate a total of $2.549.-
965 for the maintenance Of the ten
state institutions under the juris-
diction of the state board of con-
troll, according to estimates made
public here. This represents an in
crease of $323,395.50 over the ap-
preparations of 1919 when the leg
islature allowed a total of s2,226.-
57o.50 for the maintenance of these
same institutions. 4
The budgets as released today
represented the final estimates aft
er the originals had been submitted
to a severe pairing by the state
board Of control which Topped off
an aggregate of $682,808.50 from
the amounts asked for by the sup
erintendents of they arious institu-
tions. y
All Items Trimmed.
The budgets as approved by the
board of control, the amounts ask
ed by the superintendent and the
amount appropriated in 1919 fol-
lows:
State hospital for the insane
$9S5,635 approved: st,104.216 ask
ed; $500 appropriated in 1919.
State prison-$32S,7900 approv-
ed; $363,080 asked; $292,782 ap-
propriated in 1919.
Eastern Oregon hospital for in.
sane-$329,4 ,460 approved; $478,540
asked; $273,2Oo appropriated 1919
/ Soldiers home-si05.38O approx
ed $1l2.S80 asked: s64,S82.5e ap-
propriated 1919.
Home for feeble minded-$337,t
450 approved; $546.75o asked
I$337,500 appropriated 1919.
Training School Loses.
| Boys training school $l37,20t
approved; 100000 asked; $l12,79f
appropriated 1919. 5Msy
Tubercular hospital $141,S5 al
proved; s161,sOO asked; $138.00t
appropriated 1919.
| School for blind-$45,500 ap.
proved; $54,50o asked; $36,160 ap.
propflated 1913.
L School for deaf--$84.85O approv
ed; $121.66S.50 asked. $65,0O0 ap
propriated 1919.
/ Industrial scAooI for girls-$53,,
$40 approved: .$1a9.7S9 asked
$39.206 appropriated in 1919. S4s
| The prunings made by the boars
of control came largely on item,
of new buildings.
Building Funds Suffer.
The state hospital was allowed
\ $4,000 for new feed barn ant
$685. for a cod storage plant, bu
was denied an item of $40,475 TO
an industrial building. a machiner
building and a fruit storage.
A request for s160,00O fora ne,
wing for the eastern Oregon hos
pital for the insane fell by the way
side under the censorship Of tn
board which instead allowed a
item of $4,000 for completing
basement in which additional ward
will be provided.
4 An item of $4,000 for centrs
ACdtAtiS pldht dt liIt OkQ SOlQl6i
home was allowed but the boar
disapproved an item of $1,000 for
new chapel.
New Buildings Urged.
The home for the feeble minde
came in for the biggest cut of a
when an item of $4,000 for til
construction of a heating plan
water system and two dormitorie
was reduced to $4,000 for one doi
mitory and a heating plant.
A request for s4500 for a supe
intendent's cottage at the blin
school was disailowed. as also ws
an item of $4,000 for an indu.
trial building atthe school for til
: deaf although the board makes
recommendation to the legislatu,
that this building be granted to til
school.
An additional cottage for the gir
school at cost of $4,000 il an
recommended by the board whic
I however, failed to include it in IL
budget as approved.