Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-16
THEY WANT BIG CHARTERS.

Nm the Senate To.Day-The Joint
 Standing Committee Craftsmanship.
 HARTFORD, Conn.,, January 15. Especial Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND CoUR-
 Although but one branch of the General Assembly was in session to-day, it was 8 lively time about the Capitol and business enough was started in the Senate to keep sev- eral committees busy long time and at tract nearly all of the influential citizens of New Haven to the Capitol to testify on the hearing which will be held. Senator States. of New Haven, got in his work to-day and introduced two bills, which will cause lots of work for the third house before they gre vot- ed upon by the joint assembly. The first of Senator States bills was a petition for the passage of an accompanying resolution in- cooperating the Winchester avenue horse car company of New Haven, which is a misno- mer, for the new road is to operate by cleo tricity if the promoters are successful Tn their efforts to secure 8 charter. The petl- tion sets forth that it's signers are convinced that public convenience necessitates the building of such road. It is signed by the following we'll known New Haven gentle- men, who are also named as the incorpora- tCrs:
 Treadwell Ketcham, William W. Con- verse, Thomas G. Bennett, s. H. Moseley, Joseph Sheldon, Edward Bryan, Massena Clark, John P. Phillips, R. H. Brown, Gard- ner Morse and H. M. Welch.
 Stripped of the legal verbiage and formal ity attendant upon such resolutions. the act provides that these gentlemen shall have Q charter for the Winchester avenue horse car company to locate and construct an electric railroad, and erect poles for the same, through the following streets:
 Commencing at Union avenue, opposite the depot, to Carlisle street, thence to West Water street, to Commerce street; and com mencing as before, thence along Union ave- nue and Carlisle street to an intersection of the Commerce street extension, through Commerce street to Congress avenue, to George street, to College, to Grove, to Rock, to Sachem street, to Winchester avenue, with capital stock of $40, 900, with privilege of increasing the same, divided into shares of $25 each, which shall be deemed personal property, and that they be allowed to issue bonds and to collect for passage over this road sum not to exceed five cents.
 The incorporators are men of weight and influence and when their plans are combatted by the rival horse car companies and people who object to any more poles or wires in the street will make lively struggle before the committee on cities and boroughs, to which the resolution was referred.
 AN ELECTRIC TRUST.
 Senator States introduced another resolu- tion which will cause commotion before the committee on interpretations, to which it was referred. The senator introduced this reso- lution at the request of the clerk. to whom it was sent by 8 well known New Haven gen. tleman. The bill asks for very broad char ter, which tends toward an electric trust of great magnitude. It provides that the Thom- son-Hauston Electric company may have au- thority to purchase original subscriptions, and to hold, sell and buy shares of capital stock and bonds of electric lighting com- panies which employ electricity as a motor or otherwise; and also au- thority to mortgage any property or inter- est necessary for transaction of such busi- ness and to make any contracts necessary or convenient. The corporation deserves au- thority to increase its capital stock 10 an amount not exceeding $1O,000,000, divided into shares of $25 each, which may be dis- posed of at will and also increase the capital at the discretion of the stockholders by $5, 000, ,000 more of preferred stock, and the preferred stock shall have preference over all other stock of the corporation, with pow CT to pay semi-annual dividend not to ex- ceed eight per cent. per annum.
 NEW HAVEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
 The third resolution of Senator States was an act empowering the New Haven city school district to issue bonds to the extent of $500,- 900 payable within forty years, with inter- est not to exceed 4 per cent. per annum. This was also referred to the proper commit tee.
 His Excellency Governor B1lkeley, the Secretary of State and Hon. Dwight W Par dee were appointed commissioners of the State library.
 COUNTY BUSINESS DELAYED.
 On account of 8 misunderstanding which caused the House to adjourn until Wednes- day the senators only were left to compose the county conventions to pass upon county business, which the law proscribss shall be done this day. The senators, in order to avoid the necessity of healing act to make up for the direliction of the less experienced house, met ip county convention at o'clock and adjourned for @ week to await the rep. resentatives. In the Fairfield county caucus Senators Catlin and Read were all the representatives present. One is Democrat and the other a Republican. Senator Catlin, the Bridgeport banker, courteously nominat- ed Senator Read, the big Bridgeport mer- chant for president of the body, and Senator Read returned the compliment by nominat- ing and electing him secretary. When the l o'clock. Senator Hall objected to an ad- journment until 8 late date as he desired to keep up the pace the senate has already set of pushing business right along as good ex- ample.
 EDITOR NAPLES GETS LEFT.
 The Senate committee appointed to assign reporters seats performed their duty to-day. The six desks in the Senate were assigned as follows: JOURNAL AND COURIER and Palla- dium, New Haven; the Courant, Record, been reserved for other daily papers. For several years Editor Naples, who publishes weekly paper, has occupied one of the desks. As his weekly takes it's condensed reports from the daily exchanges, it has been diff cult to see what Editor Naples occupied a Senate reporters desk for except to catch any fish that might bite. The daily paper men who have been crowded out by weeklies without business are very thankful to the committee for it's we'll timed action. Editor Naples has already printed at vengeance, which may be expected to msterialize in the columns of the Norwalk Hour.
 THE SENATE GUARDIANSHIP.
 The senate craftsmanship of the joint stand ing committees were announced to-day. As predicted in the COURIER Senator Graham gets the chairmanship of the railroad com- mittee, which he so ably held two years ago. This will be the most important committee on account of the large amount of railroad legislation and vast interests to come before 1t this year. Senator Hall is chairman of the judiciary. Senator Fuller has the important commit zee on interpretations and Senator Mead on ,ities and boroughs, which will pass upon many New Haven matters, especially the to the charter which will be and the consolidation scheme. The Democrats have been literally treated and | re we'll satisfied. To the seven Democratic enators eight committee chairmanships are warded, young Senator Morse of Meriden laving the committee on woman's suffrage. The appointments were as follows: On judiciary-Senator John M. Hall, Sev- nteenth district. On school fund-Senator Stephen A. Gard | Ter, Ninth district. On banks-Senator Lyman s. Catlin, Thir- | eenth district. On State prison-Senator R. N. Parish, l Eleventh district. On new towns and probate districts-Sen- | tor Geo. M. Clark, Twenty-firs district On roads and bridges-Senator J. N. Bar ram Ninafaenkh district