The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-29
MANY HEARINGS
 ON CAPITOL HILL
Many Important Measures Still to Be Disposed of As
 Session Nears Close

Hartford, April 29-Many and com
 plex were the subjects taken up fol
 hearings by legislative committees
 this afternoon. A productivity tax or
 the, oyster industry, more men 1r l train crews on the New Haven road
 a tuition fee for pupils in high and | trade schools, the acquisition of the
 old ralroA Id bridge at New London
 for highway purposes and the reso-
 lutions concerning the judgeshtps in
 the two Norwa1ks were some of the
 pressing matters before the commit l tees.
 The session of the general assem- | ply draws to a close but the most i'm portant bills remain to be disposed of. The leaders in both branches will
 bens to sit longer each day and to hold Friday session. The Senate will take definite action at once. The evening session is preferred to sitting on Fridays.
 The shellfishery hearing before Sen ator Shanley's committee draws at tention at this late day to the bills relating to this industry. The pro- ductivity tax is along the lines of the suggestion made by Tax Commission CT Corbin, last session. It is vigorous 1y opposed now as then by the grow CTS. Their argument Is that. the in. dustry is fading away owing to in creasingly bad conditions in the Sound from pollution of inland and tidal waters. Fred l.. Perry, clerk of the she11fish commission. is author Of the bill and the oyster growers which is centered on the bill to abol- ish the commission as it is now con stituted- At the hearing, last week, on pollution, the statement was made that the industry is paraIyzed along the shore.
 Hearing o1 the New London brid1a matter Is in the hall of the House before the roads. rivers and bridges committee. A large delegation from New London. was, on hand as the talk ing of this bridge means much to that city. The proposition Is to make the bridge a part. of the highway route for automobiles along the Sound shore It has been previously stated that. President Mel1en was willing to transfer this bridge to the State under certain conditions. Engineers have figured that the building of a new approach win not be either an ex- tremely expensive task or a difficult one as the routing the road through the city will entirely change condi- tiens which exist there now.
 The publicity given at first hear ing on the tuition bill Is expected to develop the opposition to the plan favored by the State Board of Educa- ton to nave the schooling of pupils sent to the. high and trade schools nomina11y paid for by parents. The board is advocating the establishment Of vocational schools to which the larger percentage of children gradu- atede from. grammar schools will go making the high and trade schools really fitting schools for colleges and scientific schools. In the opinion of the state board members the high school courses will be in the nature of special instruction for selected few-ss
 As soon as the Senate has the time the report of the committee which in vestigated the alleged Hurley bribery case will be called up by Senator Is- bell With 1t will come the resolution put in by Senator McNeil expressing the senate's confidence in Senator Hurley. A vigorous debate is antici- pated.
 The full crew. bill before the rail- roads committee brought to the Capt- tol a large delegation of railroad men in the measure. The at torneys for them had added weight to their arguments by citing that the full crew bills had become laws in New York and New Jersey.