New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-07
- CONNECTICUT'S CAPITAL
.rrKING ELECTRIC RAILWAY CHAR
Tr.GS-THE CATTLE DISEASE-TO
SETTLE 4 LABOR DIFFICULTY.

rr,rs-THE CATTLE DISEAsE-TO
SETTLE 4 LABOR DIFFICULTY.
lord Dec s tSpeciaD There are al least
70 i,,nortsut petitions for electric railway char
- a come before the legislature the Secretary
e,ste having already received the applications.
4 = ,o,eest line proposed is from Norwich 10 this
a. distance Of nearly sixty miles which will
4 : orer practically new ground. where lines
- ,et been established. II is proposed to reach
! - manchester Tramway Company lines. some
/ y, miles east of this city, via the towns Of
sb Lebanon. Columbia. Coventry Andover
pa Bolton. take southerly route from the line
[.t-oad travel and for the most part well away
49,, auy steam roads The remarkable thing
-, this line is that Wimantc. the most i'm
..rt CITY between Hartford and Norwich. is not
,bs running of the line out is six miles
4 III Of the nearest point The line suggested.
.rer is through country much more free
s-orn heavy grades than any line would be that
Il - and passed through wilIimantic
Y Another electric line projected is from Waterbury
- stanford to he the property Of the Connecticut
r.,ls-ar and Lighting Company, which has the
ontrofiing interest in many of the lines I'm the
,r,7uestern part of the State. The towns through
-hi,b the line will run are Waterbury. Naugatuck
r-oion CITY Beacon Falls. Seymour, Derby, Shep-
=, Putney STAFFORD Bridgeport. Fairfield,
southport Westport, Saugatuck. the Norwalks and
sanford This viii make trolley travel between
-ct embrace so much building the proposed line
,,on, Hartford Norwich but connections will be
,sse 10 give a through line. A line from South
ns,on 10 Waterbury is planned and If this gets
/ /, charter and is completed it will be possible
reach NeR-York from this city without taking
s,earn lines which is not now possible There
| many other smaller lines of trolley roads sug-
s.sted and the probabilities that the incoming
legislature as well as the one that goes out will
hs knnyn as trolley legislature
The peopie Of Connecticut without regard to
Marty are much pleased with the appointment of
congressman F. J. Hill. of the IVth District. 10
the Mace on the Ways and Means Committee. made
vacant hy the death of Congressman Russell. Of
the hid District. Mr.. Hill IS we'll known all
over the State. and is regarded level-headed
man in all that pertains finance and the policies
of the government
The foot and mouth disease among cattle is the
disturbing problem in the milk producing part OF
the state lust now. While there have been no
authenticated cases reported TO Cattle Commits
soner Averill. he has been closely watching deve-
opnents. and Is working in harmony with DR.. Sal
mon Of the Government Bureau of Animal In
dustry. who just now is located in Boston caring
for the outbreak OF the disease in that vicinity.
Rigid quarantine has been insisted on. and the
machinery Of the Connecticut Humane Society has
been offered the commissioner in ferreting out
and reporting cases. The matter is one serious
import the rural communities OF the State as
rot only the milk supply for all the large towns
and cities Of the State is dependent upon the
healthfuI condition of the cows but the New-York
and Boston markets are largely supplied from the
western and eastern counties respectively. Incl
dsnslly il is TO be noted that the supply Of milk
is much below the normal. many producers turning
COWS into beef the time OF the high price last
summer and not having Yet replenished their herds
Samuel Gompers the chief OF the National Fed
grafton Of Labor. has been in the city during the
week investigating the peculiar troubles in which
the Packers and Sorters Union, an organization
Of girls in the employ Of the Capewell Horse Nail
Company, has been entangled for the past few
J months. The beginning Of the trouble strike
by the girls. who wanted more money for sorting
| horse nails that were taken from the burned ruins
Of the factory early in the summer. The advance
asked for was not granted and other persons were
engaged 10 do the work. The girls got work
Al the union scale as soon as there was any new
work DO bur there q dissension in the
uaion which resulted in a quarrel. which is new
/, before the courts. SeVentv of the girls of the
union are at work and less than twenty-five con-
tnue strike holding that the strike has not
been called of. The Central Labor Union favored
he smaller number. and the officials seemed be
determined TO call general strike of all the men
IN the shop The men of tho Horse Nail Makers
Union resented this and appealed Mr.. Gompers,
sending agent to headquarters The Central
labor Union also sent a delegate TO Mr. Gompers
The decision has not been made yet. The Cape
vel Company the first in the city unionze
rs shops. and is a large employer of labor here
snc IN the West
There Is little interest in the State outside
Il New aven to who will be appointed the
vacancy in the New Haven collectorship. II has
been said that rules forbid any but New
Haven from accepting such place. but the
act is that many previous incumbents have teen
rom outside Of that city. but none outside Of New
Haven County Collector Mix. who was killed by
railroad train a resident Of Wallingford
Senator Plat has the naming of the man, and it
expected that Robert o. Eaton of North Haven |
vii receive the appointment as he has the inside
rack, from all appearances. He is the deputy
AIRY commissioner and energetic Republican
thoroughly competent for the coectorship.
Al interesting situation has developed in this city
within few days. involving encroa chments upon
he highways Of the city by private property. in
lsa the land upon which Grove-st. laid out
vas decided 10 the city by jeremiah Wadsworth
attending from Main-st to the river front Inves
legations have shown that the Hartford and New
iPrk Transportation Company and of the large
coal companies have built directly the city
and cutting off the city's river front entirely
mat street and occupying some seventy-ive feet
o The street AT its foot TO the river. Just
Ahat is TO done about is not known. the |
buildings have been there long that it is posi-
&c thes have acquired the right TO remain by adj
WIS possession
The liquor license question in this county is more
interesting this year than before. The county
onnnisseners, in whom the licensing power is |
'ss'ed have refused great many applicants be |
suse Of unsuitable location and unsuitable per- |
sans. and ifty-four appeals have been taken from
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