The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-09
LOOKED LIKE ADJOURNMENT
REPRESENT4TIVES HID HARD TIME GETTING TO THE CAPITOL.

REPRESENTATIVES HID HARD
 TIME GETTING TO THE CAPITOL. Proposed Enlargement of New Haven Jail
 Hearing on Bridgeport Grade Cross
 ings-An Important Session of the Com
 mittee on Railroads.
 Hartford, Feb. S.-It has been a good many years since the members of the general assembly of Connecticut have climbed the hill leading to the capitol in as severe weather as that of this morning. When the legislators made their way to the marble halls of state they were obliged to wade knee deep through unbroken paths, and the weak kneed had sorry time of 1t. Several got stalled in the drifts and 1t is won der they held out at all. At 10 o'clock a snow blow drawn by a pair of mules started out over the grounds, but in the depot over which most of the mem bers pass on their way to the capitol, paths leading to the south were cleared. It was poor management and the mem bers were bitter in their complaints.
 The train from New York leaving New Haven north at o'clock was an hour late, and a train was made up pre- vious to the arrivel of the regular train from New York It was made up of three cars, drawn by two engines and leaving at S:25 it went through in an hour and seventeen minutes. The legis- lative special, scheduled to leave New Haven at $50 waited until 9:25 before leaving, in order to connect with the train from New York It was brought to Hartford by two engines.
 LOOKED DUBIOUS AT FIRST.
 A few minutes before Il o'clock there were only twenty representatives in the house, and it looked as if an ad- journment would be necessary, but Representative Carter of Waterbury said he guessed they could depend upon the faithful. He said that in cases in his experience when only fifty members were present business was disposed of with promptress and more was ac- compHshed than when a quorum attend ed
 The speaker called the house to order at 11:07, and thirty-three members were in their seats. Both New Haven repre- sentatives were present, having remain ed in Hartford last night. After wait ing seven minutes bill was read ap- pointing D. c. Dow assistant judge of the city court of New Haven, and it was referred.
 A bill was introduced by Represen- tative Kingman of Washington amend ing the clause relating to retired list of the Connecticut National Guard.
 Resolved, That chapter 1884, section 79, of the public acts of 1893 be amended as follows: That after the words Ire tired list" in the fourth line, there be inserted the words: Any officer quail fled as above having previously been honorably discharged from the service, upon his application to the adjutant general shall also be placed upon the retired list.'
 The bill was referred to the committee on military affairs.
 This bill was read: In case the gen eral assembly shall at any time revoke the charter of any street railway cor poration, or shall in the exercise of its power of eminent domain condemn to public use the property of any street railway corporation, then in determin- ing the damage done such corporation, consideration shall be given to the actual value of the improvements made by such corporation to old highways, to it's actual expenditures in the i'm provement of new ways and to the actual value of its buildings and equip ment.
 The committee made an unfavorable report and the bill was rejected.
 The railroad committee reported onNI bills this morning for the first time. The bills drawn by James L. Cowles of Pennington for grouping stations and charging the same rate for pas sengers between stations far apart as stations near together was reported un- fayorably, and the bills were rejected.
 Another of MT Cowles' bills regard | ing the classification of freight was rejected; also MT. Cowles' bill reducing the fare on the Consolidated road to one cent per mile The speaker was asked about the nature of the bill by | member who did not listen atten- tlNCly dllu I1S ISpliSu. dII uIldDIe to state, as I am not following railroad | Legislation this year"
 A bill regarding the bounty from the | state for killing certain animals and l fowls was introduced by Representative | Main of North Stonington and was re- ferred to the committee on agriculture. The bill Is as follows:
 Any person who shall hereafter kill any of the following named animals or fowls shall be entitled to a bounty from the state for killing the same, as fol- lows:
 For killing each wildcat $10, for each lynx $5, for each fox S3, for each coon, eagle and hawk, excepting nighthawks, 50 cents; for each weasel, skunk, wood- i chuck, plowgogger and owl, 25 cents; said bounty shall be paid to the person who shall kill such animal or fowl by the town treasurer of the town in which such animal or fowl shall be killed, out of the funds of the town, upon presenta- tion to him of the ears of each animal and the head of each fowl; and said town treasurer shall report to the treas urer of the state the amount of and pur- z azI. !