Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-14
LoCAL HoRsE CAR LINES.

opposition From Existing Companfes
 to Chartering the Winchester Avenue
 Line-Henry c. Rowe After the She'll
 Fish Comnission-A Batch of Gene.
 ral LealsIatfon Which Affects New
 Haven-APpointmen by Gevernor
 Bulkeley-The State Charities BOard
 The Consolidation Question.
 HARTFORD, Conn.,, March Is. Especial Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND
 CoURIER.l
 "This is the first day that we have not had a racket" said Senator Graham, chairman Of the railroad committee, with sigh of relief to-day as he boarded the 4:25 legislative ex- press.
 The railroad committee had but tame session to day and considered several bills to which there is no opposition These bills introduced by Senator States provide that a railroad may abandon an existing station to erect 8 better one, provided the railroad commissioners sanction the change, and an- other bill which makes it the duty of the railroads to maintain warning boards at all private crossings at grade which have legal right to exist, and making it a penalty for anyone not having the right to use these crossings or to leave the gates or bars open
 
 ishes the railroad commissioners and makes @ commission of eight to be elected, one from each county, was continued until next We'd nesday, as it's author, Representative Shepard of Saybrook, was not ready to go on. NEW RAVENS HORSE CAR WAR. A miniature railroad fight took place be- fore the committee on cities and boroughs this afternoon on the petition of the Win chester avenue horse car company for char ter to build street railroad from the depot up Commerce street, through College, to Grove, to Prospect and Sachem streets and out Winchester avenue.
 Among the incorporators of the plan are Treadwel1 Ketcham, w. w. Converse and Thomas G. Bonnet of the Winchester Arms company, s. H. Mosley, Dr. J. B. Phillips, Fl. N. Welch and Judge Sheldon, the latter of whom appeared for the bill. The State street Horse Car company, represented by ex-Judge Henry Stoddard. The Whitney avenue company, represented by Attorney George D. Watrous, and the Centerville com pany, by Judge L. E. Dening opposed the petition. Dr. J. Phillips and Marcus E. Baldwin, interested in property in this sec- ton of the city, thought that such road was public convenience and necessity and would tend to build up this part of the city. But at present people would not live there on account of lack of facilities for reaching lu0 CeuIcE OL LuS C1ky.
 R.H. Brown who has factory on the line of the proposed road and employs, seventy hands, favored the scheme and said there were about 1 1,560 hands, many of them girls, employed at Winchester's, who had no way of transportation in stormy weather. Land was cheap in this section, and if horse car line went through workmen would buy lots and build homes there.
 Judge Stoddard argued that the State street road, which has leased the Whitney avenue road, has only begun to pay divi- dends, and it's business should not be par- tially destroyed when there was no need for another road. Judge Sheldon interrupted with the remark that the stock of the State street road was worth twice it's par value and could not be bought, for that had been tried.
 Judge Deming, for the Centerville road, said that his clients had never paid any div idends and another road in this section was not needed.
 Judge Sheldon said that the reason that this company paid no dividends was be- cause it had no stock to pay on, for ten years ago the second mortgage bondholders tore- closed and Cornelius Pierpont, as trustee, wes running the road for the bondholders.
 Dr. Phillips said that Mr. Pierpont had told him the road made 0,000 profit last year and he would not sell the road for $100,- 900. The Whitney avenue railroad now has a charter to build branch through Grove street to Sachem street and Winchester ave- nue, over which ground the new road wants to go. Representatives of the existing roads said that as soon as there was any public de- mand the Whitney avenue company would build this branch.