Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-13
TELEPHONE BILL
An Anti-MonopoIy Law to Be
 Passed.
REPRESENTATIVE GUILFOILE

Introduced Bill In the Hcuse-Mr Lil- ley Presented Bill Giving Lighting and Power Co Privilege to Extend Its Lines-The New Senatorial Dis tricts. Hartford, Feb 13-The rush of new Business continues in both houses to- day.
 In the house an important anti-tele- phone monopoly bill was presented by Mir Guilfoile of Waterbury. It pro yides for the repeal of the statutes of 1899 which makes it necessary for any outside telephone corporation to Se- cure permission of the superior court judges, before locating in the state and also compels similar pleadings for local telephone companies. The bill Is in favor of telephone companies in tending to locate in the state in Op .rositlOn to the Southern New England Telephone company.
 The Connecticut Lighting and Pow CT company, through MT Lilley of Wa terbury, petitioned for right to eN- tend it's lines from Waterbury to Wa tertown and also to WOlcott and Southington.
 Mir Beach of New Milford presented
  all such machines as 'cOmmol nuisances and setting penalties for their manufacture or use.
 Hartford, Feb 13.-The Litchfeld county republican ca1crS adjourned without acting on the Torrington and Winchester judgeships, this morning. In the senate today a bill requiring street railways to file maps of their
 
 of New Haven.
 Senator Bradley offered a bill au- thorizing cities and other municipali- ties to establish gas and electric light ing plants.
 Senator Goodrich put in a measure permitting railroad companies to dis continue any stations in the state which are not supported by patron- age.
 Attorney Henry G. Newman present. ed a bill for redistricting the state in senatorial districts. It divides the twenty-four senators as follows: New Haven county .............. 6 Hartford county .................. I Fairfield county ................. New London county ............... 7 Litchfield county .................. 7 Wndham county ................ 7 Middlesex county ................. 7 Holland county ................... 7 Total .--f MT NewtOn'S s rediStrlctlng bill is nn- derstood to authorize making more than one district out of such towns as New Haven and Hartford so as to eQualize population in the districts.
 Among other matters assigned for hearing before the judiciary commit ice yesterday afternoon. is the Dill to regulate the practice of dentistry. II is understood that the bill is intended to legislate the present dental com mission out of office, but it provides that members of the present commis- sion may be reappointed by the gov ernor If eligible.'' The object of the bill is to re-establish the commission as | body of duly qualified dentists.
 Nobody appeared before the com mittee on appropriations yesterday afternoon to advocate the bill appro- priating $1O,OOO to sick soldiers of the Spanish-American war, but eX-RepreS- entative Thomas of Orange said thar he had three clients who had applied to him to do something for them in that line. After discussing the mat ter the committee decided to report the bill adversely on the ground that the state had already Seltleu :lll claims of that nature brought before the governor, the Quartermaster-gen era1 and the surgeon general. and any individual case could be considered by the committee on claims. Representa- tive Pearne of Middletown. A. Il Conklin of East Hampton and c. C Atwood of Durham favored the appro priation of S1 900 for a monument fol the Twenty-fourth regiment, C. Y.