Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-18
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 HARTFORD, March IF, 1884, Especial Correspondence of JOURNAL AND ooURuR. l
 Annexation is what troubled the minds of residents of East Haven and sent large dele- gations to the Capitol to-day, most of whom were here in opposition to the proposed scheme. The friends of the scheme did not rally in force, supposing that there would be little or no opposition to it. The hearing opened at 2:30 p. m., when l.. P. Deming, Esq, explained by the map the proposed di- yiding line between the towns. The bill as proposed was also presented to the commit tee for consideration. MT. Deming said that as the selectmen of both towns had agreed on line and plan of annexation he did not see why it was necessary to introduce any fur ther evidence in favor of the scheme unless the committee desired it, and they would therefore rest their case.
 Hiram Jacobs county commissioner, ap- peared for the committee appointed at pub lie meeting in East Haven center to oppose the annexation unless a certain line was adopted.
 RCAOOb4AoA O444NoOy SoFO Q 1O5uAO O4 bA0 meeting of the Boards of Selectmen of the towns, his remarks causing considerable mer- riment to those present. He said that he signed the agreement in regard to the line un- der protest.
 James Thompson Esq, of East Haven, ad- dressed the committee on the subject, oppos- ing the scheme. He said the only argument odronoad b,, +ba Eost uoyap friards oe tba scheme were few who thought their taxes would be less, and those who thought that 1omlinson's bridge would be free passage way from the east to the west side of Quin- nipiac river He said the whole business had been done without a town meeting being held to authorize the proposed scheme He did not believe that any line could be proposed by this Legislature that would be satisfactory to the town of East Haven.
 The first witness called in opposition was Daniel W. Shares, of the borough of Fair Haven East. So far as the borough was con. sidered, he thought large majority of the people were opposed to annexation in any form. He certainly was opposed to it.
 Willet Hemingway, warden of the bor- ough of Fair Haven East, said he was op- posed to the annexation scheme, preferring to have the two towns remain in the same po- sitions that they now occupy Eugene O. Hill said he was also decidedly opposed to the entire annexation scheme He preferred to retain the present territorial limits of the town.
 Ammi Luddington and Albert Rowe testi fled in substance the same as the preceding witnesses. They did not believe in dividing the town in any way.
 William A. Wright said he was one of the burgesses. He was opposed to the plan | of annexation as suggested by the provisions of the bill read He did not favor annexa. | tion of the borough to the city. He thought it would lessen the taxation of East Haven to annex to the town of New Haven.
 Charles A. Bray said he was opposed to an. nexation in any form. He said that the re- monstrants represented the larger portion oi the grand list of the borough. E. E. Thompson, who lives in the old part of East Haven, did not want any part of the town annexed to New Haven. He said if the plan was carried out it would leave noth- ing but few swamps and bushes and hills to the old town. He said that some of the folks in the town had almost been led to believe that they would not have any tax to pay if they were annexed to New Haven, and that they would receive an income besides. (Laughter.)
 Thaddeus Street said, in general terms, that he agreed with what MT. Thompson had said If there was any part of the town annexed, he wanted them to take the whole
 Franklin Russell, Reuben H. Coe and Will let Forbes said they lived in the old town and were opposed to annexation.
 The remonstrants rested their case at this dence in ''rebuttal."
 Lyman Granniss thought the old town, or a majority, would favor the annexation if Morris creek was taken as the basis of the line.
 Alfred Hughes thought the proposed an- nexation would be the best thing for East Haven. He thought two-thirds or three quarters of the town would favor annexa- ton.
 Julius Morris said he lived in the lower part of the town, and all with whom he had talked had expressed themselves in favor ot annexation.
 s. W. F. Andrews said that judging from his investigations at least fve-sixths of the | people in the old part of the town were in l favor of annexation.
 Hon. Dwight Futile testified that he be. | ieved that if the annexation scheme was car. l ried out, that East Haven could be run on 6 | Tnuch 1aas tav tfooD ok ,1roca-& | c. w. Hemingway, assessor of East Haven, said that from careful estimate recently made the grand list of the town is $2,O74,.
 534, divided as follows: Annexed portion, l &1 BOG. 735 leaving to tha old town Ssez