The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-29


 which is the fair rate of taxation of all property in Connecticut where it Is assessed at its full value, as. in the city of Bridgeport, and mary other places in the state.
 Under your present system of tax ing the railroads of this state this com pany pays into the treasury on that same property $535. S5, an excess of taxation above the proportion that all other property pays of $229, 60S.25, show ing that this property is paying 1% per cent. on the full cash value of it's prop erty. In 99 towns out of 100 in this state the property is not assessed for more than one-half to two-thirds of its full value, which makes the burden still more onerous that this company are carrying, paying as 1t does 1% per cent. upon it's full value.
 This company paid for the year end ing September 20, 1894, 28 per cent. of the entire revenues of the state of Con necticut, and 40 per cent. of the total taxes paid by corporations, including insurance companies, savings banks, eX- and all other kinds of corporations, press companies, telephone companies, The mutual insurance companies and the savings banks of the state pay from one-fourth to three-fourths of one per cent, The six telegraph and telephone companies, and the three express com panies, pay less than one per cent. on the value of their property.
 Again, if you look at the earnings of the different railroads of the state, you will find that the Consolidated railroad pays more largely in propor- tion to it's earnings than any other railroad in the state This railroad for the year ending June 30, 1893, earned about 69 per cent. of the total amount earned by steam railroads, and paid about "A per cent. of the taxes paid by these railroads into the treasury. The New York and New England railroad earned 24 per cent. and paid 22 1-2 per cent. of the taxes. And the Phlladel- phia, Reading and New England rail- road earned nearly per cent. and paid less than 1 per cent. of the taxes.
 Now, from these figures which l give you, I make the statement, without fear of contradiction, that this railroad company pays more in taxes every year than any other property in this state; far more in proportion than the manufactories In Bridgeport, Water bury, Meriden or Willimantic are pay ing, and far more than the property of any member of this general assembly, I cafe not from where he comes, or what kind of business he is engaged in.
 Tt would be a sorry day if this com pany should come here and ask that all these laws taxing railroads should '>e repealed, and that they should be allowed to have their property in the several towns through which their lines run assessed the same as your prop erty, and bear the same taxes, and the same as the railroads in Rhode Island are taxed.
 "Thesuperior court, the highest tribu- nal of this state, in an elaborate opin- ion written by that eminent jurist, Elisha Carpenter, the greatest jurist, and perhaps the greatest man, that Windham county has produced in our day, and in an opinion concurred in by Hon. Lafayette s. Foster and Hon. James Phelps, has blazed the history of this state with the incontrovertible fact that this railroad has always been paving more than it's just proportion of the taxes of the state. These are their words: We think therefore, it Is safe to assume that taxation upon rail- road property is considerably above the average rate of taxation throughout the state' GAO Conn.,, 494.)
 If the Meriden Britannia company the Russell & Erwln Manufacturing and other prosperous manu- ,tof, sto taxed the same as this railroad com oany is, on the market value of their | stock, instead of on the value of their | it would double and treble l .heir present taxes.
 "It is a good Christian motto to Do | into others as you would that they | should do unto you;' and let us be just | 70 this railroad that comes here to-day, | md puts it's case on it's naked merits, md refuses to spend dollar in he obby, or in securing the votes of sin ,le member of the legislature. I cannot lelp thinking that the man who votes gainst this righteous bill is shining .gainst light"
 Mir. Bowen of Windham in the course f his remarks on the bill said:
 "Mr Goodwin goes about and the pecter of the Consolidated road haunts i'm all the time. | understand that yhen the newsboys cry the New York, Jew Haven and Hartford papers he sks them to change their cry. But ven MT. Goodwin admits the present ouble tax is unjust, and that is pretty ood testimony in favor of this bill"
 MT. Ogden of Wilton then offered the mendmen4 referred to yesterday. It rovides thatthis act shall not take ef- act until the so-called evaded taxes rom 1872 to 1885 are paid The amend rent was killed, and after a debate of wo and one-half hours the bill was assed with only two dissenting votes. TsH AND CAME COMMISSION BILL This afternoon the house took for the lst thing the game and fish commits on bill, passed by the senate. A vote n the question to table showed no uorum, and the house adjourned. (
 TO BE MADE JUDGES. The following recommendations were ,ceived to-day for judgeships: F. B. lapp to be judge of the Derby city { ,urt. George Fl. Cowell to be judge of ( le Waterbury city court, Charles s. ungerford and George S. Dibble to be Ldge and deputy judge respectively of { le Naugatuok city court, and Selden '