Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-11
LEGISLATIVE WORK AHEAD
Three Important Measures on
 the Docket This Week.

Slated for ActlOn-The Railroad
 Committee Expects to Have Several
 Busy Sessions-Captain Bradley's
 Expense Bill Will Also Be Heard.
 plenty of business at the Capitol this
 week, not only in the two houses,
 where several important bills should
 De reported for action, but before the
 various committees, where hearings on
 a large number of important measures
 will be held. A glance ahead for the
 week will show that there should be
 q long step ahead within the next four
 days.
 Three measures that have interested :
 the whole state are likely to be re-.
 ported this week, the pool bill, the high
 license bill and the whipping post bin.
 Unfavorable reports are likely to be
 sent in in all three cases, though minor
 ity reports on any bill, or all three. arc
 not at all impossible. It was rumOred
 last week that the judiciary commit
 tee would either divide on the whip
 ping post bill or would report it favor
 ably, but q prominent member of that
 committee denies this and says that
 the committee will probably bring in
 an unfavorable report without diyis-
 ion. The pool selling bill in behalf of
 county fairs received strong support
 from unexpected sources at the con-
 mittee hearing, and it is probable that
 the committee on agriculture will be
 divided on the question. If so q spir-
 tied debate will result in the house at
 least, where there are two well de-
 fined parties interested in the subject.
 The high license bill will also have
 some support in the committee on tem-
 perance, it is believed, and division in this committee is not improbable.
 If there is the house will discuss the
 measure thoroughly. as there is
 large party in the house that is in favor of high license and that will l make q strong fight for it if the bill has two reports.
 The committee hearings this week will be the most important of the ses- sion thus far. The railroad commit tee will take up again the hearing on the bill amending the charter of the Bridgeport Traction Co. which was postponed two weeks ago when Clar- ence Demin@ of New Haven was about to begin his attack on the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co on the ground of finances. This hearing will be renewed on Tuesday afternoon and | will probably prove q spicy matter. Another bill to come up on that date l before the railroad committee is the l measure forcing treaSurerS of state | trolley roads to live ill this state. The measure is aimed at the Philadelphia | trolley trust and will be given thor l ough airing before the committee. An 1 important bill on Wednesday before ! this committee will be the measure Vo regulate freight rates. It will be | StrenuOuSly opposed by the railroad f. l tee will hear the amendment hearing | to the charter of the Derby street rail- l road allowing that road to extend it's | tracks to New Haven and other places, | On Friday the committee will take up l again the bill to place the street rail- roads under the present railroad com- | mission and also the various bills tax | ing the trolley companies by towns and | by the state.
 The bill reimbursing Captain Oscar 1 l.. Bradley of Meriden for expenses in- | cured during his recent court martial | will be heard by the committee on | claims on Wednesday afternoon. The judiciary committee this week will hold five hearings and will dispose 1 of tifty-tive pieces of legislation. The most important bills to come up for | hearing will be that providing for | boards of finance in all towns having grand lists of over S1 .OOO, ,OOO; two bills l concerning the liability of employers: ! prohibiting prize fighting and fistic en- | counters; concerning taxation of non- resident stockholders, and punishing bribery among public officials. The committee on humane institu- 1 tions will discuss the bill establishing l a state reformatory for women oyer l 16 and for men between 16 and 30, | and on Thursday the bill establishing | a state tuberculosis hospital will come l up for a hearing. On Wednesday will | come the adjourned hearing on the bill | authorizing the city of New Haven to establish contagious disease hospital l where the board of health desires it. | This hearing will be on the opposition l side and will be a closely contested 1 hearing.
 The fourteen town bill for New | Haven will come before the new l towns and probate districts on Tues- | day.
 On Wednesday will come the hears l ing on the bill prohibiting any mem-
 ber of the general assembly's election | to q position of profit while member 1 of the assembly.
 The committee on appropriation will
 on Tuesday hear the bill appropriating ! money foH the state exhibit at the | lan-A American eSpOSlClOn. lllu on Weu- nesday will take up the bills appropri-
 ating S19o,00O for sick, wounded and diseased soldiers and marines. | ANOTHER MILLIONAIRE WORKS New York, March 11.-Wendell Ems
 dicott, the only son of Henry E. Endf- l cott a millionaire is working as q l common laborer in the shoe shops of l Lestershire, says q special to the l World from Binghampton. The End1-. | colts are residents of Boston. Wen- dell has recently finished college ed- l ucation. He is the only heir to tho l shoe manufacturing plants owned by 1 his father. For this reason he deter~ 1 mined to learn the process of making ] shoes. He has been working at Less l tershire for about q week.
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