The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-07

O'Neill, F. F. Burpee, R. A. Lowe, John
 P. Kellogg, J. E. Russell. George B. Ter " and q. ii. Cowell.
 Representative Newton of Walling-
 ford said he was in favor of the enter
 prise, which was eminently fair.
 Corporation Counsel Ely of New Ha-
 ven said the judge always assigned
 cases so as to accommodate out of town
 parties. The expense of going to New
 Haven to try cases was common to
 every other county in the state, New
 Haven was the county seat. When | Waterbury asked for a district court
 it promised to build it's own court house.
 It should be distinctly stated in the bill
 that Waterbury should pay it's portion
 of the cost He said the district which was going to have more use of the l building than the superior court should
 pay the larger part of the cost. The | expense of the jail, the county home
 and the Waterbury court house would
 entail a pretty heavy burden on the
 county at one time. The majority ot
 the committee should not consist of | Waterbury lawyers; some one outside of Waterbury should have something to say about this expenditure.
 | Mir Terry said it cost $3 to take each witness to New Haven, and he had
 taken there as many as 150 in one day. | Waterbury would never ask for a jail. | Most of the police court criminals were sent to the Waterbury work house and thus there was a great deal of saving
 in expense to the county.
 Attorney H. D. Benton, representing
 the town of New Haven, opposed the
 measure. There was no surplus in the county treasury and he doubted if
 there would be a surpIus in the next twenty years. It was a matter that
 should not be settled except with the
 greatest discussion and deliberatlon in
 view of the present financial condition
 of the county. If Waterbury needs
 court house let her pay for it and then
 the county should pay the expense of the county court held therein. The representatives of the county should go slow in thus voting away the money of the county.
 MT. Terry said that when Waterbury asked for district court she asked for new county with Waterbury as the county seat. If the court house was not granted now, then Waterbury would come in soon and ask to be set off from New Haven county.
 MT O'Neill said that Waterbury would pay all the expense of the court house but for her other great expenses. She had just expended about $1,OOoOOO for a water supply and another $1,000, 900 would be needed ere long for addi- tional sewage facilities.
 Representative Mccarthy of Nauga- tuck said that Naugatuck should have .1-t i1 Wotar- bury.
 The whole matter was then referred to a committee to report at a meeting to be held one week from to-day. The committee appointed consists of Repre- sentative Cowell of Waterbury, Repre- sentative Gum of Milford and Repre- sentative Newton of Wallingford.
 HEARING ON THE POOL LAW.
 There was hearing this afternoon on the bill providing that pool selling may be carried on on the race tracks in this state for twenty days, between May and November of each year. The | hearing was before the committee on | the judiciary in the senate chamber, | which was crowded with spectators | The bill was advocated by Senator Chandler, who drew it. Judge Cole Of | Waterbury, ex-Governor Hyde and Gen eral Alec Harbison. The bill was op- posed by Attorney George P, McClean. who examined the witnesses.
 General Harbison said that it was practically impossible to carry on a race track successfully without the selling of pools. It the twenty years since Charter Oak park was started it never paid a dividend. Since the pool law was repealed the raising of trotting stock in this state had been injured to the extent of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The stock of the Charter Oak company, which formerly stood at par, was now worth only 5O Colts worth $500 before the law was repealed were now sold for $2G0. In closing he made an earnest plea for the pending bill, claiming 1t was the only salvation for the race course in this state
 SAVIN ROCK FARES.
 This morning at g o'clock the railroad convened for the purpose of to arguments by Attorneys filling and Clark of New Haven on the oill providing for a reduction of fares on sHe w est I1dNeH DTdlCIl or the WlnCne5- | ter avenue railroad. MT. Alling rep 'esenting the company, made very clear and convincing arguments. He 4 said in part;
 "There is no more important question i coming before a general assembly than 70 prescribe by fiat of law the charges , if a public carrier. The same rule i night be applied to any and all the Nothing will so disturb ,apital in this state than that there { ,hould be an attack on the rates of are. The general assembly has no { fight to thus control the affairs of a f MT Kelsey says the state S nents in Poor's manual, so far as the T oad is concerned, are not reliable, s f this petition is seriously considered ] he committee will for the time being G ave become directors of the Winchester fl venue railroad. The petitions for the a hange were circulated in the factories b f New Haven. Only about half a a ozen people appeared before the com a 1ittee in behalf of the petition There Jere three or four witnesses who laimed that the line should be drawn t West river giving the double fare N 9 the people of the borough of West To .I,o r4