Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-22
WARDS OF WISCONSIN
COST PEOPLE 9 MILLION

MADISON, Wis.-The state board of
CONTROL representing IL charitable
and penal institutions in Wisconsin,
submitted its biennial financial budge1
to the state board of pubic affairs on
Wednesday calling for estimated total
expenditures of $S,905,932 for the next
two years. This represents an in
crease of several hundred thousand
dollars over expenditures for the last
two years.
Total requests made by the board of
control for appropriations amounted
10 $6,505, S07, while 100000 is to come
from sufficient appropriations already
provided by the legislature and ST.
699,950 from revolving funds.
Report S1,6OO,003 Earnings.
Net earnings of the various institu-
tons through operation of farms and
manufacturing plants are estimated at
51,600000 for the two-year period.
| These funds are turned back to the
state without being deducted from the
requested appropriation.
Operation Of the IL institutions will
| cost $3,783, 730 for the next biennium,
according to board estimates. Capt.
tai expenditures for new construction
| requested total $2,142,995. This in
| cludes $665,600 for additional build
| ings at the Union Grove Southern
Home for the Feeble Minded. When
completed the Union Grove project is
to cost 100000.
! The University of Wisconsin fnan-
cial budget requests for 1923-24 and
! 1924-25, totaling approximately &c.
100000 annually, have been prepared
! for submission to the state board Of
education at it's meeting next week
before being presented to the state
board of public affairs.
Z. w. Requests Modest.
The university requests, described
as modest" are less in total than
those made for the last biennium, de-
spite the increased enrolment. In
cluded in the proposed budget is a
! building program of approximately
! $1,000,000 and revolving fund of
more than $1,500,00O, which is sup
piled directly by the university and
represents no cost TO the taxpayers.
A tentative request for 100000 to
| begin construction of mems dormi
! toIie is said to be included in the
! budget This item may be withdrawn
/ because of the possibility that private
capital might be interested in the
building of dormitories No entirely
new buildings are asked. Reconstruct
/ ton of BascOm hall, alteration of
Music hall and additions to the chem
/ istry building are the principal con-
| struction projects suggested.
! Industrial Body Asks More.
! The industrial commission submit
| ted its budget to the state board Of
! public affairs, calling for expenditures
of $336,S40 in 1923-24 and $338,950 in
! 1924-25 These requests represent an
| increase from $302,579 spent in 1921
! % and $319,723 to be spent in 1929.
I Included in the budget requests of
| the commission are fees totaling sew
/ eral thousand dollars that do not rep
resent an appropriation. An increase
| in expenditures is asked in order to
/ take care of increased work Of the
/ commission Most Of the costs are in
! volved in the administration of the
/ workmen's compensation act.
An appropriation of SIT $40 to carry
/ on it's sanitary engineering work was
asked by the state board of health in
i it's budget requests. This fund is used
! to protect water supplies provided
Wisconsin communities and to guard
against pollution of streams.
Would Protect Fish.
Both of these objects are of increas-
| ing Importance in the state Dr.. c. A.
( Harper, state health officer, advised
/ the public affairs board. He said in
dustrial waste being diverted to the
killing off the fish life of great value
streams in Wisconsin was rapidly
to citizens of the state.
! 1t was pointed out that fish were be-
ing rapidly killed in the Wisconsin
and Fox rivers especially by pollution
of the streams due to waste from the
industrial concerns. DR.. Harper said
the conservation commission was pre-
pared to cooperate with his depart
ment in an effort to provide means for
keeping the rivers clean and preserv-
ing the fish life.