New Britain herald., 1927-01-05

the number of companies doing bus mess in Connecticut is largely in- creased, and the list of them is con- stantly changing.
 The great number of companies and the increasing complexity of their business has required from the office of the insurance commissioner an amount Of investigation and a scope of acton which has taxed the resources of this office far beyond the scope of it's personnel and ap- propriations. It is of the greatest importance that this office be equip ped and maintained to cope in the most effective manner with the sit uation which has so rapidly devel- oped, ana with which most of our citizens are so vitally concerned. This department should, in my opin- ion, be materially strengthened as to personnel and should be supplied with funds ample to maintain the office as so enlarged
 Establishment of Coal Commission
 Almost every winter since the war the fuel situation has presented an acute problem. Conditions of min ing, transportation and distribution have been unstable, and productive of negotiable and burdensome sit nations. The New England Cover nors' Coal conference has endeav- orad in SoD,o moaS S1,re tc dnol ppit h conditions os they arose, for the benefit of this section of the country as whole. The task has not been an easy ore, and has required more time and thought than would be justified by any but the most impor- tant sort of problem for which the legislature has provided no avenue for study and action. The question of fuel stablization has so frequent ly recurrcd, and it's importance is of such a general public character that I feel justified in recommending leg islation whereby a permanent Fuel Commission shall be esta ablished foI the purpose of CO., operating with the Governors Conference, and in gen. cral working toward the stabilization of conditions so vital to manufac- turing community.
 State Water Commission
 Of no less importance to the state is the function of the state water commission recently established by your honorable body. Its work thus far has been admirable, a combina- ton of surveying existing conditions, education of persons in communities responsible for those conditions and action to secure correction where needed.
 The work, however, presents wide possibilities of public benefit, and in order to make effective the time and effort already expended, it seems proper to provide the commission with an adequate appropriation wherewith 10 carry out their pro- gram for the next two years.
 It is proper to invite your atten- ton to the fact that the state itself is an offender in respect to pollution of water ways. Our larger institu- tions discharge their raw sewage into adjacent water ways, and in the case of two at least, a public nuisance is alleged to exist I am informed that the commission has in mind to eliminate as far as possible this particular evil and other major sources of pollution, such as those of the sewer systems of some of the larger communities and the sanitary disposal methods Of public service companies and institutions. Such work, I apprehend, is a worthy start toward the accomplishment of the purposes of this body and is deserinS of ample financial support.