Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-16
BROKE RECORD.
Nearly Five Hundred Pen. sion Bills Passed Satur.
 day Afternoon.

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 Washington, Jan 16.-The house Saturday afternoon broke the record in passing pension bills. There were 459 on the calendar and they ali passed in about two hours. Among the lot were eleven Connecticut bills, six of which have already passed the senate and now become laws as soon as signed by the president.
 The bills already passed by the sen- ate were the following: For William H. Chamberlain of Putnam, Co G, 18th Connecticut Volunteers, at $50 per month; to Philo s. Barlow of Ab- ington, Co B, Hath New York Volun- teers, at $20 per month: to Thomas J. Spencer of Madison. Go I, 27th Con- necticut Volunteers, at $50 per month; to Thomas Coughlin of Meriden. Go A, 9th Connecticut Volunteers, at $50 per month: to Henry V. Sims of Hart ford. Co F, 7th Connecticut Volun- teers, at $50 per month; and Mrs Bes- sic NJ. Dickinson of New Haven, wid- ow of W. G. Dickinson, Go D. 11th Connecticut Volunteers, at S15 per month.
 The house bills were: Jer9lniah Conner of New Haven, who served un- der the name of James Boone in the navy, $24 per month, bill originally in- troduced by Mir Sperry; to Mrs Ellen Tuite of Waterbury, widow of Andrew J. Tuite, Co D. 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery. at S'2 per month; to Ed ward Root of NorotOn. Co B, 18th Con- necticut Infantry, $50 per month; to William Smith of Waterbury, Go k, 10th New York Infantry, at - per month, all bills introduced by Mir Lil- ley: and to James J. Champlain of Willimantic, Co C. 26th Connecticut Infantry. at S24 per month, introduced by Mir Brandegee.
 Another pension bill of interest to in behalf of Mrs Alice T. Groesbeck, dauebter of William q. Thomas of Norwalk. Mrs Groeslrack is the wid- ow of Rrigadier General Groesbeck, judge advocate general of the army, and the bill was introduced by Con- gressman Hull.
 Irrigation in Connecticut.
 The census office bulletin on irrisa- tiOn. just issued. shows that in Con- necticrt fewer farms were irrigated in 1902 than in 1899. and correspond ing reduction is shown in acreage and construction cost of irrigation system. The number of irrigated acres per farm was s.4 ac"es fl 1899. and 70 acres in 1902. Meadows alon the streams constitute a large percentage of irrigated land. In 1902 irrigation was reported on 4S fa""rs. while in 1899 5ti farms were so reported. The construction cost of the irrigation svs- tenn in operation in 1902 was S11,57H, an average of S4U.53 for each of the 379 acres irrigated.
 River Improvements.
 The secretary of war to-day trans mitted to congress the report of the board of engineers on the proposed improvements of the Connecticut river from Hartford to HOlyoke. The chief of engineers on Saturday submitted his report to the secretary. He ap- proved of the findings of the board of review, and the secretary of war sim ply referred the whole matter to con. gress. ......
 Personals
 fnnnressnIa" Hill left Sunday morning for home, to attend to some personal business.
 Congressman Brandegee returned to Washington last night from an ex- tended stay in Connecticut.
 Attorney Daniel Davenport is in the city for. a few days, at the Willard. Ha C mts liere in the interest of the Anti-B0ycott Association of the Unit ed States. whose attorney he Is.