Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-08
HOUSE TAKES
UNFAvoRABLE ACTION.
Measure of Uncss Power Company At
tackled by Several Menbers-Heavy
Vote Against.
(Special to The Bulletins

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Hartford, July THE Uncas Power
company, whose resolution was sup
posed to have been so fixed up now
that only john Cuddy would be the
sufferer by its passage, and no one
was believed to care much about him,
received a jolt in the house today when
that body refused to pass the bill car
rying amendments to its charter and
turned down the favorable report of
the committee on interpretations by a
heavy vote.
The main features of the bill give
the Uncas Power company the
right of eminent domain in connection
with property required for the con-
Struction or operation of it's power
plant, which was intended to make it
possible for the company to take this
Cuddy land near its dam, and permit
it to go into any territory in New
London county not now occupied by a
power company actually doing BUSH
ness and sell its power. All of the
objecting interests, the East Lyme
Power company and Crescent Beach
company, the Willimantc and other
interests on the Shetucket river above
Scotland-all these had been taken
care of and everything was supposed
to have been smoothed out.
When the bill came up in the house
LAAO d1lCIl1OOIl, uONGNGT, MAYOR Dunn
of Willimantic made a savage attack
on it and on the company, and this
was followed up by Judge Tingier of
Rockville, a member of the committee.
who, while a democrat, is very highly
regarded in the house.
There is not a single bit OF good
faith in this matter" said Judge Tin
gier. The company failed to publish
notice of its real intentions in the
first place and has been endeavoring
to deceive ever since: a triple effort
at deceit; first to deceive t&e commit
tee, then to deceive these manufac-
turers on the Shetucket watershed
above them, then to deceive the gen.
eral assembly.
The cards have been dealt from the
bottom of the pack. All this Uncas
Power company wants is to take this
land and water power and handle
factory of this man Cuddy's without
paying him his price for it. They
haven't tried to buy it, even, but have
gone into court to tie it up and then
won't come in and try the case, but
come to the general assembly and try
to get matters fixed so they can take
1T away under semblance of something
else. It's crooked game all the way
through"
He was followed by Representative
AldAl VI w llilnSIOU, VINO protested
against passing a measure in which.
as it had been stated, certain interests
had been protected, but concerning
which nobody knew how many other
interests might still be unaware of
how they are affected Mr. Hall be-
lleved that the whole Attain had been
covered up and kept from public view
from the beginning and that it was
up to the general assembly to protect
the whole people of the state from anv
such thing, and not four or five man
ufacturers who happen to be more
wide awake at the moment than 9TH
ers.
Mr.. Hall said that there would be
no difficulty in this Uncas Power com
pany getting all the land for its pole
lines and other construction that it
ought to have without the right of
eminent domain and at reasonable
prices, and described how he had aided
its agent in acquiring rights of way
in his town and adjoining towns.
Mayor Dunn made another attack on
the bill before Chairman Parker of the
committee had chance to come ia
its defense, and when he did get an
opportunity to talk there wasn't Cd
much left for him to say. His mo-
ton that the bill be passed was lost
by an overwhelming vote.