The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-30
TWENTY-0NE AMENDMENTS
GOOD ROADS BILL VIGOROUSLY AT-
 PACKED.

nesday-Mr. Case Wants Present Law
 Repealed-Mnor Changes-No Five Cent
 Fares to East Haven-Liquor License
 Law-Mnny Acts Passed.
 The senate was called to order by Lieutenant Governor Dewell. Prayer was offered by Chaplain Thompson.
 Substitute for joint restitution incor- porating the New Haven and East Ha- yer River Railway company; resolution amending the charter of the city of Waterbury Traction company; senate joint resolution amending the charter of the Manufacturers Street Railway company; incorporating the Branford Electric Railway company; an act con- cerning commissioners to take evil dence; an act concerning the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors by persons holding United States licenses.
 Senator Tuttle explained that there had been evidence before the commit tee on temperance to the effect that certain persons had wilfully violated the state liquor law while doing busi- ness under the protection of the United States, the fine being small. The pres- ent bill made the penalty $200 for each violation.
 The following bill was explained by Senator Kendall and passed:
 Every person whose duty it shall be to collect fares or tickets on any street railway car who shall intentionally neglect to register as soon as received by him any fare or ticket, so received, on the register provided for that pur- pose, shall be fined not more than $50, or be imprisoned not more than three months, or both.
 Senator Converse said in support of the resolution appropriating sum of money for engineersing expenses Of the shell fish commission, that the appro- priation was for two years only.
 Senate bill concerning the construc- tion of railroad bridges was amended by Senator Herman so as not to apply to bridges in the process of construction or that have been contracted for. and passed.
 Senator Futile called up the bill con- corning five-cent fares between Easr Haven and New Haven.
 Senator Kendall explained that the committee on railroads had given the matter exhaustive hearings and 1t was the unanimous opinion of the commit tee that the bill should be rejected. It was shown, the chairman of the com mittee said, that the street railway company was even now running this branch of it's road at loss. Senator Futile offered a substitute resolution which provided that the com- pany be compelled to carry passengers from New Haven green to the Congre- gational church in East Haven. He defended the petitioners prayer, and in an exhaustive speech appealed to the senators to pass the substitute in justice to his constituents.
 Senator Kendall replied that the con- stitutionality of the act was questioned. He referred to the recent difficulty over. three-cent fares in Indianapolis, giving it as a fact that ex-President Harrison had advised the company to pay no att tention to the law. Senator Kendall also questioned the authenticity of the figures quoted by Senator Futile, who retorted that the opinion of even an ex-. president of the United States was not the opinion of the supreme court of the nation.
 Senator Brown said that the matter under discussion illustrated what he had asserted yesterday-that the larger the amount of capital a corpora ton is allowed to carry, the greater the demand upon the public. He hoped the lesson would be a good one to the senator from the Seventh district, who found himself himself in the same sit- uation as he was the day before. Senator Brown drew a comparison between the Hartford company and the New Haven Street Railway company. The capital of the former company was only about one-half as much as that of the latter, and the mileage of tracks was in the proportion of to in favor of the Hartford company.
 The question being called, Senator Futile demanded the yeas and nays. Senators Futile, Mattoon, Wright and Brown voted yes. There were seven- teen nays.
 Senator Godrich offered an adverse report from the cities and boroughs on petition for annexation of a part of Fairfield to Bridgeport
 Senate concurred ln granting leave to withdraw to petitioners for restoration of service on the abandoned road be- tween Cromwell, Meriden and Water- bury.
 The committee on incorporation re- ported adversely on incorporation of the Consumers Gaslight company of New Haven; tabled. Adversely on incorporat- ing Bridgeport Sprinkling company; re- jected.
 The senate concurred in rejecting railroad bills originating with Messrs. Henry L. Goodwin, James L. Cowles, ct al, regulating freight and passenger rates, etc.
 An executive session was held about 1 D. m and nominations were confirmed as follows:
 George L. Mclean of Ellington for in- spector of factories.
 Miss Mary Hall of Hartford, Miss Rebecca G. Bacon of New Haven and Edwin A. Down of Hartford as mem- bers of the state board of charities. Franklin T. Ives of Meriden, George A. Parsons of Hartford and Gilbert L. | Smith of Sharon as members of the board of mediation and arbitration.