The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-02-08
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
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" companies, such agreement to become
operative upon the approval OF the
X state railroad commission.
Section 8 provides that the highway
crossing to be agreed upon may be
& over. above or under the tracks. The
city of New Haven shall pay such spe-
cial damages as may result by reason or
the change to property owners.
Section 4 provides that if the agree
ment made possible by this act shall
not have been made within the pre-
scribed time then the state rallroad
commissioners are authorized and d.
rected to determine the necessary plans,
to fix the time limit and to denomlnate
the method Of crossing.
Section S authorizes the commission
ers to make any necessary orders relat-
Ing to the temporary use or to the tenn
porary closing of any street or streets
in that vicinity during the tendency OF
the work.
In other sections of the act the COM
mon council of New Haven Is author
ICED to issue bonds to pay for the work,
such bonds not to pay interest IN excess
of per cent per annum. A sinking
fund is also provided for to retire such
bonds.
It is also provided that when the
crossing is completed the sinking fund
commissioners shall direct what proper
ton of the entire expense incurred, in
Guiding land damages, shall be PAID by
each Of the companies interested; also
Nv the city of New Haven and by the
state Of Connecticut; and also When
such payments shall be made. The act
also provides that any party dissatisfied
with such land damages may appeal TO
the superior court
The last section provides that after
the work of changing crossing shall
have been completed the court of COM
mon council may direct that an amount
not exceeding more than one-half of the
expense of the city shall be assessed
upon the persons or the corpora lions
other than the said railroad companies
whose property is especially benefited
or improved by the change.
Mr.. Housed offered by request a bill,
drawn by W. S. Pardee, providing for
the division of the city of New Haven
into fourteen towns. A like bill was
before the legislature of 1899 and was
rejected.
Representative Kendrick, of Walling-
ford, introduced a resolution appoint
ing Charles B. Yale. democrat, as
deputy judge of the borough court of
Wallingford. The successful nominee
In the caucus was Charles L. Tooth.
When the resolution was read Repre-
sentative Woodruff, of Orange, moved
that it be tabled. He said the matter
had been fought out in the caucus and
settled by the nomination of Mr.. Tooth.
Representative Llley seconded Mr..
Woodruff's motion, whereupon Mr..
Kendrick explained that the petition
came in Wednesday from the promi
nent men Of Wallingford and been sent
to the committee on judicial nomina-
tions, and that it was not fair to the
citizens of Wallingford to hold up the
resolution in the manner it was. He
thought when he presented the resolu-
ton it would also go to the committee
on judicial nominations.
Representatives Woodruff and Lilley |
then withdrew their objections, and the
resolution went to the committee on jul
dicial nominations.
Resolutions were introduced appoint
ing as state auditors d. Ward B. North
rop, of Middletown, and j. B. Kendrick,
Of Wallingford. These went to the
committee on finance.