The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-14


to the railroad committee.
The following calendar matters wer
passed by the House:
| Resolution amending the charter o
the Stamford Street Railway compan.
to extend it's tracks to neighborins
towns; resolution authorizing the towr
of Norwalk to appropriate for its two
hundred and fiftieth anniversary; reso
luton authorizing New London to is
sue bonds to erect new school; reso'
luton authorizing the first school dis
trict Of Groton to issue $4,000 bonds
authorizing the city of New London tc
issue water bonds; authorizing the city
of Danbury to issue bonds; amending
the charter of the Derby Gas COM
pany to increase it's capital stock; reso-
luton extending the time for the extern
sion of the Torrington and Winchester
Street Railway company.
Some kind Of high license bill Wal
undoubtedly be reported by the COM
mittee on temperance next week. The
raising of the full license fee from S4oV
to $1,000 will probably not hoWVer, DC
voted by the committee. Such a radicai
move, involving so many interests ana
involving the whole question of practl-
cal prohibition, has not impressed the
committee favorably. The fee Tor full
license will be raised somewhat to 500,
possibly, but hardly above that ngure.
On taxing beer licenses and hotel IL
censes in towns of 5000 or less, $500, the
committee is divided, but will probably
suggest a slight increase over the pres
emit fee. On the question of restricting
the number Of licenses to one for each
! / 1000 population, the committee has not
yet decided, but favors some kind Of
| restriction, 1t is understood on the high
est authority. The committee will prob
ably report substitute bill to-day or
early next week, and there will be no
| division in the committee.
Before the committee on claims
hearing was held yesterday afternoon
on the petition of Captain Oscar l..
Bradley of Meriden for an allowance of
81 975 from the state for expenses incur
red in his court martial. The hearing
developed long expected opposition.
Attorney General Phelps and Repre-
sentative Donovan of New Haven,
captain of the Sarsfield Guard, appear
ing against the petition. Some lively
sparring developed between Captain
Bradley and Mr.. Donovan, the former
declaring that the court martial was
the outcome of the formation of a
Clique against him.
The house committee on constitution
al amendments held hearings yesterday
afternoon on the bills for amendment of
the constitution to provide that no mu-
njcipality shall issue bonds unless the
issue is approved by a vote of the ma
jority of the taxpayers in such mupf-
cipality, and to provide that selectmen
shall be elected biennially Representa-
tive Lee of Bridgeport, Senator Seeley
and City Auditor eating of Bridgeport
appeared to favor both bills. Mr.. Lee
said that at present there was nothing
to prevent any citizen of municipality
from petitioning the legislature to au-
thorze the municipality to issue bonds,
and whether such petitions were APP
proved by the municipality or not city
officials and interested citizens must ap
pear to oppose such petitions, otherwise
they are liable to be passed. They adj
vocated the change of the terms of Of
fee of selectmen to two years in brder |
to avoid the great expense of annual
elections of those officers in cities where
the city and town governments are con-
solidated and wherein the duties of Sc
lectmen are merely nominal.
Representative Tucker of Ansonia |
favored changing the terms of select |
men. Allen w. Paige of Bridgeport |
also favored this, but opposed the mu-
,ioir, tbot ba
thought that its passage would neces-
state the holding of municipal elections
to decide upon bond issue at any time
when such issue may be proposed,
whereas now foolish propositions of this
kind may be killed in the legislature
before committee.
Ex-Governor Morgan G.. Bulkeley OPP
posed the bill TO change the terms of
selectmen, saying that under the Con-
1ecticut system the people liked to hold
heir public officials strictly accountable
md so preferred short terms of office.
The committee has assigned the bill
or constitutional convention for a
rearing on March H.
The following New Haven bills will
ome 10 for hearing-before the COM
nittee on cities and boroughs to-day:
/. P. IS, regarding pavenents in New 4
aven; H. P. Sc, for amending New
haven charter so that the common
ouncil shall not have power to increase
appropriations in tax rate recommend !
d by board of finance nor reduce any {
tenn fixed by said board for principal
r interest of city debt; HI. B. 80, for
OK public parks in New s
Iaven; H. B. 1876, authorizing New Ha-
en- to exempt new manufacturing en- ]
erprises from taxation; Fl. B. 1923, 6
New Haven city charter re-
ardng powers Of health authorities;
[. b. 400, amending New Haven city t
larter, Section a, by changing dates: t
!. b. 467. amending New Haven city L
1arter, creating a commission on per- S
lament pavements. r
A large number of New Haven oiti-
ms appeared before the committee on
lmane institutions in Hartford yester-
ay to oppose the passage of the bill ;.
place the sole power fof establishing :.
contagious disease hospital in New =
ayen in the hands of the board of
,alth, and taking the power from the
,mmon council. where it now rests.
hose who appeared to oppose the bill
ere Hobart l.. Hotchkiss, Alderman u
T Walsh an6 A 1dnrY1py A1norr and | II