The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-18

the railroad committee, serving with Senator M. S. Chapman of Manchester and ex.Senator Graham of Orange in the most important work. He is theI brother of Joseph o. Goodwin, who has been the town clerk of East Hartford twenty years. Judge Goodwin IS
 known throughout the state as a past president of the State Firemen's asso- citation and president for years. of the Veteran Firenen' s association Of Hart ford. He is at the head of the East
 Hartford Fire department and IS presl- dent of the Hartford Dairy company, which owns an extensive property op- posite from the Woven Wire works controlled by Governor Roberts. He IS one of the foremost citizens of ms town and will give a clean and straight forward administration. Herbert S.
 BuIlard, whose name will go to the jul dietary committee, Tuesday for the new judgeship in the Hartford city court, is a Yale man. He has been member
 of the Hartford court of common coun- ell and has served as superintendent of
 the public schools in the city. Mir
 Bullard is a lawyer of superior aualif- cations and will fill the judgeship with
 credit. His father was well known
 clergyman in Hartford for years and a man of high scholastic attainments.
 The committee on banks, Senator
 William E. Atwood of New , Britain,
 chairman, will have a number of bills
 before it Wednesday, April 19, enlarg-
 ing the scope of investments for saw
 ings banks. Senator Lake of Hartford
 has one of these bills, which provides that savings banks may invest their de. posits and surplus in bonds of the At
 lantic Coast Line railroad first consolt-
 dated 4 per cent. of 1902, due July l,
 1902 and such underlying bonds which
 the consolidated 4 per cent. bonds are to retire at maturity. -..-,e
 Senator William R. Brown, of Bridge
 port, has also one of the bills before the
 committee, making the bonds of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting
 company legal investment for savings
 banks. There are also bills making the first mortgage bonds of the Norfolk
 and Southern railroad company and the
 debenture stock of the Chicago Great
 western railroad company legal in-
 vestrnents for the savings banks in the
 state. Representative Usher of Plain
 ville has bill before the committee au-
 thorizing savings banks to invest in the
 first mortgage bonds of the Bristol and
 Plainville TramWay company. Senator
 Atwood is the president of the Me-
 chanics National bank in New Britain and has a wide knowledge of invest ment values. His views will be safe guide in the committee deliberations. Judge Wesley U. Pearne, of Middle, town, house chairman of the committee
 on railroads, was in charge of the Con-
 solidated railway company measure, which was advocated so clearly and
 effectively by President Mellen, who two or three weeks ago in the represen- tatfves' hall, and it is generally expec- ted that it will be reported this week. | The bill originated in the house and will be first reported in that body. In the senate the measures will be in charge of Senator Bradstreet of Thomaston, the chairman of the committee. The 1 CRXL LI16 DlIl IS dWdlLtu WItll iSebL iil- terest in both houses. The members of 1 the house and senate show only a dis position to deal fairly with the railroad inttrests, giving what will conserve the l best interests Of the state and people. President Mellen's address, which was
 made in the railroad committee hear ing, has been published in suitable form and placed in the hands of Sena- ! tors and representatives. It is mighty
 interesting reading. The Consolidated railway company does not ask for any
 rights that were not conceded by gene lral assembly after general assembly to ! the trolley roads which it now owns
 and controls. Judge Pearne, who is to l be the railroad committees spokesman,
 is thoroughly familiar with the tissues at stake, and it will be worth while to
 hear his presentation of the case. Sen
 ator Bradstreet's forceful way of put ting things will make the discussion in
 the senate equally as interesting as it
 will be in the house.