New Britain herald., 1923-04-17
Also Urge Single Headed Highway Commission In- stead of Proposed Three Man Board.

Hartford, April 1.-The Connccti' cut Chamber of Commerce, in spe' cial report sent to the members of the General Assembly today, asks the legislators 10 practice the strlctes' economy in all expenditures and, ii' urging them Co consider all possible means Of reducing the cost of the state government, makes several inn portant recommendations the most important of which are that there is TO proprlety or need of the passage of any bonus bill; that the gasoline tax should not be disturbed; that the tax on towns should remain as 1t is; and that a single headed highway com mission Is more advantageous.
 Four Months of Study.
 The report sent to the legislators is the result of n four months study on tho part Of the Committee on Survey of State Finances of the State Cham Der of Commerce, which made a sur vcy Of the finances of the State of Connecticut. The personnel of this committee, the report of which has been approved by the board of direc- tors, is as follows: H. Pierson Ham, n.ond, assistant actuary. The Travel CTS Insurance Company. Hartford. chairman; Leon F. Broadhurst. presi- dent, Phoenix National Bank, Hart ford; Morgan c. Bulkeley, Jr.. treas urer, Aetna Life Insurance Company, Hartford F. $. Chamberlain, vice. president New Britain National Bank, New Britain; Howell Cheney, Cheney Brothers. South Manchester; Hon. Marcus H. Holcomb. ex-governor of Connecticut, Southington; John Day Jackson. proprietor, New Haven Reg ister, New Haven: John T. Manson, president, First National Bank. New Haven; A. G. McIlwaine, president, Orient Insurance Company, Hartford: Harry A. Smith, president, National Fire Insurance Company, Hartford: Edmund S. Wolfe, president. First National Bank, Bridgeport; and Stan ley H. Bullard, president, The Connec- ticut Chamber of Commerce, ex- cfficio. nittee follows:
 Mr. Stanley H. RulIard. President,
 Connecticut Chamber of Commerce.
 Bridgeport, Connecucut. Sir:
 The committee appointed by the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce to make a survey Of the finances of the State of Connecticut desires to report at this time the results of it's investigations and deliberations and to submit it's conclusions and recom- mendations. Analyses of the official reports and documents filed with the general assembly have been carefully made and studied. The committee voices its appreciation for the CO., operation and assistance rendered by Governor Templeton and Hon. John | NJ. Wadhams, chairman of the state board of finance. In this connection it should be noted that of the nu- merous public documents and reports examined, public document No. 3, l inaugural message of Governor Tenn | plcton to the general assembly, and i public document No. 63, the fourth l biennial report of the state board of i, finance, have received our particular attention and from which much valu- able information has been derived | DOlI1 TOT the general EuludNGe or lie | committee and for many of the facts upon which part, at least, of this report is predicated.
 Financial Condition of State.
 The details of the financial condi- ton of the state arc given elsewhere, { but. briefly the situation presented is | this:
 Estimated net receipts for
 the two years ending
 June 30. 1915......s2T,977,1o0 f Total maintenance appro-
 priation for the two f| years ending June 30,
 1925 .....,.......... 27,s79,6SS Total requests for 1923 1925 for appropriations Il for new construction, T equipment and the new II projects as set forth by fl the state board of fl finance .........., S,911,209
 These figures entirely disregard re- quests for appropriations for special |