Putnam patriot., 1911-09-01

fare between the two places over th' i Connecticut company's existing line ! and. though there was objection C this course ia the house. the latte
 made the substitution and passed tho
 bill. After lOt of seesawing. during i which Senator Marsden, chairman oi 1 the railroads committee, which had re 1 ported 1t unfayOrably, maintained that ! 1t YVES in fact new business, the senate made the substitution and tabled the i amended measure for the calendar.
 The house wrestled with the matter 1 of railway taxation as disposed of in a substitute for the bill intended to relieve the New Haven road of some double taxation which House Chair man Wadhams of the finance com mittee introduced. Tn the end, how ever. 1t amended this by providing for a commission to study the matter and report to the next general assembly.
 The Milford water bill, which has occupied the center of the stage to such an extent this session, was finally settled by the house Wednesday in ia yor of Milford. The towns prOposi- ton was that the New Haven Water company might retain all of the flow of the Wepowaug river, which flows through the center of Milford and which the New Haven Water company obtained a right to when 1t purchased the Milford Water company. MT. Evarts Of Milford, chairman of the in corporations committed which had the matter i'll hand. made the fight for Milford and won out handily. but very nearly lost again when he moved to reconsider with the hope that the mo ton wouldn't pass. IL didn't finally by d vote of but 73 to 69, and then went to the senate.
 Thursdays short time accomplished little in either house. though it was long enough 10 permit the senate to pass q resolution passed the day before in the house to provide for final ad- iournmeut Aug. 31 Nobody believes that will he ndhered to- however.
 Senator Woodruff offered in the sen ate on Thursday bill which will give the public utilities commission pow CT to regulate telerhone exchanges IS to the limits which they shall cover and 70 on and provides that no tele. phone eyeIanee shall have its limits altered except by permission of the commission it Wds tabled for the cal- endar In Ibo house session on Thurs day fhere Was little or nothing of state Interest
 There was however. hroHeht into the house that daF a substitute fer the employers liability worknru's com eensation b.ll which AIr. Chandler ef Rocky IliI and others who favored the bill reported hy the committees which the house overwhelmingly turned down. hope to fine better treat ment at the hnnds of that body. This was introduced as a substitute for the other following the report of the house .onferees on this subject Messrs. En. slgn of Smsbury and Russell of Mid IletoWn. that there was no prospect Of m agreement of any kind with the senate member of the conference com mittee
 The Sunday bill made another np- 3earanee in the house during it's Fri lay session when not a quorum was present at any time. but considerable minor business was got through with. The house had previously voted to ad= aere te It's action in killing the bill, so speaker Scott ordered the measure re urned tu the senate without action.
 
 One hill pnssed bv the house on Fri lay, which has nlrrady passed the sen lte. k likely to he of more farreach- ag import than has teen realized ID to date It increases the powers of he state building and loan commis- toner, who has now but some eleven building and loan companies to super rise and whose office. it Is generally lplieved. should be abolished This 1ill proposed originally to do that but ias been so altered aS to give him fur her powers fin the investigation of oi. md mining stocks Hereafter his of lee will be sort of information bu- .eau through which would be In ,.estor can learn whatever he wishes Ibout the oil or mining stock he Is be m lmportuned to buy.