The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-09

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 Tt is time that the senate should be allowed to run without dictation of the Consolidated road. They say that Mr Robbins appointed the railroad commit tee. 1t was once claimed that the road would not be the dog in the manager any more and that they would not op- pose any road charters but here you find them opposing small road like the East Haven and Morris Cove and the Middletown and Meriden. am sorry to mix in any controversy of this character but when the Consolida- ted road makes a threat against me am going to fight it..
 Senator Chase here offered an amendment providing that no shares of corporation shall be issued at less than par and twenty per cent. must be paid in cash. Senator Luther spoke in favor of his amendment offered last week which was to the effect that the full value must be paid in. He said that since speaking on his amendment he had learned nothing of the process of building trolley roads. If special pro- vision has to be made to meet the ex- pense some explanation should be made.
 Judson Arraigns Consolidated.
 Senator Grant opposed Senator Lu- thers amendment saying that while people may be well to do who want to build a road, they have not the means to finance the road and they have to have something to sell to capitalize.
 Senator Judson said that he subsrib- ed to the sentiments of Senator Luther but favored the amendment of Sena- tor Chase. This might be paradoxical but he would say that Senator Luther should have been sent ito the capitol fifteen years ago to have started the reform movement. If he had, the situ- ation as regards trolleys 1t could not be what it is today All routes now were owned by capitalists and they are own ed by the Consolidated railway com pany These little roads are but the flag ends of nothing. rIs it fair" ask ed the senator, after the Consolidated road had whipped off the cream and everything else in sight in Connec- ticut that 1t shall say these little roads shall not be built? The amendment of Senator Chase has this virtue that 1t will make the companies a tangible something with somebody in them, not wind and water concerns such as Pres ident Mellen said the Connecticut Rail, way and Lighting company was. If the stock was paid in at par no promoter would take hold but a per centage of cash subscription would not hinder de- velopment but yet would give a form and substance to the enterprise"
 Senator Judson said the the Consoli- dated road had opened a department of legislative agents and it's political economy department was where it's legislative agents are. Senator Luther's amendment, he claimed, would stop country trolley road development and would not be square deal.
 Butterworth Suggests Innovation.
 Senator Butterworth said he would favor 8 public service corporation in the state which would have control ov- CT all public service corporations in the state. He said there was no efficient way of seeing that the corporations do their duty to the public. He hoped to introduce a measure creating public utilities commission.
 Senator Atwater said that Senator Luther should apply his principles to the debenture bill when that was up for discussion and which put on the market thirty millions of paper, a great deal of which was water.
 Senator Middleton hoped that Sena- tor Luthers amendment would not pre- vail as he said he was familiar with the country through which the road would pass (Windsorville and East Hartford) and said the people would not support trolley road under the conditions Senator Luther would have. Senator Homan said he was in favor of anything that would stop stock job bing schemes but he could not see what effect this amendment would l have.
 Senator Luther spoke again and said that this was a regular IS to 1 scheme over again, as nothing but paper money would be used in 1t and 1t would result in deceiving the people.
 Senator Atwater called for a yea and nay vote on the Luther amendment This was lost, to 31, those voting for the amendment being Senators Luther and Donovan. The bill was then passed after Senator Chase's amend ment had been rejected.
 Danbury Electric Road.
 TAe next matter taken up was the resolution incorporating the Bridgeport and Danbury Electric Railway com. pany. Senator Donovan offered an amendment which would limit the cap- ital stock to $1, 900 instead of to $2,- 100000. as called for in the resolution This was favored by Senator Brown but MT. Judson said that s1 ,OOO, 900 was not enough to build the road on. Sena- l tor Donovan asked Senator Thompson his opinion, but the latter refused to re- ply he said, for the same reason thai he did yesterday, and for the further fact that Senator Donovan had smile on his face. MT. Donovan said he ask ed it in all fairness and that if the sen- ator from the Fourteenth thought he di1 it for pleasure this was false i'm pression He thought he was entitled to full knowledge on all questions which come before the senate. He said the senator from the Fourteenth 1 CThompson), lacked gentlemanly in- stinct when he refused to answer a faii question on the excuse that he gave He said that street railways can bt constructed for $5,OO0 mile and $3O.. 00l was an exorbltant price. This road was to be twenty miles long, and allow ing $30,000 the total would be $600,O0O and he proposed by his amendment tc