Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-08

, matters which used to take up legis- latlVe tLHe are now handled by the public utilities commission, and also because there is not the anxiety of promoters to get charters for new roads: The range of subjects covered by bills is a wide one.
 A Railroad Investigation. Some important bills were sent in after the governor had inspected them, and these are likely to become party measures by sthe democrats standing behind them in an effort to redeem pledges laid down in their party plat form
 Attention was drawn in the house to railroad bills in which the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company is made the subject, one by MT. Wilson of Brid dgeport embodying his ideas of a plan to find out the re- latlon of the corporation to the state which gave it charter
 Wants Inside information.
 MT. Wilson provides only for a house investigation. He declared that while the New Haven road is child of Con nect1cut the state has no knowledge Of it's inner workings while sister states shire have already taken steps to find out something about its internal con- structfon as a corporation, it's methods Of financing, whether it pays it's just
 
 capitalized. Mir. Wilson in moving to table his bill said that there would be little or no delay in filing the bill of particulars.
 Wants Congress to Take Over Railroad
 The bill of Representative Barclay asking that congress be memorialized to take over the New Haven road, was sent to the federal relations commit tee which will have quite q number Of subjects to consider, which is not always the case. Many of the rail- road bills came from Senator Quinn of the Tenth district, who probably is closer to railroad men in the state than any other member of either branch as in his district live many hundreds of employees of the company. To Send National Guard to Gettysburq
 One appropriation bill put in called for a s50.000 appropriation to send the national guard to the Gettysburg anni-. Versary celebration on the battlefield next July, and in being given commit tee reference it was bundled up with many other appropriation bills relat- ing to the militia including one for $750,000 for a new armory at New Haven.
 Caldwell Still Under Examination.
 The highway commissionership still continued to loom large as the com In1ttee on executive nominations all riAoAessi oi@liA5 1dtS ySSlSIOdy LOOK up the threads again this afternoon, with a stenographer present, and the mem bers were willing to sit on Sunday in order to get ready for Tuesdays ex- ecutive session of the senate when the question of eonhrmat ton will come up. Mir. CadWell has been the only wit ness, and at present he is being exam tned regarding contracts for sewer work in New Britain.
 Senator Hurley Keeping Mum.
 Senator Hurley still meets with smiling face any questions as to possi- b1e developments in his charges that he was offered three finger bribe 1 for his vote on the highway commits When asked if the home 1 of the high city of1icialo who offered l the inducement was in Meriden or l Bridgeport, he said that he would tell | the committee but no one else
 The senate in executive session con hrmed Bank Commissioner Holt as an | appointee of the governor to fill the | caused by the death of MT. l Noble, and the three names of state | prision directors sent in, all reap- 1 ointments