The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-14
In THE STATE LEGISLATURE
ORGANIZATION OF SEVERAL COM
MIT7EES YEsTERDAY.


ary-steps Taken to Get Parallel Road
Clerk of Bills VIII be Selected Next Mon
day-Senator Tuttle's Humane Bill-It
Will Protect Motormen.
Several of the joint standing COM
mittees appointed by Speaker Barbour
on the part of the house and by the
senate met in the various rooms of the
capitol at 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon, and organized by electing clerks.
No other business was done, and in
most instances the session lasted only
few minutes. The Judiciary commit
tee, over which Senator Donald War
ner of the Nineteenth senatorial dis
trict presides, elected Representative
Averill of New Haven clerk.
The committee discussed the matter
of appointing a clerk of bills, but it
had been practically decided that no
selection would be made, and there
was no formal presentation of any
candidates name.
l.. w. Coggswell, who is prominently
mentioned for the position of clerk of
bills, is the we'll known court stenog-
rapher for Litchfield and Windham
counties. He is thirty yfour years old,
and has had much legislative expert
ence, having been at the capitol every
session since 1887 He is thoroughly
familiar with the duties of the office.
Mr.. Coggswell was clerk of the COM
mittee on cities and boroughs four
+ tho 10 l,
clerk Of the committee on incorpora-
tions, and was given sole charge of
their work. He drafted most of rhe
substitute bills and resolutions of that
committee.
The position is a good one and there
are several candidates. The salary is
$2,5O0, the appointee paying for what
ever help he requires to perform the
work Ex- Senator Andrew f. Gates,
eX-Senate Clerk Clinton Spencer (sen-
ate, 1881, Henry c. Smith and Edward
j. Garvin are pushing their claims, as
we'll as Leonard w. Coggswell of this
city. Another formidable candidate,
who is giving his opponents consider
able worry, is J. F. Carpenter of Put
nam. The next meeting of the COM
mittee will be Monday evening next at
$3.50 o'clock, in the supreme court
room at the capitol.
In the meantime Mr.. Spencer's
friends believe they will muster suffi-
cient force to land their man.
The committee on railroads elected
Edward A. Hotchkiss Of Torrington,
clerk.
J. NJ. Paine of Killingly was elected
clerk of the insurance committee; ap-
preparations, f. Hart Geer of Hadlyme;
banks, Dale D. Butler of Middletown;
cities and boroughs, Muzzy of Bristol;
public health, Kennedy of Derby; edu-
cation, Doolittle of Cheshire; corpora
tions, Rogers of Bridgeport; humane
association, Barber of Putnam; rail-
roads and bridges, J. o. Shares of
Hamden.
The house yesterday morning refer
red so much of Governor Cookies mes
sage as referred to increasing the in
come of the state to replenish the de-
pleted treasury, to the committee on
finance. The governors recommenda-
ton concerning state expenditures
went to the committee on appropria-
tions.
Senator Kendall yesterday presented
ing John B. Corning, Jesse w. Starr
and Elisha P. Bartholomew as the
Springfield and Southwestern Street
Railway company, to be located in
Hartford. The road is to run through
Windsor, Suffield, and CRANKY, and is
to connect Hartford with Springfield
by an electric road. 1t is to be con-
tinuous line between Springfield and
L. Hr-n ntrNYpc hnY
eventually to be able to run cars from
Springfield to Meriden. The capital
stock is to be $1,0O0000. The petition
was referred to the committee on rail-
roads.
Senator Tuttle of the Seventh dis
trict introduced yesterday morning
three important bills effecting the in
terests of electric street railways. one
has for it's purpose the protection OF
the motormen from the cold blasts OF
the winter, and provides for equipp1ng
electric cars with vestibules in which
the men who control the motor power
of the cars can stand Any company
not furnishing the said vest1bule after
the passage of the bill will be punished
by a fine of $780, one-half to go to the
prosecutor and the other to the state.
Mr.. Tuttle's second bill is to regulate
charges of the New Haven Street Rail
way company from the East Haven
postofflce to New Haven green, making
the fare five cents
Mr. Tutt1e also introduced the petit
tion of Catherine Moore of New Haven
for divorce from her husband, who is
confined in the insane asylum; also a
petition of Theophilus Eaton of North
Haven and others for authority to
build an electric road from Montowese
to Peters Rock, North Haven. The
road is to begin at the terminus of the
Fair Haven and Westville tracks in
Montowese, and running to North Ha
ven village. Referred to committee on
railroads.
Under a suspension of the rules Frank
B. Weeks of Middletown was elected
trustee of the Connecticut Hospital for
the Insane for four years, and E. Irving
Bell of Portland was elected trustee of
the same institution to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Horace Board
man.
James A. Jones of SaybroOk was
elected auditor of public accounts to
succeed Oscar Leach of Durham, de-
ceased.
Ip tba bousa most of tba session was