The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-06-14
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
business Transacted by House and SEM
ate Yesterday.

| the incorporation of the Boston and
New York Telephone company came up
for action and the committe, report was
accepted and the bill rejected. The reso-
luton which was. reported upon unfa-
vorably by the committee on incorpora-
Light of Norwalk, chairman Of the COM
mittee, spoke in favor of the adoption Of
the committee report. He said that ear
~ in the session the committee decided
not to favor the incorporation of any
new company to compete with an old
established company which was faith
fully serving the people of the state and
| had followed out that decision. He
thought that the new company ought
not to be allowed to come in and cheaper
| the stock and cheaper the service unless
| the old company failed to faithfully
| serve the people and said that before the
hearing the committee decided that it
| would be Impossible for the, new. COM
pany to start a competing service with
out injuring the old company and the
service now enjoyed. He said that the
new company had attempted to show
that the Southern New England COM
pany had largely watered it's stock and
was charging more for it's service than
it should, but that the committee be-
lieved that the old company had fairly
and honestly invested its money and was
giving the best telephone service in the
world. He said that the Southern New
England Telephone company was purely
a Connecticut institution and that four
fifths of its stockholders were Connecti-
cut people and that the committee be-
| lleved that the new company wanted to-
come in for speculative purposes
At the opening of yesterdays session
circulars issued by the pettioning COM
pany We're found upon every members
desk, the circular setting forth reasons
why charter should be granted and
containing the following amendments,
| which, it was stated the new company
was willing to accept:
| Section VIII. No consolidation of this
company with any other company shall
become effective unless and until an
agreement shall have bsen made between
the consolidating companies to the eff
feet that the rates to be charged there
after for telephone service shall never
exceed fifty dollars ($50) per annum for
business houses and thirty dollars ($30)
per annum for residences as provided in
Section Ill of this resolution.
Section TX. Unless the entire capital
stock of the said Boston and New York
Telephone company of Connecticut shall
be paid into its treasury within ninety
days from the approval of this resolu-
ton, then this resolution shall become
void and of no effect
Section X. Said corporation shall fur
nish to the state government free of
charge such telephone service as shall
be required in the state capitol at Hart
ford as soon as it shall have its tele-
phone plant in operation in that city;
and shall also furnish to each city, town
and borough in which it shall establish
exchanges, local telephone service to
each of the departments thereof, includ-
ing one telephone in each police station
house and each fire engine house, free Of |
charge to said city.
Section XII This act shall be subject
to all the general statutes of this state
relating to telephone companies.
At the conclusion of Mr. Lights |
speech, Mr.. Bugbee of Putnam, mem
Der of the committee on interpretations, |
spoke in favor of rejecting the commit |
tee report and granting the charter. He |
offered the above amendment. He stat |
ed that he did not think that the COM
nittee had given the. matter the consid- |
Grafton which it deserved.
Mr.. Kenealy of Stamford spoke in
favor of adopting the committee report,
saying that if the new company desired |
to do business in this state 1t could or
ganize under the joint stock laws and
that the general assembly should not
consider for minute the granting of
special charter The three amendments
offered by Mr.. Bugbee were adopted. Mr..
Pratt Of Torrington spoke in opposition
to granting the charter and the previous
question was then called for. On vote
being taken the committee report was
accepted and the amended resolution re-
jected, there being no dissenting votes
A resolution appropriatlng $4,000 for
the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane
was adopted.
At the morning session of the house.
Mr. Kenealy offered bill repeating the
act of 1897 which provides that all mort
gagees may make return to the state
treasurer of the amount of the mort
gagged property and pay a state tax
thereon for five years. Unanimous con-
sent was given for admitting the bill
under suspension of the rules and it was
tabled for printing.
In the senate, Senator Kendall who
was appointed u member Of the commit
tee on conference on the half fare bill
reported that the committee had been
unable to reach an agreement and NOV
I'd that the senate adhere to it's action
in rejecting the bill and it was SO voted $
This kills the bill, there being non-con-
action and no agreement reached
oy the conference committee. The
amended bill regarding banks of deposit t
'or city money was tabled on motion Of :
Senator Barnes. ,
The senate again took UP the matter Of G
IN appropriation of 900 for the Storrs I
Agricultural school. Senator Hall spoke f
n favor of the appropriation, saying: |
The agricultural class for whom this {
school is conducted Is the class you are c
altering to- Senator WEIGH, who has q
,osed as favoring economy in state ex i
caused some surprise by t
the bill, as he did in ia q
-oring and voting for the giving of sew r
raj thousand dollars in gratuities to the n
Jerks messengers and doorkeepers of the fl
enate, matter which was favorably t