Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-10
TELEG GRAPHIC JOTTINGS. Sidney Dillon, the millionaire railroad died in New York yesterday.
 WORK OF THE SENATE.


 Good Deal of Business Transacted.
 WASHINGTON, June 9.-The senate was in session to-day only an hour and twenty minutes, but good deal of business was transacted in that time.
 The urgent deficiency bill, appropristing over 1000, 900 for the present fiscal year, was passed without a word of discussion.
 The bills for the admission of New Mex ico and Arizona as states were also received from the house and referred to the com mittee on territories. Speeches were made on the silver question by MT. Morgan and MT. Jones of Arkansas.
 MT. Morgan gave some pretty broad hints of determination to debate out the views of certain senators on the silver question and referred to the pleasure he would ex- perience in acting aiming arrows at Mr. Sherman.
 The senate then adjourned till Monday.
 THE CITY HALL MUDDLR. The City Committee on Redistribu-
 ton Of the Hall Meet and Discuss
 the Sftuatio n-Mayor Sargent Pro-
 poses Radical Changes in the Loca-
 Iion Of the Offices.
 The city committee de the redistribution Of
  necessary in consequence of the fight which has been on for some time past over the occupancy. of certain quarters in the hall. met last evening for the purpose of discussing and dev ising means to take of the city's interests in the natts
 It will be remembered that several months ago Judge Hall appointed in the superior court a committee of three, consisting of F. J. Kings. bury of Waterbury, Judge Davis of Meriden and Judge Loomis Of Hartford, whose d uty 1t should be redstribute the offices in the city hall In the impossibility of redistributio to auction oi the city hall to the highest bidder. Upon the ap- pointment of this committee the city and town nominated each @ committee of seven to look out for the interests of each. These committees con. sisted on the part Of the city Of Mayor sargent. Aldermen Blakeslee; Kelly and Newton; a and nd the part of the town of Town Agent Garrity and Seectmen Forbes, Hillman, Goodrich, Pohlmsn,
 It will also be remembered in this connection that City Auditor Lake claims, and upon good authority, that during the administrations of Mayor Peck and Town Agent Reynolds Mayor Peck petitioned the court of common council to have the city auditor. city clerk and city sheriff Reynolds favored this petition The committee appointed by the court of common council to act on the matter reported in favor of gran, ing the petition and the mayor approved the order At the meeting last evening held by the com mit.es on the part Of the e, city Mayor SsTgent @ were identical, fully 95 per cent. of the bust ness transacted in the assessors, town clerks and registrars office in reality city business. He advocated the making of Registrar carr's office into vault as well as an office for Mir. Carr, the extension of the assessors vault back to Mr. Carr s office and the consequent removal of the staircase lesding the third floor, the moval of tho board of public works office from ! it's present quarters to those now occupied by the city auditor, etc, the town clerk going up- stairs to the quarters at present occupied by the board of public works and City Auditor Lake be- ing moved down stairs to the quarters now occu- pied by the town clerk, and door cut so that | the mayor and auditors offices will communi' | cate.
 | Alderman Newton stated that he was in favor | of a consolidation of the city and town offices | and naturally of the two governments. Alderman Kelly advocated the raising Of the | hall one story and giving the town the upper | story.
 | Councilman Green claimed that the committee had no right to do any thing in the matter except to follow out the instructions of Judge Hall viz to either redistribute the hall auction it of to | the highest bidder,
 The town now occupies four out of the siS vaults in the hal, and 1t was the general impres | sion among the committee that this proportion | was too large for the town. No action was takrr by the committee, but another meeting will soor | be held in reference to the matter.