The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-17
EAST HARTFORD BRIDGE.
HE JUDICIARY CO1LlLTTTEE'S
 FORTHCOMING REPORT.

committee or the leBISld1uiS VIII ASPOl '
 favorably on the bill to have the care and maintenance of the East Hartford
 bridge put back upon the towns. But
 Manchester, Glastonbury and South Windsor, three of the five towns which originally had the care and mainte- nance of the old structure, are, under
 the committees report, released from
 any expense in it's future maintenance,
 and the whole burden, if the report is
 accepted will be borne by Hartford and
 East Hartford.
 l This is in substance the committees report, and is gathered by "The Hart l ford Courant" from an authoritative
 source The report, however, has not yet been signed by the committee. favor of having the bridge taken from
 the state, and 95 per cent. of the main 1 tenance of the structure borne by the town of Hartford and per cent. by the | town of East Hartford.
 WHAT SENATOR WARNER SAYS. Hartford, April 16.-The published re- 
 port that the judiciary committee has decided, by to 4, to recommend bill to place the maintenance of the Hart | ford East Hartford bridge upon Hart l ford and East Hartford 95 per cent.
 to be paid by Hartford and per cent. by the other town, cannot be verified at the capitol to-day.
 It is known that a bill to this effect has been advocated by lawyer repre- senting Litchfeld county interests, and the presumption is that he believes that he will get majority of the committee in favor of the measure. No provision is made in the bill for putting back upon Manchester, Glastonbury, and South Windsor any part of the support of the bridge, as under the law prior to 1S93
 In view of these published rumors a Times representative sought .informa- ton to-day from sources more likely to be reliable than those from which the published reports emanated.
 Senator Warner, chairman of the judi ciary committee said: T do not under stand how the author of this rumor can report five members of the commit tee IdNOTdpIS lO lIle Dll4 d4lu HUT against The last executive session was held on Thursday last had only eight members present. Mir. Goodrich of Wethersfield, who was appointed on the committee last week, to fill the va- cancy created by the resignation of Judge Elmer of Middletown, was not at the session. No vote on the Hartford bridge matter was taken in Thursdays session. We shalf have another execu- tive session this afternoon, and the bridge matter will probably be dis cussed, but we may not take de- cisive vote, after all, although cannot say positively what we shall do. You may say that there is no authority for the report as to our probable ac- tion."
 Representative Bowen of the commit tee also said to-day: NO definite ac- tion has yet been taken by the judi ciary committed"
 Another member of the committee said: "We have not settled the matter yet by any vote. The newspapers seem to have earlier information as to our action than we have ourselves. The | committee is divided. That is all I can say about the way we stand on the | bridge matter"
 STILL ANOTHER.
 Hartford, April 16-Although 1t has | been reported that the committee on jul dietary will report favorably on the bill | to have the care and the maintenance | of the East Hartford bridge put back | upon the towns and thus repeal the act | of the 1893 assembly, it is said that the | committee have by no means come | to that decision yet. It is about evenly | divided upon the matter and the vote | of one member, whose name cannot be | ascertained, is all that is necessary 10 | swing the report one side or the other. | In any event there will in all probabiH- l ty be a minority report.
 AND FURTHERMORE.
 Hartford, April 16.-The latest on the 1 bridge question is as follows: The meeting this afternoon was | secret, and nothing has yet leaked out | it except that the meeting was a very animated one. The current | reports to-day as printed in the Cour- ant are believed by many to be cor- rect, though their publication may re- suit in a change in the final voting by | the committee, owing to the public stir created.
 AND YET ANOTHER-IT DIFFERS
 MATERIALLY.
 Hartford, April 16.-The very latest is that the previous reports are all off the track, and that the committee Is all at sea and will present four diff 1erent reports, as follows:
 One, That the bridge maintenance be placed back on the two towns of Hart ,ord and East Hartford.
 One, That the cost be saddled upon he county of Hartford.
 Another that the matter be left as it now is.
 Fourthly and lastly, That the cost of maintenance be placed back on the i've towns.
 Current talk is that the statement hat the committee favor the repudia- ion of the contract made with the Berlin Bridge company, is entirely off ; he track, the claim being that as the contract was made by state author zed parties it cannot be set aside ex-