Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-27
300 MEASURES REMAIN
To be Handled by the Law Max
 CTS at Hartford.

This Weeks Work Made No Percepti-
 ble Hole in the Remaining Business
 The Connecticut Western Railroad Fight in Committee and the Anti
 Telephone Monopoly Bill in the House Were the Leading Issues.
 Hartford, April 27.-This has been on the whole quiet week at the Capi- tol. While a number of matters re- ceived attention and over two score of reports were made, the volume of business still remaining to be disposed of was not diminished to any remarka- ble extent. There now remain about 300 measures to receive attention, and these will keep the legislature busy un- til after the first of June. It is not inn possible that a fall session will be called to determine the question of rep reSentation from the towns, as there are several measures of this nature on the books and all of them will take some time for disposition.
 The main features of the week were the anti-telephone fight in the house and the final arguments on the peti-
  right to extend to Springfield. Attor- ney B. D. Robbins for the New Haven road made strong argument, claiming that the granting of the petition would result in no advantage to the people of the state. His main point was that to grant the petition would be only to place fancy price on the property for the New Haven road to pay. There are indications that there will be something of a fight on the bill in the house, among the members from towns that are interested in the extension. The anti-telephone fight didn't amount to so very much after the de bate had gone on for an hour or more. Representative Guilfoile of Waterbury led the forces against the present law that makes 1t mandatory for a new telephone company to secure pefmis sion of the courts before establishing themselves in business, and he made an able speech. He was backed also by several of the most able men in the house. The other side, however, led | by MT Freeman of Hartford, and SUD- ported by MT King of Windham, took up the cudgels with equal ability, and a merry argument ensued. The coun- i. try members did not support change l in the law as was anticipated and the k proposed amendment was lost by an | overwhelming vote.
 An Interesting bill that was reported | favorably by the fisheries and game committee establishes state game pre- serves which are to remain inviolate | by huntsmen, for the purpose of propa. | gating game and game birds. The bill will have strong support by sports men and others, as it works a much needed reform. Horace Johnson's 1 weather observatory was rejected by | the house, among other bills turned l down this week. An important pri- l vate corporation chartered is the Con- mercial Go of New London with un- 1 usual powers. Another large company is the Pacific Mercantile Co with right | to operate railroads and steamship lines from Washington.
 The annual appropriation for .educa- tional purposes of the state has been submitted to the house by the appro- priation committee. The proposed ap- propriation covers the two fiscal years
 ending September 30, 1903 and is as 4ollows in brief: For support of the
 common schools of towns $933, ,000; state board of education for normal schools $120,0O0; for pay of special agents to enforce laws regarding em- liployment and attendance of children $15, ,000; for school libraries, etc, $15,- 900; for public libraries, etc, $12,500;
 for teachers meetings $6,000; for sal aries and expenses, etc, $53,OOO; for 1 tuition of children in high schools $24,- 900; for evening high schools 5000; for school fund department $100,000.