New Britain herald., 1925-03-25
HIGHWAY
 FIGHT IS LOST
Assembly Against Road From
 ManSheld--O Other Activities

State Capitol, Hartford, March ?5,--Representative A. B. Lincoln Of Ashford who has been contesting in the house an unfavorable report from the committee on roads. bridges and rivers on construction Of a state highway from Mansfield to Ashford at cost of $100,000 lost his fight today when the bill was res jected after a long and vigorous de- bate. The Ashford road bill was one of two score for inclusion in the Trunk line system of town roads which has been rejected as the state highway department has three hun dred miles of road yet 10 build which previous sessions had au- thorized.
 MT. Lincoln claimed that there is no decent road into his town, and no motor outlet. He had tried by personal persuasion to get hts fel- low members 10 help him put over this road bill. The members ex- pressed sympathy in debate but no one gave his bill vote. MT Bell of Salisbury told Mir. Lincoln to the amusement of the house that If sym. pathy counted they would give Lin coin a million dollars worth of roads but 1t wae impractible for this house to give him road relief.
 Mir. Lincoln had displayed map Of the road. The other day he staved off a vote by saying that he possi- bly, could get construction costs revised. Today his bill called for s5O,oo0. Mir. Hill of Shelton said that If the three and half miles of road could be built for $50,00o, his town which had been building roads had been stuck"
 Mir. Lincoln tried 10 have a vote delayed until April 8 but lost on this motion,
 The bill went Into tho discard anf the record of this session that no committee report had been over turned was mentioned.
 In the Senate
 In the senate today Senator Ford offered a resolution to the effect that 1 tho senate proceed 10 choose presi- dent pro tenn. He said that the senate now is presided over by a full fedged" lieutenant governor, and under a ruling of the attorney general the senate should be pre- pared, for eventualities. He also 1 pointed out that the 18th senatorial district has no senatorial vote in the caucus.
 He also pointed out that the com mittee on executive nominations of which Mfr. Brainard as a senator was chairman, now consists of only two members republican, Walcott, and q democrat. LawIer.
 Senator Wilder inquired if the constitution required an election of president pro tenn. and Senator Ford said the rules required a senator pro tenn. to appoint committees.
 The resolution was tabled on mo- ton of Senator Shaw.
 The bill to restore electors rights to David Goodman of Hartford, un' favorably reported and sent back te the committee by the house yester- day was tabled by the senate.
 Both branches adopted the resolu- tion making Harvey NJ. Kent rep resentative from Norwalk commits sloner for Fairfield county and the resolution was sent direct to the office of the secretary of state. Mir Kent will take the place of II. P i Crawford Of Greenwich.
 A favorable report was on the bill to protect owners of electric stor- age batteries, providing a penalty for erasure of word "rental' or similar word from rented storage batteries without consent of the own CTS.
 Other favorable reports were or Fills to incorporate the Patent h. surance Co. of Hartford. This probably will be the first insurance company to take over patent risks in this country if not in the world.
 Another report would allow the Northwest school district of Hart. ford to issue s4O0,OOO in bonds. The senate adopted these senate bills, tt create a commission to inquire into the prospect of world war me morial and 10 report in 1927.
 Authorizing Waterbury to issu' water bonds.
 Defining the word trustee" in in struments effectipg titles to real es tate.