Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-20

No More Committee Work-An Early Adj
tournament Confidently PredHcted-The
Olmstsad Parallel Once MOre-ImPOr-
tant Matters Considered In senate and
/ House.
| Hartford, March 10.
Special Correspondence Of the JoURNAL COURIER.
The committees have completed their ar
duous labors and earnest work in both
branches of the General Assembly is now
the rule and not the exception. The only him
drancs to an early adjournment is the long.
winded speeches in the House. Notwith-
standing the five minute rule which has
| been adopted, the members are granted an
extension of time whenever their five minutes
have expired Gf requested) and SO the de-
bates are prolonged. With all these him
ORANGES, however, there would seem to be no
good reason for prolonging the session be-
yond the first week in April.
The Railroad Commissioners held hear
ing this morning on the application of the
"Olmstead PARALLEL Railroad company for
an extension of two months within which
they shall sxpend the percentage of its CAPT
tai as required by law.
S E. Baldwin, attorney for the Hartford
and Harlem road, objected on the ground
that the notice of application had not been
legally published. Only one newspaper was
produced and the finding of the commissioners
was withheld until the other was brought for
ward.
In reply to Mr. Baldwin Mr.. Olmstead said
that his company was short thousand or
two dollars. They were expanding from
$4OO to $500 day, and had about 600 men
at work at $1.25 per day. The men are en-
ployed by the contractors, who have not yet
been paid anything About $1s, 900 was due
them March 1; have paid for real estate to
date about $13, 900; for engineering in the
neighborhood of $1,000 or 1900. There
have been other expenses; have provided for
paying the contractors satisfactorily; shall
complete the arrangement tomorrow to
March 23. About 100000 will be paid to
contractors. Cur subscribed capital stock is
about $445, 600; we began work about JAN
uary 10; cannot tell the reasons why we did
not begin before. The contracts were signed
early in January by various parties. We
have called in 10 per cent. of our capital
| stock, all told, but none between our or
eanization and January 49,. The contractors
are to be paid entirely in cash, from time to
time, as the work progresses. We are now
at work on the road at twenty one different
points, Mr.. Olmstead described the bond
ing, and Mr.. Downs, of Bridgeport, said that
he had bonded to the amount of about
$50, 900, and paid between So, 900 and 81 900
cash.
Mr. Baldwin, objecting to any extension of
time, urged that the Olmstead Parallel had
delayed it's work for months, and is not emit
tied to any extension. If they were behind
only few thousands on expenditures they
could expend that sam in single day by
paying for real estate already bonded.
Mr.. Warner, of the Olmstead Parallel,
claimed that this would not count towards
expenditures for railroad construction. The
hearing then closed.
To-day 81, 900, 900 in cancelled State bones
were burned in the furnaces of the Capitol
building in presence of the State treasurer
and Finance committee.
A. E. Burr, Esq of Hartford, and Francis
Bacon, M. D., of New Haven, were to day
renominated for members of the Board OF
Pardons. Their nomination will give genera
satisfaction to all sections of the State
Following is a summary of the business
transacted in the Senate and House to-day: