The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-11
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE

Business Transacted at Yesterdays Ses-
sion of Massachusetts Law Makers
BEACON HILL, Feb. H. Aside from
routine business, little was done by the
Legislature yesterday. The committee on
street railways reported bill authorizing
the Brockton a. Holbrook Railroad Com
pany to lease its property to the Brocktor
Street Railway Company for a period o.
80 years.
f. A. Hunt and Others asked incorpora
tion as the South Middleboro Cemeter,
Association, with the right to hold $500
worth OF property.
By reconsideration, the petitions for
improvement OF Falmouth and for au
thority to the Lynn Boston Railroad
Company to extend its tracks to Ipswich
and Essex, were admitted and referred.
In the House.
Mr.. Bartlett of Haverhill presented the
petition OF T.. Moody Boynton, H. II.
Mawhinney, F. w. Breed, f. L. Sanborn
and Henry w. Putnam for Incorporation
as the Boston and suburban street rail-
way company, to go from Boston to Low
ell and from Boston to Newburyport OF
other points in the Merrimack valley, the
former line to go through Somerville,
ambridge, Medford, Winchester, Woburn.
Burlington, Billerica, Tewksbury, Dracut
and Lowell, and the latter through Ever
EFT, Chelsea, Revere, Lynn, Swampscott,
Salem, Beverly, Wenham, Hamilton, Ips-
wich, Rowley, Newbury and Newbury-
port, with the privilege OF a circle route
from Newburyport by West Newbury
Groveland, Bradford, North Andover, An.
dover, Wilmington, Reading, Wakefield
Stoneham, Woburn, Melrose, Holden,
Medford, Arlington, Somergille and Bos-
ton.
With the petition were bills to incor.
porate the Massachusetts Boynton Bicy-
Gle railway, the Newburyport Boynton
Bicycle railway, the Woburn, the Lowell
and the Reading Boynton Bicycle rail-
ways. The first named bill allows CAPT
tai OF $500, 600 and provides for the use OF
the Boynton Bicycle railway. The other
bills provide smslIer capitals respectively.
Messrs. Meyer of Boston, Bennett OF Ev-
erett and Parker OF Boston objected to
suspending the rules to admit the petit
tion and by nearly unanimous vote the
matter was referred to the next legisla-
ture.
A bill to prevent undue political In
huence by office holders was put in by
Mr.. Mclaughlin of Boston. II is the
same as Mr.. Robbins bill, except that it
includes town officers.
fisheries committee on the bill OF Mr.,
Atwood OF Plymouth to give the public
greater rights Of fishing in ponds stocked
at the public expense
The committee on religious societies re-
ported the desired bill to change the man
ner OF electing the trustees OF the Sterl-
ing camp meeting association. They re-
ported bill to change the name OF the
First BAPTIST Society in Newton to the
First Baptist Church.
The adverse report on sbolishing the
executive council was assigned to Tues
day on motion of.Mr. Charles OF Boston,
who will offer a substitute resolve TO
abolish the council.
The bill to abolish days Of grace wasr re-
Jected after short debate In which its
only friend was Mr.. JOY OF Winchester,
its author. II was opposed by Messrs.
Brig OF Hudson, Richardson OF Bos-
ION, Bessom OF Lynn, Barker OF Boston
md Hayes OF Lowell.
speaker Barrett appointed this commit
ee to attend the funeral OF Mr. Jennings
li Worcester: Messrs. Crosby, Roe and
Meloven OF Worcester, Dennis of Salem,
Hooyt OF Haverhill, Anderson OF Cam
bridge and Carroll of Peabody.