The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-20
AND THE BILLS POURED IN
LIKE FLAKES IN 4 WLNTER's SNOW
 STORM.

Great Day in the Legislature for New
 Business-The Bars Are Now Down
 Nearly 300 Bills for Different Measures
 Introduced Yesterday New Haven's
 Freight RailrOad-Many New Haveners
 Were at Hartford - Important Bill De
 Itinerant Venders-An "A. r. A." Meau-
 ure TabIed-Many other Features of the
 Day.
 Hartford, Feb. 19.-Bills and petitions likes flakes of a winter snowstorm were received in the house this afternoon, It was the last day for the reception of new business, and between 200 and 300 different measures were introduced and referred. There was also a great batch of papers introduced in the senate. Sen ator Johnson of New Haven appeared with pocketful of bills and petitions, and other senators were well outfitted with measures of the people.
 owing to the late hour of adjournment this afternoon 1t made short sessions for this afternoon it made short sessions portant measures were down for hearing.
 NEW RAVENS FREIGHT RAIL
 ROAD.
 Several bills were down for hearings before the committee on railroads this afternoon, and the committee room was crowded as it has never been before at this session. Several New Haven in terests were up for discussion, and many people from that section were present, including Corporation Counsel Ely, Town Counsel Goodhart, Hon. Lynde Harrison, Prof. George D. Wat rous, Colonel s. J. Fox, eX-Senator Gra-. ham, George H. Barnum, N. H. Kendall, President Corey and Superintendent Dodge of the New Haven Street Rail- way, President Parmelee of the Fair Haven and Westville road, c. R. Wa terhouse, jr., Julius Twiss, Jason P. Thompson, City EngiT ger Kelly, W. H. Beecher, F. H. Bigelow, Engineer Hill, I. A. Kelsey and s. Harrison Wagner of the Winchester Avenue road, and s. J. Bryant.
 Hon. Lynde Harrison appeared for the incorporators of the Manufacturers Street railway of New Haven, which de- sires to build a line of road for freight, connecting the manufacturers at Grape vine Point with the tracks of the Con solidated road.
 MT. Harrison explained that he drew the original bill at the instance of the late ex-Governor Bigelow. The road was to run along East Chapel and James street and connecting with the Consolidated road, and giving spur tracks connecting with the various fac tories. After the charter was granted a bill was passed provi3 ling that IN case a city or town shall refuse to accept the layout of a certain railroad they may oppose the same and the only rem edy shall be an appeal to the general assembly. MT. Harrison did not believe it was the intention of applying this principle to corporations which it had brought into being.
 Continuing he said: "There was considerable objection to our road on the part of owners of prop erty in James street, who believed that freight trains were to run continually through that street. As matter of fact the running of a few freight cars through the street would prove of no injury to the neighborhood; but they were strenuous in their objections and we could not carry out the wishes of large number of prominent manufactur CTS. We now present a petition to build line down East Chapel street and over private lands to connect with the Belle dock division of the Consolidated road this extension beginning at the corner of Chapel and James streets"
 Town Counsel Goodhart said he was instructed to object for the New Haven park commission, unless they permit ted the building of the road across the park lands.
 MT Harrison explained that he had | no doubt these matters could all be settled between the incorporators and | the city and town authorities. MT Harrison said he was prepared to in- troduce several witnesses who would | testify concerning the great importance | of the proposed railroad if the commit | tee wished to hear them.
 Attorney Watrous said the New Ha- | ven Gas Light company would object to | the road crossing its property, except | with the consent of three-quarters of the owners of property.
 C. R. WdIerGOuSe, JfJ representing | the property formerly owned by the | Old Colony Distilleries' company, said | that interest objected to the layout, which would cut through where it was to erect a building. Jason P. appearing for that com pany asked MT. Warehouse if he would object if slight change was made in the line. He said he would not and believed that the road would be a good enterprise.
 MT. Harrison, who had charge of the explained it further. He thought that most of the objections against the bill could be reconciled. He said the project was a very inn portant one and would prove of very great value to some of the most i'm pOrtant and influential manufacturing Interests in New Haven
 OTHER COMMITTEE HEARINGS. Attorney John Bristol appeared be- fore the committee on interpretations in favor of incorporating the Build ers' exchange of New Haven. . The following bills were considered by the committee on temperance:
 Prohibiting sale or gift of liquor to