Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-11-27

| county Of hut.nd,
Bus rcJcted-s 70 relating to prosecuting off ,ers
The house considered AM sndnlents proposed by the
senate 70 house bills. and acted upon them follows:
295 fxiug the salary Of the secretary Of the board Of
education, reducing from sl2l0 to $1,000 disagreed
TO to increase the diem pay members OF the board
Of sdaeauon from ~ to - agreed 70. yeas 80 nays ~
Mr Hancock Of Worcester moved 10 reconsider the -.
vote whereby the house refused the third reading Of
1855 providing for the equalization o'ireShts railroads;
10 respon'e TO inquiries, Mr. Converse said the com
reported against the bill Tor the that he could sec
no remedy Tor The gevanccs complained Of by the petit
dark.
Mr Ferrn said itiss notable fac. that the rates for
freight charged oy the Vermont Central road such
that freight can be ship ped from Boston Burlington
At hs price for through f'eisht and then re shipped
back 70 Montpelier At the price for Local freight and get
the eight from Boston Aper than though shpoed
from Boston direct Montpelier. This was clearly in
violation Of the Law q the it now exists but
under this law there is no redress The peop on tho
line q the road oppressed In their business BY auoh
ehges for feght AID there ought to be isgislA-
Mr. Hubbard Of stockbridge thought the legislature
ought 70 pass this bin, and 4 all other legislation "a
stopped, aud We sit here week 70 perfect Aad pass this
bill he sholld be satisfied but Il we DO uot pass il he
should MT be sasaed Wsepga not 70 ailow railroads
than they d, % Chicago 1t vas all wrong and ought
Mr. Andrews Of Berlin said we are too apt to refuse to
pass bills jls because the committee report against
them lie thought this bill just, and that ought to
pass
from principle, and witra just understanding ofs mer-
is lie SAID that railroads we're compelled 10 charge
les Tor freight at competing points order to secure
busiue's aud that the local feights must be enough
h. her TO make up dehcien y Tns bill alters the pres
ent law in that it allows persons aggreved to recover
BACK fKce the amount Of the freight Of Just the
| amount as It now ttands
Nj Mead said we must have the cour,gs meet this
question: and remedy the evil, AID not allow the
neys of tue railroads to defeat proper action on the part
Of the legislature. when the people oppressed and
aggrieyed by the rates Of freight now charged
Mr. Wojd Of FairhAven thought that railroad CORPORA.
tons are sharp enough to live even II this bill becomes
law He thought its provisions just and equitable to
the railroads ana At the time prohbitsd the roads
from making discrimination against one man aud one
locality against anoher man or another Locality II not
pass a. this session. he thought aaother legislature
would so even further aud regulate the matter in way
hat pc 'ps the roads wjud not like well even az
this
Mr. Pelon oppoted the bill on the ground that Il pass
ed It would drive through freight and und tho
s.Ae Of Vermont.
Mr. Ross thought the railroads sh ,uld not be allowed
to carry freight In such manner and such rates as
will break down the busntss men Of locality and
build up those Of another He thought the provisions
Of the uill in the tight digection.
Mr. Johnson Of Rockingham said the com reported on
this bill with their eyes open, and thought 1t unjust
the roads They could not live aud make their charges
pro rata equal az all Point.
Mr. Miner Of Manchester said he understood that this
bill only effects freight that stopped in the state and
that which passes through the IL must be evil
deaf that freight could he carried from Bellows Falls TO
- Albans at les rats freight than from Bellows
Falls to Ches er II must be well known 10 every one
that long hauls could be made relatively cheaper than
short ones.
Mr. CleavelAud OF Brookfed said as one Of the com.
mee he was disposed 70 report against 1t on account
Of the provisions OF the bill ITSELF III anything
Il compes roads TO charge the rate for small
for large quantities OF freight aud for heavy for light
height; we thought that not ist to the roads.
