The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-09
Judge KnOwItOn Asks Pass
age of Relief Measure
by Legislature
RULE AMENDMENT
AIMED AT HAPGOOD
Would Require Five Members to Secure
Rising Vote-Member from Peru Has
Been Putting Colleagues Through
Legislative Calisthenics.
Especial TO The Reformer.
MONTPELIER. Feb.

Asking that Vermont do its share in |
assisting the Boston & Maine railroad
out of its present troubles, representa-
tives of that system appeared this
morning before the senate, which had
resolved itself into a committee of the
whole, for the purpose of hearing the
railroad men. w. b. G. Stickney and
Ex Chief Justice Marcus Knowlton Of
the Massachusetts supreme court, one
of the trustees appointed by the federal
government. Besides 5 46, the bill
which would permit the consolidation
Of the Boston & Maine system under
certain conditions and with the ap-
lproval Of the public service commits
sion, legislation is also pending in the
| legislatures of Maine, Massachusetts
and New Hampshire. having the same
| end in view: namely, to permit the b.
4 NJ. to straighten out its affairs with
out receiyership and without the
system having to be broken up into
its several parts.
| Judge knowlton declared that if the
ldisinte9rati0n of the Boston & Maine
should be forced it would be a public
calamity and if the numerous roads
(which compose the system were to at
tempt to run their business as individ-
uals the public would suffer seriously
as would also the stockholders.
Other than the consideration of the
B. 4 NJ. bill III the senate this morning
there was little but routine work done
in the legislature today. More bills
were introduced into the house, bring
ling the number there up to 800 and in
the senate up to rs, a total of I6S
This is the last day on which bills can
be handed in to the revisers and they
are already feeling the pressure.
Aimed at Mr.. Hapgood Of Peru is .
, proposed amendment to the rules which
) would require that at least five mem
bers of the house favor a rising yot,
or that it be directed by the speaker
Under the present rules one membet
can demand rising vote and Mr.. Hap
, good has developed habit of bein,
that member. Mr.. Caswell of Derb,
1 wants a law passed which would pro
4 vide that the auditor Of accounts b.
/ authorized to pay claims against tn
i state which do not exceed 500. Mr.
/. Jones of Warren by request present
+. a bill which provides 4 load exceeding
g 10000 pounds can not be earted acros
4 bridges or culverts on the public high
/, way. Mr.. Hewitt also by request ask
that il be provided that every agen
ilDF Il I1TS 1uSuIaHIb company SLdll u
I delivery of policy covering persona
!. property give to the owner Of the prem
= ses notice of the issuance of such
! policy,
\ The house reassemblcd at ; 'cloc
! on Monday and after the introductio
I Of 16 bills had started in to conside
I. third readings when Mr.. Hapgood {
Peru rose rs the first bill on the caller
=. dar was being considered and state
- his intention, without or without I'll
! consent of what he called the des
n slamming department, to call for
rising vote on all bills, and from the
K on the members were subjected to
7e kind of "setting up exercise of lei
4. Iislative calisthenics with the memb,
lg from Peru i'll the role of physical Gu
be lture director.
When II 215, an act to prohibit ii
Iopening of automobile muller cut-ou
lin certain localities, came up for a
ton, Mr.. Dickey moved to amend !
Iadding the words ''where the grat
: does not exceed 20 per cent, al
: stated that he thought the bill shou
provide for grades as it was necessar
H. he thought, for low power motor ca
1t. to open the cutouts on steep ascent
,st Mr. Blodgett of Newport explains
that the secretary of the automobi
club had appeared before the comm
tee and stated that it was questionah