The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-19
GOOD ROADS FIGHT ON
(ContInued from First Pace


the repeal OF the act
Attorney e. B. eager of the New
Haven and Derby electric road spoke
for the repeal of the law He said that
two tribunals We're necessary IN .he
matter. naming the railroad commit
tee and the superior court
Attorney q. D. Robbins of this city
replied to Mr.. eager that there was no
need of two tribunals, as the superior
court was sufficient to dispose of the
question.
1t was stated that If this section was
omitted the New Haven road would
withdraw it's opposition to the New
Britain parallel the Bridgeport Tram
way company and the Shelton electric
railways.
When the bill concerning the enact
ment of a law compelling street railway
companies to build vestibules to their
cars for the protection of the motor
men came up before the committee on
labor, Judge eager, who was in charge
of the interests of the electric roads,
said:
"Mr. Chairman-I understand that
this is one of the vestibule bills. I rep
resent the Street Railway association,
and as l am engaged in a continued
hearing before the railroad committee
and have not been able to prepare any
arguments, and as this is a. matter of
great Importance, both to the COM
panies, the petitioners, and also the
public, the association l represent is
collecting statistics as to the danger to
the public"
He, therefore, asked for continu-
ance of the hearing.
Mr.. S. c. Morehouse, of the law firm
of Alling, Webb & Morehouse, said that
he represented New Haven interests.
The president of one of the companies
which he representa- was absent in the
south and would not be at home until
about the middle of March He was
understood to be opposed to the bill on
the ground of danger.
Mr.. Morehouse said that his client
FUSED vestibule cars on country lines.
T. j. Crowley, who has the motor
mems interest in charge, objected to
any postponement. He did not think
that it was fair to ask men who have
made sacrifices to come here. He did
not think that the representatives of
the street railway companies should ask
for any more time.
Judge eager replied that the COM
panies he represented were collecting
facts where both the vestibule and the
| non-vestibule cars were used and that
he wished to lay these before the COM
mittee as a matter of evidence as to
lpublic safety.
| Mr.. Crowley objected to any post
| ponement. He said that he was not in
a position to say what day would suit
| the motormen to come to Hartford
Perhaps Judge eager was
Chairman Herman asked how far the
| gentlemen supporting the bill had tc
come.
Mr.. Crowley said that it was not a
question of how far they had to come
but whether they can get off
| Judge eager said that he had offered
to let the gentlemen name the day
He also said that if they had any diff.
Guilty in getting off to let him know
and he would use his utmost endeavol
| to arrange it.
Crowley was obstinate and said thai
he still thought it unfair.
| John A. Crilly Of Hartford thought
that in the interets of harmony the
hearing had better go over.
| Peter Taylor of Meriden said that h,
was in favor of having the matter g
| over. He thought it could be satisfac
| torilly arranged
| Senator futile said he had a bill h
introduced on the same subject which
had been referred to the committee OF
railroads. If the hearing was contin
ued he would like to have his bill re
ferred to this committee
1t w&ss finally settled that the hear
ing would be set down for March
| and the entire day would be given t.
the subject.
House bill No. 105, making it unlaw
full to attempt to coerce employees t,
agree not to join labor organizations
was next taken up.
Mr.. Crowley said that the organiza
lions he represented were in favor o
the bill.
Mr.. Angus of Hartford said that h
supported the bill because he was a
American citizen. All the profession
were organized; the lawyers and tn
physicians were associated together 70
protection. He could not go into cour
and defend himself because he did nc
have the union LABEL of lawyer. /
the medical profession it is the same
And it is right, gentlemen he sale
"but carpenters should have the sam
chance to organize. Gentlemen, the me
. who are members of organized labor d
not go around begging" He was prou
that he was member of the carpen
ter's union. Men had said that unio
! men were anarchists. These men kne-
no more about what the term anarchis
meant than a hog did. People sal
) Christianity was fraud, but strip thi
country of it's influence what would be
, come of us all. For my part I do ne
want to live here another day."
| Frank S. Breneiser of Hartford, cigs
$ maker, said that he was present
5 support of the bill because of event
that had occurred in Hartford. It wa
| a well known fact that in most a
l cases when a workingman is told by a
employer to do a thing, he does it, Il
5 matter how repugnant it is to his fee
ings.
Later in the afternoon Stephen !
Howe. president of the Retail Mel
l chants association of this city, an
Walter Leigh, ex-president of the as
ISOLATION, spoke to the committee,
/ behalf of the merchants of the stat
on the bills now before the general ar