The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-14
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
4 BIG CREST OF BILLS INTRODUCED
 YESTERDAY.

4 BIG GRISTOF BILLS sINTRODUoE1
 YESTERDAY.
 New Haveners Will Appear Before th,
 Committee on Cities and Borough.
 This Afternoon-New Haven Gas Com.
 pany Asks Permission to Issue Bonds
 An Act to Authorize Municipalities tC
 Establish Gas and Electricity Liz ghtins 2
 Plants Other Bills, Resolutions and
 Petitions.
 Tomorrow is the day decided upon
 by the general assembly as the time
 limit for the introduction of new busi- ness, and as the time limit is approach
 ed deluge of resolutions, bills and pe-
 titions comes pouring in. Yesterday s
 session was the longest thus far since the 1901 session opened, the house being
 in session an hour and a half, and dur
 ing nearly all of that time Clerk Hin- man was kept busy reading by title the
 measures presented.
 To-day there will be at the state cap-
 itol a large delegation of New Haven CTS, who will go up to appear before the committee on cities and boroughs, which will this afternoon give hearings on number of New Haven matters which have been presented.
 One of the most important bills, so far as New Haven is concerned, which was introduced yesterday was one off, fered by Senator Bree by request, to authorize the New Haven Gas Light company from time to time, by vote of its directors, to issue bonds secured by mortgage on it's properties and fran chises up to an amount of par value to its capital stock which may at any time be outstandingS The bonds are to be in amount and sums and terms such as may be determined by vote of the direc- tors. The purpose of this bond issue is to extend and improve the plant of the company.
 Senator Bree presented the bill drawn by Professor William H. Brewer, of the Sheffield Scientific school, requiring all trolley companies in this state to file in the office of the railroad commissioners maps showing their lines and their pro- posed extensions authorized by the gen eral assembly, and also requiring all companies which have received char ters from the general assembly, but have not built their roads yet, to file maps.
 Companies which may apply hereaf- foy.f for 6o If or tn ha a in advance to file with their petitions such maps, indicating on them the lay out which they seek the franchise for.
 In the house Representative Thomp- son, of East Haven, presented a bill praying for an extension of time for the building of the East Haven and Morris Cove street railroad.
 Representative Guilfoile of Water bury presented bill for the repeal of the statute of 1899 which makes it nec- essary for any outside telephone corpor- ation to secure permission of the su- perior court judges before locating in this state, and also sompels similar pleadings for locally established com panies.
 Senator Bradley presented a petition of the mayors of cities asking for a | of the act of 1893 relative | to municipal lighting and for the pass | age of an act establishing state board | of gas and electric light commissioners. This is accompanied by an act author izing cities and municipalities to estab- fish plants for the manufacture of gas and electricity, provided vote for that l purpose shall have been passed by a majority vote at the regular city or town election. The bill provides for the snle of the product, the proceeds to be paid into the city treasury. Whenever any city or town shall vote to go into the business manufacturing it own light a board of gas and electrical commits sioners shall be appointed to manage and direct the enterprise. The price of the product when fixed shall not be changed for three months and such price shall not be fixed on a basis of less than net profit per year of per cent on the cost of the investment in the plant, and also the depreceation of the plant at not less than per cent. per annum of it's cost. and the price shall not be greater than allow a profit if per cent. per annum on such costs. uepOslI oulIlCitHt tU CONSI LHfeG months supply may be required from ,ach taker. The price to be paid by my city for a gas or electric plant shall ,e based upon the cost of duplicating he plant. The bill is very long and de- ailed in all points. Senator Goodrich presented a bill to permit railroads to discontinue any sta- 1 ion upon their lines of the business ( lone at such station shall be insufficient Q make it profitable to maintain. 11 Senator Gordon, by request, intro- { uced a bill amending the act concern ng pool selling, which adds the penalty ] f jail imprisonment for from thirty ays to one year for second convic- ion for violating the law. Senator Bree, by request of Attorney ieorge D. Watrous, presented for the Nair Haven and Westville Railroad ompany a batch of petitions which l ave already been advertised praying or amendment to the charter of the air Haven and Westville railroad, the Vest Shore railroad and the Winchester r venue Railroad company. One peti- f lon of the Fair Haven and Westville q pad asks for permission to lay tracks s l Grove street, Ashmun street, Cres- 6 ent Munson and Fitch streets Also V