Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-20
From the State House.
BosroN. saturday. March IS.

Boston, Saturday, March is, 1871.
1t is no wonder that the attendance in the
great and general court is very thin on Saturday
and Monday. A constant sitting in the hall of
the house of representatives could not be en-
dured, for it is the worst ventilated as it is the
most miserably lighted hall in the land. 1t is
monument of the colossal capacity of the archi-
tects and supervising committee who engineered
its construction; but, as it is comparatively
new will have to stand for n time
The three MiddleseS county railroad projects
mentioned in Yesterdays letter are all TO be con-
sidered next Tuesday. Three more routes from
Nashua, southwark, in addition to two that are
now located in that northern Middesex region
will give GALL the railroad facilities that the
cFazest man could wish. The railroad commit
tee, after patient investigation, having reported
adversely against all three rival routes, the house.
with its usual disregard Of committee reports, will
probably grant all three charters Another
railroad project was submitted to the legisla-
ture to-day-an entirely new one-which gave
the house an opportunity to overturn the cele-
brated "17th joint rule" against the introduce
ton of new business. Mr.. Mulgan Of Paxton
protested, in the name of consistency and of q
short session, against such a gross infringement
| of the rule. But the house almost unanimously
decided that only in Pickwickian sense was
that rule to be applied; so the matter was adj
| mitted viz petition of E. Blake and Others of
| Hampden and Hampshire counties for railroad
from Chicopee Falls to the New London
and Northern railroads. A petition from per-
sons in Haverhi to be incorporated as the Kenoza
An order was adopted insructng the committee
on railroads to consider and report upon the
subject of cheap railway transportation as in
volved in the report of the commission on
that subject to the legislature of 1870, and the
petition of John S. Wright, in aid thereof; the
same having relation to the subject now being
presented to the committee by Edward Crane.
The committee on Intoxicating liquors finding
il impossible to agree on any report asked to bt
discharged which report was willingly granted
by the house. Mr.. Vibbert, one OF the members
of that committee reported on his own accoun
a bill, it being the old prohibitory law of 1867
Some of the temperance men would be satisfied
| with the present law with the addition of a sci
cure clause but it is doubtful whether they cal
get this additional crumb. Nj. Vibbert's bill
: | has no chance for success. The committee OF
It the constablery are preparing for long cam
II paign. These heacringS begin next week, anC
- with the aid of Jerk and stenOgrapher, anC
= armed with the extraordinary power given by
e the legislature to summon witnesses and compe
+ them to testify they will be able to get up for
midable job for the state printer,
Col. Hovey tried in vain to get reconsidera
ton of the vote against purchasing certain mil
itary instruction books for the officers of the
f state militia. The house was opposed to The
purchase by the close vote Of 81 to 6S. And the
bill to incorporate the Boston base ball associa
, ton, over which so much wit has been yentia-
ted in both branches, was defeated on its pas
sage to be engrossed, by a vote of 81 to 50.
Young America will, of course, move recon-
sderation on Monday.
| The bills passed 10 be engrossed in the house
were: To extend the time for locating the Can
ton and Hyde Park and Stoughton branch rail-
roads; to abolish sheriff's juries and providing
other methods for assessing land damages; TO
change the name of North Chelsea to Revere;
TO pay the town of Westport for aid to Amelia
Lewis; to pay James Sweeney his claim; to al
low Pittsfeld, Hancock and Tyringham sums
due as corporation taxes; TO prevent the Local
ton of slaughter houses and other noXious
trades without municipal authority, and provid-
ing for serving injunctiOns on them; and to au-
thorize the Wellesley Congregational society in
Needham to sell IA lot given them by Betsey
Brown and use the funds Indicating cemetery
In the senate the bill to authorize the Massa-
chusetts Central railroad company to extend its
| railroad was laid on the table. The bills to in
| corporate the trustees of the Berkshire athene-
UNI; TO authorize special contracts for the trans
portation Of passengers on designated trains
| upon railroads; to provide penalty, in relation
| to the nOn-maintenunce of schOolhOuseS by
| towns were severally ordered to be engrossed.