Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-23
Money Committee
Hear Pleas of Five

rive matters were given nearing,
three were postponed to next week,
and on another resolve no one APP
pcared either for or against This in
brief was in the work of the commit
tee on Appropriations and Financial
Affairs held in the senate chamber
Thursday afternoon.
Senator Wilson of AroostOok had
charge Of the ease for the PreSque Isle
General Hospital. He said the Pressure
Hospital was asking for more money
and ought to have it. They have
turned no cases away and those
who applied for admittance and treat
ment there have been taken care of
whether they had any money or not.
In addition there had been eight ma
Jor surgical operations performed for
the Northern Maine Sanatorium one
of the states institutions for which
no charge. was made although they
had been informed such proceedings
making no charge in such cases had
never been heard before.
II. T.. Phair of Pressure Isle gave n
comprehensive account of the work
done at the hospital. The receipts
had fallen off the past year and the
expenses of running the hospital
were larger than ever. He said the
amount of free work at present. or
for the year now in progress would
be about four-fifths as much again
as that done for the past fiscal year.
Miss l.. Cowan. q nurse at the hos
pital and Charles Hussey one of
the trustees explained the needs of
the institutions. Through a mistake
the request had only been made for
Sal 900 yearly whilo amount asked
for and which the Hospital must
for the poor and needy, should be
about $4,000 yearly.
William ID. Patterson, appeared in
favor of three small appropriations
in favor Of Fort William Henry at
Pemauud. One of $500 annually for
custodian for the premises. Another
Of $500 for necessary repairs to be
made within the next year. Another
appropriation OF $500 is asked to buy
a small tract Of land nearby the site
Of the Old forts where there is an
ancient paved street, which is be
lieved to have been built there by
the earliest settlers.
REPRESENTATIVE Nichols appeared
for the Maine school for the Deaf
and introduced Miss Taylor who gave
an idea of the work being done to
educate the $50 to 200 deaf children
of the state. These children came
from all over Inc state. the cost OF
running the school was about VIA
600 and the expense of keeping and
education the children was about
$500 on an average.
No one appeared either for or
against the resolve making approprl-
alton in aid of the Maine Eye ana t.ar
Intirmary for the fiscal years l92o-2t.
Charles ID. Smith. superintendent
and resident physician OF the Name
General Hospital. spoke in favor OF
n +, solve for that institution telling
OF the free work that has been done
covering the entire state and per-
iod Of time since 1874.
Rep. Williams of Falmouth and
Clarence T.. Sawyer of Portland
smoke on resolve in favor OF the
Children Heart Work Society. lie
told of how the work started a seW
years ago at the ucas Farm in YORK
county but in recent years the emil
dren have been placed in homes with
suitable people:
Two resolves in favor of expenses
of state pier. at the request OF Sen
ator Brewster were set ahead 10
Tuesday Feb. q for hearing, as was
also a resolve in favor of the Penop-
scot General Hospital Of Old Town;
Hon. Charles +. Smith explained
that the resolves for per diem eX-
nensos of trustees while visiting the
Several state institutions is the same
&c nreyious wears. 1t simply covers
what is paid out by the trustees ."
thei: inspection trips.