Mr. Park said we must be careful In our endeavors to
remed the evils Of railroads that do I make our
condition worse rather than better He thought that
this oil passed II would close up all our railroads within
thirty days tie said II appeared upon questions before
the committee that railroad had testified that
cost Of uantpotg shtdepended Grade Of the
road aud the kind OF eish He said that the expense
TO Keep the road in repair the II confined
local business though there also through business
the road. As the CHARGES for freight At
Burlington and Montpelier there no sense charg-
ing more to Montpelier han Burlington but this bill he
thought would remedy the evil he said the cost TO
the road was Just as much to haul load aud unload
freight for short distance, for long and that
roads could not afford to carry freight short distance
cheap, pro rata As they long distance He cited
examples where the charges under the provisions Of this
bill would close up rhe roads for the that 1. would
drive the through business off the line No road be
run on local nusintss; the through business must be
secured to enable the roads to live This DILL would pro-
hibit the roads from securing the through business We
ought not 20 pfohbt roads from charging more per ts
for short han long distances but the rolda ought
be allowed 10 charge higher for short distance than
long one That would be right. eomethng ought to
be done but the session TOO short and we have not
time to perfect bill HI thought commission ought
be appointed to consider the whole subject and report
such provisions would Just this case and thus
have bill that shall be Just both 10 the people and the
roads We must not strike blow at our rail ads that
will ruin hem, for we cannot live without them.
Mr. Converse Of Woodstock tacetlously replod to Mr.
Hubbard Of stoeAbndge, and eoneuried with Mr Park
and that we should not take leap In the dark
@r Hal Of Gro'on moved to lay the bll on The table
to enable members 10 confer together as 10 some meas
ure Tor appointing commission to take this matter in
to con Iteration andrePot al the next session Of the e
gslatarei agreed TO-
Mr. r4rAer Of wolcott called up 292 relating to the
Management Of the State Prison and stated the action
Of the committee their eEaminat Of the state Pris-
and explained that they did not intend to any
blame upon auy oihceT clnntc ed with the institution;
bat only suggest the legislature that the manage
nj nd or q
the eifect,s, that there might be head center to
the institution aud no clAshing between the supefinten-
dent and dirs ctofs there liability there might
be under the present Arrangement They therefore
ported his bill as She best for the in eats Of the State.
dr Peton Of Ludlow said the reason that the State
Prison was running the ate in debt owiug to the
contracts thee debtors have ade letting the labor Of
the oonvcts At cenis pei day, when labor Of the
c1nvcts in the New Hampshire prison Is let 90 cents
per day. Ihsis owing the fact that the present
uaet was h rred up long lime before tue Old one
oVt. lie believed some one had pretty thick TO
grind in that natter aud that the present directors had
p'oved that they no. oomptent to make contracts
lie said II COY OF his should make such contract he
would seud him TO woman's school for sin months
He III ~ hit we had seen enough Of the g Of
the present direstofs, at least.
In answer to questions b. Mr. Miller Of Reading, Mr.
Pater explained further as to the agemens Of the
PRISON. and Mr Crane OF Newpor said he examined the
inventory Of property at the prison. but did not know
whether made by the directors the supern tendent
(ths was In response to the suggestion Of Mr. Miller
that The inseuoy had been made higher than its actual
value in er 10 make 1t appear that the prison had
the state la debt less than the actual figures would
thoW) lie hAlu the com thouRht that some OF
plies for the prison might have been made sdyan
ageousy. lie said they fund no fault with the super
intendeut, he had he believed, acted with view TO
the nteTes OF the state bat that the people Of Wind
Thought the state prison lod "boRe PICK" and
that IA approved the chance they had pretty eectuA
w. rney pretty well satisfied that The present con-
tact made not by the directors iu the Interests Of
the safe hut by Of these directors In the interests
uf tie contractors
Mr. Lane Of Cornwall protested against the contract.
ne thought the legislation should elect = board
Of directors aud place the responsibility upon them,
that there be shifting Of this responsibility from
ose officer to another lie thought this bill would meet
the
Mr. BrighSn Of Hyiepark said the remarks OF MIR
Crane convinced him that the legislature ought not to
loose the control OF this matter oy throwing II into the
hAnds Of the directors. There is evidently competition
In the management Of the state prison, aud he OPP
posed putting the ibt,the hands Of the diree-
ofs WIN hal already proved themselves incompisn 10
manage II Thry httc alrei dy two much power. and
this bill give, them lie obj soted TO any such
ton BY the lsgslamre
Mr. Pelt Of Ludlow moved that the bill be dismissed,
SAYING that he could for bill that would give
the directors OF the state prison any than
they now have as he eiieved the present bill did dis
disagtstd TO-
Pending the question, and befre the adjournment,
the speaker laid before the house for feton,
Joint hes9iutton-Ffom the senate. providing for a
joint assembly o'clock this afternoon, 10 elect
suPernendst ami tnree directors Of tie state prison
adopted. Adjourned
AFTERNOON.