New Britain herald., 1919-04-30
SOLONS BOLT when
PARADE is STARTED
Members Of Senate and House
Leave Business to Greet Veterans

Hartford, April SOTO honor the
veterans Of the 1929 II. s. infantry
and the 101 Machine Gun Battalion.
the General Assembly took Il recess
. this noon. The members also took
: part in the exercises OF delivery by
the two commands Of their cOlorS TO
the state Governor tEolcomb receiv-
ing them for Judgment at this time
in the capitol.
Both branches were debating con-
troverSial measures when word came
that the parade had started. Not d
minute WAS lost by the members in
vacating Their seats and most of them
= took positions on the hill slope to wit
ness the returned fighters.
Trolley Bill Dropped
The senate left uncompleted a dis
cusson on the bill to create com
mission to study the trolley situation.
The house was debating a public
school state aid bill.
The commission bill was taken UP
by the senate yesterday just before
"a djournment. It's rejection then had
been forecast and ;n attack upon
the measure began today as soon as
Senator Adams of the railroads COM
mittec had asked the senators to look
upon it in q fair light. He SAID the
measure AIMED 10 create 81 way VI w
termining the real condition of the
trolley companies and to guide the
next session in remedial legislation.
Senator Hough SPOKE for the bill,
= saving that the special commission of
which he was q member did not have
time to learn everything about the
companies. A new commission could
do much in solving n problem which
will be much more serious two years
hence than it is now. Senator Leon
ard, in opposition, said that Senator
HOugh today admitted the commits
sion did not know as much about the
'trolleyS as it claimed to know yestcr-
day
Senator Bissell opposed that part
of the bill which provided for an APP
praisal of trolley property.
Senator Delaney believed the pub
lie utilities commission should do the
work of inquiry. Senator Bailey ask
ed as to the attitude of the public
utilities commission toward the task
'r0f investigating the situation. Sena-
tor Dillon said it was obvious that q
commission which issues orders and
enforces regulations upon the trolley i
companies cannot Investigates it's new
acts with any degree of satisfaction.
He offered an amendment striking
out of the bill provisions for an ap-
pralsal of property and EN- ployment
of clerical and expert assistance to
the commission.
Answers Klett'S Query.
TO Senator <lett's question Senator
Dillon said he believed it only fair |
that if three mon worked from now |
until 1921 on the trolley problem
they were entitled to compensation.
Senator HemenWay opposed the
amendment and the bill on the gen
eral ground of unnecessary expense.
Debate was suspended at this point.
The house indefinitely postponed
the resolution proposing an equal
suffrage amendment to the constitu-
ton on the ground of discovery that
its phraSing was defective. a new
resolution will be started. Both troll
'-Iey bills rejected by the senate yester-
day were rejected in concurrence.
These would have relieved trolley
companies of paving and highway
bridge costs.
The senate. receded and rejected In
concurrence the bill to allow electric
transmission companies to appeal to
the public utilities commission to OBJ
tain condemnation of the balance of
right Of way of which So per cent. is
already held.
Return Boxing Bill.
The senate agreed to return the
boxing commission bill to the judi
Ctary committee on recommendation
Of the appropriations committee.
The general validating act which is
usually one of the last measures re-
ported in the Judiciary committee to
- correct errors of various kinds which !
have crept into laws through printers
or copyists' errors was reported to the
senate.
Among appropriations recommend
ed were these: i"
$4,000 for the General Hospital
society of Conn ecticut to reimburse it
for extraordinary expenses incurred
in care of patients during the infiuen-
ia outbreak; $4,000 for land and
buildings and equipment for the Boys
School; $3.50, 600 for buildings of the
Mansfield Training School and hospi-
tai and 100000 for. trunk line
highways and state aid roads.
The salaries of Fairfield county
commissioners were raised from ST.
500 TO $4,000. Of those in New London
county to $4,000 and New Haven to
$500 by adoption of resolutions.
The house adopted the bill estab-
fishing a department of Amerlcanlza-
ton under the board of educatIon