The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-18

lie road The Hartford and TorrlnS' to,, Tramway company is asking for ex- l tension of time to build, and tfe For it't rington and Winchester IrainWas '.s connany wishes renewal of charter riahts. Incorporation of the NorWlceln lxlel and worcester Street Railway colnpa-5 ny is asked for; also the lncofpofal'eioil | of the Norwich and VoluntoWn Street Railway company. The GreehWlcn fssssil tl
 Tramway company wants the time for l cornnletfng it's lines extended until l90f.a The Connecticut Railway and Light l ing company has a large numpef OF interests in the legislature, mcludlng I the extension of it's line of road Ill the city of Bridgeport. Y...s.ss .s. s:gy55st, < Y, | Railroad legislation, such as that or twenty years ago.. when the Whoie state looked on in amazement Will not l be on the books this year. Some m portant bills will be considered, lncluo- ] ing Senator Fessenden's measures con ] ce1.ning discrimination in railroad rates ] and insufficient train service. The
 fn11rse of the Consolidated road in dec i mating it's train service in different parts of the state during the last year ! is inc thing that is to be remedied by I the measure known as Senate bill No. 1 t49. The bill provides that any six freeholders of 3. town in which rail I road station is situated may apply to I the superior court for additional tram ! service. The court on the report of q | committee may order the additional ser-- Twice the order being enforced by man. I darnus if necessary. The Consolidated road has restored in some parts of the ! state the train service which 1t cut off Hast year, and whole trains in several I instances have been put back. But i the remedy contemplated in the Fes- senden bill will not be out of place on | the statute book. Y .... - { In the contest for judgeships, that l has been exciting interest from one end of the state to the other, one has been overlooked, being that of the town court in East Hartford. There used to | be time in state politics when the maxim was on everybody's tongue, AS East Hartford goes, so goes the state. :" But East Hartford has lost that in | faIiihiIity. and is now only tax-bur- I dened community. At the present time lit has a smart fight of its own over I the judgeship that is held by E. O.. l Goodwin. The contestant for the po- sition is Dr. E. W. Pratt, president of l tinguisfed Knight Templar, belonging | to Washington commandery of Hart l ford. Dr,, Pratt is a young man as l compared with Judge Goodwin. He is supported by old party leaders, includ- 1 ing Charles w. Roberts of the Con-
 necticut river bridge and highway l commission, and the contest has been a sharp one, giving Judge Goodwin 8
 good many thorns in the flesh. The
 commission for fireproofing tht capitol and the purchase of 8 site for a new | Wales Lines of Meriden, who is a an additional hearing Tuesday, Febru-
 ary 28, before the committee on capitol grounds. At the hearing which took l place few days ago, the Hon. H. building for statt officials will have member of the commission, made "the hit of his life" in disclosing the con- | struction of the upper stories of the capitol as it was made known to him 1 by the late James G. Patterson. It
 seems impossible at the present time 1 that the work could have been accept 1 ed by the state capitol commission. Commissioner Lines has done the state ! an invaluable service in disclosing in l full the finder construction of the up- per stories of the stately structure. Edwin A. Graves, the consulting ell. gineer of the Connecticut river bridge commission, who made the plans and
 is in charge of the building of the three
 million dollar bridge between Hartford
 and East Hartford, has been called in
 as an expert by the commission. The
 changes to be made ill the capitol un.