The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-12
ELECTRIC LIGHT
 COMPANIES JEALOUS
 OF PRIVATE PLANTS
(By Our Staff Correspondent

Hartford. Feb. 12.-A further scrut- iny of certain bills introduced by Sem ator Holzer. yesterday. prove that they are aimed to prevent the sale of elec- trlcity by one private electric plant to the occupants of another building. The electric light companies of the state are exceedingly jealous of their right to supply electricity for light and pow CT to the exclusion of others. They have watched. with a Jealous eye. the installation of individual plants in large buildings. and have been appre- hensive for some time that such plants would be made sources of light for the entire block in which any of them might be situated. They have feared that such localized plants might ulti- mately acquire the rights to pass un- der. or over. streets to furnish elec- tricity to buildings in neighboring blocks.
 It is said that the growth of private plants in Bridgeport. which is Senator Holzer's home town. has been rapid within a few years. and that at the present time the owners of more than one such plant contemplate furnishing the fluid to their neighbors. These plants are for the most part owned by incorporated companies. Hence the application of this section of the bill offered by Mir. Foizter. which reads:
 
 exercise powers or engaged in any business. or in the sale Of any com modity. not authorized by its charter or articles of association, or which it is by law prohibited by law from en- gazing in. any person or corporation affected by such act or acts upon the part of such corporation may bring complaint for an injunction against said incorporation in the superior court for the county in which the corpora tion is located and the court. upon finding that such corporation is exer- cisfng powers, etc, shall enJoin such corporation from exercising such pow CTS or continuing such business or sell ing such commodity"
 A second bill provides. that if any person or corporation shall engage in any business or the selling of any com modity which Is by law prohibited. un- less done under charter from the general assmbly. it shall be liable to injunction by the superior court on petition from anyone affected"
 Senator Fenn introduced a bill which would do away with the fisheries and game commission and substitute fisheries and game commissioner at salary of $2,500 per year. This does not affect the shell fish commission The bill provides for the repeal of Sec tion 3094 of the general statutes and the OL lu0 lOilOWIHS. Oi and after May 1. 1909 and qua 7rennial- ly thereafter. the governor shall ap- point a commissioner of fisheries and game who shall serve for four years from the time of his appointment and until his successor is appointed unless sooner removed by the governor. He shall have all the powers and duties possessed by the commissioners of fish cries and game previous to the passage of this act" The bill carries a salary of $2.5oO per year and exnenses an nually incurred in the discharge of h-s duties It provides that he shall have an office in the canitol and may em oioy such clerical assistance as may be necessary and proper for the conduct ,f his office. Ali acts or parts of acts with the proposed act are repealed on it's passage.