The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-31
A BUSY DAY AT HARTFORD.
IE1lNY IMP DEFIANT MATTERS UNDER
 CONSIDERATION

A court For the IOWn or OranBe~-Ihe New
 England Roads Reorganization That
 Bridgeport Grade Crossing-The AduIera-
 ton of Candy-Mr. Gum Has Very Busy
 Day-PensiOn For Ira FOnda-MinOr
 Matters.
 Hartford, Jan. SO.-The committees this afternoon entered upon their work with a business-like determination. It was really the most important day so far this month before the committees, several of the more important organiza- lions considering measures of real i'm port and listening to the views of those interested. A few such days will result in a number of reports being sent in for action.
 THE WATERBURY COURT HOUSE.
 Before the committee on the judiciary this afternoon the bill providing for court house in Waterbury was taken up. It provides for tax of 21s mills on the county and E mill on the district to pay the cost of the court house, which with the site is not to exceed an out lay of $10O,OOO. A board of trustees is empowered to buy a site and to procure plans and specifications for the proposed new building.
 Attorney John F. O'Neil read the bill and explained it's objects. Quite del- egation Of officials and lawyers from Waterbury were present. The people of that town aver that they are tired of the expense and the time of attending court in New Haven.
 A COURT FOR ORANGE.
 The town of Orange intends to have a town court and many of her leading citizens went to Hartford to-day to at- tend the hearing on the bill before the judiciary committee. The callers in cluded Hon. James Graham, Attorney c. K. Bush, Clarence D. Thompson, Esq, of the Law and Order league, pr. Barnett, Samuel J. Bryant, Warden Crawford, Justice Pardee, besides the New Haven legislative delegation and others from that city. Friends of the proposed court claim that last year there were 267 criminal cases brought before the justice court and that with such business there is a demand for a court whose jurisdiction shall embrace the entire town. They claim further that a justice court under such condi- tions is liable to be run for the rnultipli cation of cases and for revenue. The 1 court expenses, under the new system are estimated at about $1,500 per an- mum, or say from $500 to $500 more than the receipts, but the benefits would more than offset this outlay. Samuel J. Bryant of the real estate firm of Bryant &, Main is mentioned as can didate for town judge if the bill is adopted There is a very strong senti- 1 ment in favor of the measure. THE NEW ENGLAND REORGANI-
 RATION.
 Hon. E. D. Robbins, counsel for the | New England road, went before the committee on interpretations this af- ternoon to explain the bill in the in terests of the reorganization commit tee-John I. Waterbury, Henry W. Can ! non and Jefferson Coolidge. He said | the committee proposed to effect pur- chase of the property and pay the re- | ceivers' certificates and the second I mortgage bonds of $5,000,000. The se- curity of the first mortgage bondhold- CTS would be just the same as ever. The second mortgage bonds had been delivered to the committee and would be paid for. The committee would ob- tain the property no matter if rival interests should bid against them to the amount of $4O,OOO,0O0.
 Hon. Lynde Harrison. representing the Consolidated road, requested that any further hearing of the matter go over for one week and the committee so voted.
 TALKING OVER A $6,OOO DEBT.
 There was a hearing this afternoon before the committee on agriculture on the petition of the Connecticut Agri- cultural society for $6,000 to be used In payment of their debt. Ex- It. Gov. Hyde said the society had a few friends who had stuck by it for many years and had watched it's growth and it's work. He spoke of the success of the society and he thought it to be the bounden duty of the state to pay off the present indebtedness. Remarks along the same line were made by Hon. E. Stevens Henry and Hon. James A. Bill.
 THE BRIDGEPORT GRADE CROSS
 INGS.
 Senator Marigold introduced in the senate this afternoon an important bill regarding the abolition of grade crossings in the city of Bridgeport. It was drawn by City Attorney Daven- { port of that city and differs from the Marsh bill, in that it provides that l the railroad commission shall have the ( determining power; the Marsh bill pro- vides for special commission. Under ( the new bill the expense of construc- I tion is to be borne by the Consolidated g road and the land damages by the [ city. Within three months of the pass s age of the bill, if the city and the ( railroad can agree upon plans, methods t and the time when the work shall be t completed, the work of elimination of grades shall begin, if such plans, etc., i are approved by the commission The c bill also provides for hearings of mat I ters involved by the commission A r report of the work shall be certified to q the city clerk and then appraisals for benefits and damages shall be made F The city is authorized to buy and the a tr all ha hui l