Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-12
DID NeT CONSULT THE SENATE.

DID N0T CONSULT THE SENATE. The Representative in Such a Hurry
 10 Adjourn Thursday That They For
 got ail About she County Business
 The Jud&eship characterization In
 she New Assembly.
 HARTFORD, Conn, Jan. 12.-Ths members of the lower house of the General Assembly were so anxious to return to their homes yes terday that the house adjourned until next Wednesday without consulting the Senate. If the upper tribunal had been consulted the born of their higher station in the State leg islative body would have informed the repre- sentatives that the law provided that on the first Tuesday after the second Monday, which is next Tuesday, the members of the General Assembly shall meet in county assemblsge to pass upon the various business pertaining to county affairs, and receive the reports of the county commissioners. The senate in ac- cordance with this law will reconvene Tues- day, but where will the representatives be whose presence in county cauousses is ne- cessary? Very likely they will be notified and summoned to Hartford.
 On Tuesday the senate committees will be announced, and probably Speaker Perry will give out his appointments. Until that time the Republican senators who have the mak- ing up of the committees are pledged to se- crecy. The Democratic senators have been notified of the representation they will be given and the number of chairmanships. Democratic senators express themselves as much gratifed and surprised by the courtesy extended them by the majority and the inn portant positions given them.
 The wheels of legislation will begin to re- volve smoothly next week and perhaps some few matters will be passed upon before the solons seek their homes next Friday, but they will not be in very good working trim until the various important appointments in the gift of the legislature are made, as the atten- tion of most of the members is now engrossed by the influences brought to bear upon them in behalf of the various gentlemen who are desirous of serving the State. The principal of these appointments are the judgeships, although the county commis- sionerships are berths that many gentlemen seek. For New Haven there will be the judge and assistant judge of the city court and one judge of the Court of Common Pleas. The only contest likely to occur is upon the assistant judgeship of the City court, Edward l.. Lindsley, now assistant clerk of the City court, having made canvass for this posi- tion. Judge Pickett will be re elected with out opposition and the meritorious services
 
 the Court of Common Pleas are recognized all over the State as worthy of unani nous reelection, unless, as has been recently rumored, Governor Bulkeley should select him for promotion to the Superior court bench.
 The nominations for these judgeships will be made by caucus of the Republican mem bers of the county. Senator Graham of Orange and Representative Theophilus Eaton of North Haven compose the committe to call the New Haven county caucus. Senator Graham said yesterday he should call this caucus within week or two, believing that the sooner the better. The senator's senti. ments will meet hearty concurrence from any who now grace the anxious seat.
 Most of the senators are we'll known at the capital, having served in previous legisla- lures. Senator Graham of Orange, who will be the chairman of the most important con- mittee on railroads, is one of the most popu- committees are to be appointed he most al- ways is selected. He will be one of the Re- publican leaders in the present legislature.
 Senator John N. Hall of Willimantic is to be chairman of the judiciary, and the presi dent pro tempore will be another of the Re- publican leaders. He has been speaker of the house, where he served four terms. ished, and lawyer of note He was a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1876. Although pever having been in the legislature before, Senator States of Now Haven is acquainted with nearly all his colleagues from his previous wide busi- ness interests, and he will be one of the Dem- ocratic leaders in influence sharing with the veteran legislator, E. Spicer Cleveland of Hartford.
 In the House the leaders have not yet de- veloped to any great extent, but Glover of Fairfield and Brandagee of New London are likely to be prominent on the Republican side, while Graves of Litchfeld, without whose familiar presence the Capitol would look unnatural, and Lawyer Hyde of Hart ford will lead the Democratic lawmakers.
 The New Haven Water company have pre- sented petition for an increase of it's eapi- tai stock SO as not to exceed $2, ,OO0, ,000, to be paid for at par, and for permission to issue bonds to an amount not to exceed one-half the sum expended in the construction or purchase of works and never to exceed $2,- 000, ,000. The present capital stock is $1, 125, ,000, nearly all of which is taken, and to make extensions in the plant the legislature will have to grant the necessary increase in capital stock. President Dawson says: During the next two years we propose to expend $250, ,000 in building a mammoth dam at Woodbridge, which will contain 800, 900, ,000 gallons. The level of our new supply will be 155 feet above tide water, or 10 feet higher than the Salton- stall reservoir in East Haven and 25 feet above the level of the Prospect street reser voir. The height of the new dam will be 43 feet, and if necessary three or four similar dams may be built further up stream, making @ practically inexhaustible water supply for New Haven. Then the pumping facilities at Saltonstall will also be increased"