Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-17
THE PETITION WITHDRAWN

Through Orange Street-A Proposed fCentervllle Road Opposed by the
 Present Road-Anthony Cemstock
 Wants n Law to Protect People
 From Green Goods men-The Ssate
 Prison Committee The General
 Electric Bill May Pass-The senate
 and House.
 HARTFORD, May 16.-[Special] - The residents of Orange street, New Haven, were out in force at the capitol to-day. The ycame up to appear before ths commit tee on cities and boroughs in opposition to the granting of charter for an electric road through Orange street, from Grown street to East Rock park, and were in good fighting trim. Among them were noticed Hon. Tilton E. Doolittle, Attorney Mo- Aathewson, Hon. N. D. Sperry, Willis E. Miller, William J. Atwater, H. 0. Warren, Colonel N. G. Osborn, Professor Brewer,G. s. Benham, John L. Treat, Henry O. Rowe. The committee had been in session about half an hour before the matter was reached, and when Attorney Wagner, who repre- sents the syndicate petitioning for the road arose, the contestants were all atten- tion. MT. Wagner said: The majority of the residents above Humphrey street, on Orange, desire this road, while those living between the former street and the center of the city do not. Our last intention was to leave the Whitney avenue line at Humphrey street, run through to Orange street and thence out the latter street to East Rock. To this the residents of lower Orange street, we understand, also object, orl loD3k IooSra %n oh &ha rood where 1t is not wanted, we will withdraw through Orange street lengthWise
 At the close of this statement the oppo- nents to the road heaved sigh of relief to think that the battle had been so easily won, and many of them at once started for the depot.
 MT. Wagner continuing said: We desire to cross Orange street at Lawrence street, however, running our line from Whitney avenue through the latter street to State street.
 There was no objection to this on the part of the Orange street people, except by Attorney McMatthewson, who repre- to favor the road through Lawrence street until he had consulted the heirs
 Governor Waller suggested by way of compromise for withdrawing from Orange street that the road might obtain charter to run from Whitney avenue, down Law renee street, to Livinston street, up the latter to Gamer street, thence through Gamer street to Foster. through Foster to Lawrence and down Lawrence to connect with the State street road. This would supply nearly the same territory as the Orange street road, and the matter was set down for hearing on next Tuesday,
 Another proposed electric road consid- cred by the committee this afternoon was the one asked for by George s. Benham and others, commencing at Centerville postofice and running through Dixwell avenue to Orchard street, Orchard to George and down George street. Attorney Herbert E. Benton appeared for the peti- tioner and Attorneys Lynde Harrison and George D. Watrous opposed the proposed road as conflicting with the Dixwell ave- nue and Edgewood avenue roads already having charters, and with the plans of the Fair Haven road.
 Mir. Benham, Selectman Peck of Ham den and William J. Atwater of New Ha- ven explained that such road would &C., commodate about 2,O0O people living in Csnterville, that it would not cross 7the steam railroad tracks ss does the present road which now goes out Shelton avenue does, and that the people who would re- ceive the benefit from the new road were not in any way benefited by the old road.
 During the opposition by Judge Harri- son 1t was brought out that the Centerville road already had 8 charter which would supply this territory, and both MT. Peck and MT. Benham admitted that an exten- sion of the present road would supply the public demand.
 MT. Atwater said that he was only inter- I,I Skz IL AL IL capital stock of $10O, 900, and that so, far no money had been raised except to pay the expense of getting the charter.
 Attorney Watrous objected on the ground that such road would interfere with the Fair Haven road, which, having withdrawn it's intention to double-traok West Chapel street, intended, if permis- sion was granted, to run down George street, from Derby avenue to Howe, and through Howe to West Chapel connecting with their tracks there.
 Mir. Norris B. Mix ex representative, ex- selectmsn of Hamden, and an ex ice dealer explained that Centerville was place ten miles long and three miles wide, and had three railroads, Dixwell avenue, Whitney avenue and State street, and that neither of the roads at present accommodated the people of Centerville. He wanted an elec- trio road, and he wanted 1t bad, as did the 146 other families who would be accom- modated by it. He did not care whether it was an extension of the present road or a new one, as long as it was built right away.
 Judge Harrison wished the hearing con- tinued until next Tuesday to give the people interested in the Centerville road 8 chance to be heard, and his request was granted.
 d. l>os. that the committee had made it's last as- signment for May 25, and they desired to finish up that day if possible all matters now before them.
 ANTHONY CoAsToCK
 ed before the judiciary committee today and urged the passage of law similar to the New York and New Jersey laws which make it penal ofense to print, circulate or have in ones possession green goods circulars. MT. Comstock was deeply in- terested in making the committee under stand the necessity of such a law at this time, and during his argument he said: I have been a postof6ce inspector for the past twenty years and have dealt with all kinds of rogues and thieves, but with none worse than the band of green goods men who now have their quarters in Bridgeport. We forced them out of New York and New Jersey by law which I now ask you to pass and force them out of Conneo- ticut. You have now statute law against fraud and issuing counterfeit money, but these people do not use counterfeit money. They use good money and brown paper. Under Connecticut law you must wait un- til the crime is committed, but under the law I would ask you to pass you may save the victim before he becomes such, and punish the criminal
 We now have in our possession the books, names and records, giving the names of fifty joints, fifteen steerers and fifteen lookout men, and which shows that you have in your midst forty of the worst criminals and cutthrosts out of prison, and without such law you will not be able to bring them from the state. These records also contain lists of names of people all over the country to whom circulars were to be sent. We have now at 1S9 Water