The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-03
Tells Manwaring Senate Might as We'll Adjourn for Year as Wait for
 Bills Passage.
Senators Then Pass Measure for Private Water Com pany Without Dis
 senting Vote
Blakeslee Declares Upper House Not Pledged to Pass Anything g-Petitions to Regulate Shad Indus try Received.
(Special from United Press

Especial from United Presso
 Hartford, March 3.-The public utiI- ities bill was again referred to in the Senate to-day when a resolution au- thorizing the Torrington Water Com pany to extend it's service to Harwin- ton came up. Senator Manwaring arose and made remarks similar to those he made yesterday in regard to teh charter of the Baltic Water Com sideration of these individual meas ures until after the public utilities
 matter has been settled. I think that the continual passage of measures Of this kind only tend to injure the chan up in the closet of one of the commit tees I further believe that the dom- inant party is pledged to give the peo- pie a law establishing public service committee and this ought to be the first consideration"
 Senator Farnum, chairman Of the committee on interpretations, who re- ported the resolution, replied to Man waring and stated that if the leSisla- ture was going to wait until the judi ciary committee got ready to report on the public utilities matter before talk ing acton, might just as well adjourn until next year and then come back as he believed that it would be many months before the public utilities bill would come back.
 Senator B1akeslee took exception to Senator Manwaring's statement that two-thirds of the members were pledg- ed to a public utilities bill and said that he did not believe that any of the Senators were pledged to anything, except a fair and just consideration of any legislation that came before them.
 The measure in question was passed without a dissenting vote. A number of petitions in favor of the regulation 41, s,.1, 1or1fi cut river were presented and referred to the committee on fish and game which is holding hearing to-day. The probable outcome of this agitation will be the closing of the aquariuIns in which the shad forms.
 An amendment to the charter of the Aetna Insurance Company permitting the company to insure automobile. was passed; also resolution amending the charter of the Connecticut Fire Insur- ance Company which permits the com pany to insure against damage from hail storms.
 Danbury for the seat in the House now held by Wilbur F. Tomlinson was re- jected. The House re-commftted the resolution providing for an interstate legislative committee to the commit tee on judiciary. MT. William Chand- Ter of Rocky Hill who was so anxious to have this measure passed. stated that it was now too late to do any thing W1ta IL Tn US Ofl2lnAl IOTul <dS the legislatures of both New Hanp- shire and Maine would adjourn in few days but favored it's re-commit- ment in order that it might be con- sidered.
 MT. Dromitzer indorsed MT. Chand- 1er's request for re-committment. Favorable reports were received on the following measures:
 One permitting the city of Stam- ford to provide a site for public li- brary and issuing library bonds to the amount of $40,000. One amending the Stamford city charter which fixes the return days for civil process; and another amendment which rearranges the officials of the fire department and gives the chief a life tenure of office on good behavior.
 A resolution extending the time for the organization of the Portland Sew CT O., and one incorporating the Mer- iden lodge, No. 35, of the Benevolent Order of Elks, were passed.
 The following resolutions provid- ing for appropriations were also pass ed: One making an appropriation of $29,000 for the completion of Troop A armory in New Haven; one making an appropriation for the Connecticut School for Boys for two years ending February 1911, the amount involved to be S108,000 running expenses and $10,000 for a new gymnasium.