Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-17
SAVINGS BANKS
Can Continue to Take More Than
 $s, 900 on One Name.
THE NORWICH ARMoRY BILL.

Killed-Important Committee Hear
 ings Yesterday and To-day-Mayor
 Kildufr and Attorney Kellogg in At
 tendance.
 Hartford, April 17.-There was quite little business transacted in the house to-day.
 The substitute bill making the as- slstant adjutant general and the assist ant quarter master general permanent officials was reported fayorably in the house this morning by the military committed
 The bill providing for a state re- formatory was rejected on motion of Mir King of the judiciary committee.
 The Norwich armory resolution was reported fayorably by the military committee and referred to the commit tee on appropriations.
 The corporation railroad bill proyid- ing for the taxing of trolley roads that are incorporated outside of the state was rejected.
 The foreign railroad corporation bill taking in steam roads on the above provision was also rejected.
 The bill providing that savings banks shall not receive in deposit over $S. 900 on one name and shall not pay inter- est on more than $6,OOO on one name was rejected.
 The exposition committee resolutions sending representation of three to the Pan American exposition was re- jected
 The substitute resolution regarding n redistricting of the state into new congressional districts was passed on motion of Mir King.
 The bill prohibiting instrumental music in saloons was rejected on re- port of the temperance committee.
 The bill amending section 379 of the general statutes was reported favor ably by the finance committee. It provides that the two fiscal years of the state government shall commence on the first day of October instead of July as at present. It was tabled
 The resolution appropriating $1sO. 900 for sick, disabled and wounded sol: diers was passed.
 The bill incorporating the Woodbury and Southbury Electric Railway com pany was passed with an amendment. put by Mir Walsh. The amendment strikes out Watertown on the route of the road and extends the right to 19O3.i
 In the senate very few matters came up.
 The bill was passed incorporating the East Norwalk street railway com pany.
 The eight hour bill was turned down.
 The nominations of Owen R. Ravens and Frank B. Glazier as commissioners of the Glastonbury and Rocky Hill ferry and David Q ,T~-7ard of Old Lyme. ferry wree confirmed.
 The bill providing for imprisonment as penalty for neglect or refusal to pay poll or military tax was passed
 Mayor Kilduff and City Attorney Kellogg are having another bout in Hartford to-day with the corporation counseIs. This time the contest is over the question of municipal lighting, one of Mayor Kilduff's pet schemes. The street railroad companies propose to do their prettiest to defeat this measure and if they fail it will not be because they have not disputed every inch of debafable ground. The board of al- dermen have requested the city at torney to endeavor to secure the pas sage of the act so that no matter which way it goes it is safe to state that the city's side of the case will be we'll looked after and 1t goes without say ing that the opposition will not be caught mapping. After all. great change has come over the people of Waterbury during the past few years regarding municipal ownership. Lf Mayor KiIduff had sent recommenda- ton of this kind to the board of alder men that were in office when he was at the helm before it would have been souelched at the first pop. It was different this year. Of course some of flie aldermen paused and tried to look wise when the recommendation came uD for an airing in the aldermanic chamber and after talking on the sub feet for half m hour or so it was laid oD the table in older to give the board a chance to find out wh ether it was a wild cat scheme or not Investigation demonstrated beyond doubt that it was a good thing so the city fathers had no alternative but to pass it or 20 on record as being opposed to a measure that was designed to reduce taxation and thus tighten the burden upon the whole of us. It was stated at the time that the thing would be ''fioored' in the general assembly and if ia in the hope of bolstering it up and saving it from being choked by the cor poration counsels that Mayor Kilduff and City -A.torney Kellogg buck1ed on their armor this morning and started for the capitol determined to give George F. Terry and his cohorts run for their money.
 The city and boroughs committee spent all yesterday afternoon listen ing to the arguments of Mayor Kilduff and City Attorney Kellogg for muni- cipal conduit system in Waterbury, and the arguments of E. B. Gager. A. w. Paige, G. F. Terry, J. T. Moran and President Tyler of the Southern New England Telephone company against 1t. The telephone company now has half a mile of conduit in that city, but has been refused the privilege to ex- tend it because 1t would not allow the city the use of two small ducts 1t was held that the conduitS could be built for about $12. 1000 q mile (and 10 miles svould be built. and it was stat ed by the opposition that it cost New Britain at the rate of S2S.000 2 mile. while ehp foIpuhoue eomuanv acting