The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-13
A HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
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"' ~''' - NNN'N N'o " mission to one commissioner with liberal allowance for clerical assistance and office expenses, and reducing the appropriation from $1000 000 to $75000.
 MT Hall of Waterbury spoke in be- half of the bill, He said there were only four or five persons who appeared before the committee that favored do- ing away with the commission, The bill provided for a commission of three, one to be an engineer at a salary of $2,000, and the other two to have sal ary of $1,5O0 each. The counties were struck out and the money taxed on the state and on the towns The commit tee believed the appropriation should be $100,000
 MT. Roraback reminded the house that he was opposed to the good roads law of 1895. Some of the objectionable features of the law of 1895 have been removed by the committee.
 MT. Barnes of New Haven favored the commissioners. He said if there was only one commissioner there would not be continuance of policy and the reads would be built by patchwork.
 MT. Hough of Windsor spoke on the question from the standpoint of a farmer. He said the good roads move ment was pushed by manufacturers and merchants and not by the yoeman- ry of the towns. He believed in good reads, but they should be built by | towns.
 MT. Barnes of Danbury said the com missioners were working for money and they gave something in return for what they received. The taxes from bicycles will amount to sS5,000 or $90.- 900. He favored the bill as reported by the committee.
 MT. Webster of New Britain said the good roads movement is here to stay.
 Judge Cowell of Waterbury favored the report of the committee
 Dr. Whiton of Manchester favored the amendment of MT. Roraback. | Mir. Hutchinson of Essex favored a commission of three. He thought the towns ought to be connected by good roads.
 MT. Griffing of Hartford said the cit ies have direct and indirect interest in the good roads movement. He be- lieved in the amendment, though not in a spirit of hostility to the highway commission.
 MT. Wadsworth of Pennington said the good roads movement is the might fest and the grandest that the state has ever engaged in and it would be a mis- take to abandon it. He defended the profession of civil engineering, and | ail ta o1o without engineers in the building of roads. He condemned the pessimistic opposition to the commission.
 MT. Butler of Danbury yielded his five minutes to his colleague, MT Peck who rose for the second time and said that he agreed with the amendment of MT Hutchinson to bond the state for Sf ,000 900 and build state roads. He be- lieved in one commissioner
 MT. Roraback accepted an amend ment giving the supervision of the roads to the selectmen, which was of fered by Mir. Griffing of Hartford, and stated that he agreed with MT Webster in regard to the supervisory power of the selectmen.
 Mir. Tucker of Hartford said he wish
 
 opposed to good roads, but he was op- posed to the present commissioners, as he considered them utterly incompetent He favored the amendments of MT Roraback and of MT. Griffing.
 MT. Hall of Waterbury, in bringing the debate on the amendments to a close, said that a commission composed of one person would be obliged to ap- point deputies.
 The amendment of MT Roraback with the amendment of MT. Griffing in- corporated in it, was passed by a prac- tically unanimous vote, amid great ap. plauSe
 The amendment of MT. Roraback is g substitute bill and provides for the ere. ation of a commission composed of one person.
 MT. Kennedy of Derby said he was perfectly willing to be talked to death but he was not willing to be starved tc death. He moved recess from 1:15 tc ? o'clock. The motion was carried by g vote of 106 to 69.