Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-07
GRADE CROSSINGS.
The Railroad Committee Agree Upon BiIl Which ApportIons the Expense of Removing the NuIsances -LegisIation After the Weeks Va. cation.


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 HARTFORD, Conn.,, May 6. Especial Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND The halls of State rang again to-day with the tread of the Iaw-givers' feet. The weeks vacation may not prove to be time lost after all, for the House voted to appoint select committee of one senator and two representatives to canvas the business and report upon a time for adjournment.
 At last the legislators have awoke to- the realization that this assembly must not, like Tennyson's brook, run on forever. The judiciary committee can finish 50 as to ad- journ June 1, and if the committee on incor- porations can do as well, there in probabili- ty that the legislators may celebrate July 4 as private citizens once more. Messrs. Wolfe and Dimock were appointed by the House as members of this committee.
 One of the moat important matters before this session has been decided upon by the railroad committee, which held meeting at nine o'clock this morning and agreed upon grade crossing bill.
 Mr. Brown, the House chairman, was in- structed by the committee to make the re- port to day but did not do so. It Is said that he will put in the report tomorrow although the delay is not understood. The bill which the committee will report does not change grade crossings except as to the parties to bear the expense and the proportions.
 The modus operandi of doing away with grade crossing is not amended. The bill provides that when railroad has crossed an existing highway coming after the highway the railroad shall bear the entire ex- pense of removing it. When the highway has crossed an existing railroad the railroad shall pay sixty per cent, the town twenty per cent. and the State twenty per cent.
 How the committees report will be receive ed is not known, but these who are acquainted with the subject considei it fair solution of the problem.
 The house appointed committee on con- ference on the bill requiring judges of the New Haven City court to reside in this city. The house passed the bill, but the senate re- jected it. Messrs. Hall of Stratford and O'Neil of Waterbury were appointed. A motion was made to reconsider the &C., tion of the house, which rejected the resolu- tion instructing the States prison directors to furnish the legislative States prison com- mittee with all the evidence taken in the in vestigation of the charges against Warden Chamberlin. Speaker Perry called General Fenn to the chair and opposed the motion very strongly. He said it was @ mass of in- decent matter which had already been passed upon by competent tribunal and should not be spread broadcast through the State. The motion to reconsider was lost. Unfavorable reports of the finance committee were receiv- ed on the bills taxing vessels and horse car companies and the bills were rejected. Under suspension of the rules the bill amending the charter of the borough of Birmingham, adding 80 acres of land and 150 families, was passed. There will be an elec- tion there next Monday at which the people of the new district desire to participate. 1,s11 . ,Srko S,, towns from selling liquor with the prescrip- tion of reputable physician who has no pecuniary interest in the sale, and within three days after the prescription is written, was passed.
 J. w. Parrott, of Bridgeport, sent in a petition asking the legislature to set aside the verdict of the Superior court in suit of which was received.
 The committee on constitutional amend- ments reported favorably on the bill giving women the rights of entire citizenship. The matter was made the order of the day for next week Tuesday, and Mrs. Howell, of Philadelphia given the right to address the House. Speaker Perry was quite worked up to think that such unheard of action had been taken, and the permission may be re- considered.
 The senate rejected the bill exempting railroads from the weekly payment law. senator States exPlalned that ne lntroouceO the bill at the suggestion of others, and after investigation was satisfied it should not pass.
 GRACE HOSPITAL.
 The only committee which had a hearing to-day was the hard-worked inc orporations committee.
 Arguments on the application for the Grace Homeopathic hospital were made, Att torneys Henry G. Newton and w. H. Ely appearing for the applicants and Henry o. White for the general hospital. MT. White reviewed at length the objections to the chartering of a new hospital.