New Britain herald., 1927-03-08
New Britain Senator Calls Attention to Fact That Present Source of Money Has Not Been Determined.
Measure Laid Aside for Present F N~nne Way of Obtai,4:4.,. "'oo |, Be Repoi.- ]e'S ,,"'t 't Week or Two.
ARMISTICE. DAY
 HOLIDAY APPROVED

State Capitol, Hartford, March s P)-The dirt road" bill carrying an appropriation Of S2,000,000 which last week, went through the house so fast that it had to retrace it's steps the next day" was tabled by the senate today.
 The house last Wednesday adopted the bill as a substitute for one which would have appropriated s1.- Ol4, 900 for repairs to dirt roads. The adoption came at the end of two hours debate on an unfavorable report on H. E. 43 brought in by the roads, bridges and rivers com mittec. The next day the house rcconsidcred the entire matter and 1 the S2,o00.000 appropriation bill hich had been adopted was re- ferrcd 10 the appropriations com | mittce, and the three dirt road bills i which had been unfavorably report ed the previous day were rejected The senate got the favorably re- ported bill today.
 Senator I<enealy moved that the senate concur with the house ir referring the bill to the appropria tions committee.
 Hall Makes Suggestion ! Senator Edward F. Hall of NoH 1 britain. chairman of the appropria' lions committee suggested that the 1 better procedure until some provi- 1 sion made to take care of the s2.- | 0oo,oo0 appropriation would be tc | table the bill. He said that tho estimated receipts of the state board 1 of finance for the next two years | would amount to s34 ,oO9,000 and that the maintenance budget called for S33, 800 900 leaving around s500,- ! 900 available for other purposes. 1 The matter of state aid road ap- propriations had been considered by members of his committee individu- ] ally he said, and he expected some plan would be formulated to when the committee finds out what the budget will be.
 ] If his bill is referred 10 the ap- I propriation committee he said, "] would feel that we would be moral ! ly bound to bring it out as it is i with no provision for furnishing the money If we did we would have | S50o,o00 for that purpose. l would 1 much prefer to have the bill tabled until such time as We can formu. late plans to take care of the ap- propriation and then bring it out l I believe that this is the wisesr course at the present, but I want to give the senate q chance to de bate on it before acting"
 Senator Shaw Agrees
 There is a great deal of force ir what Senator Hall has said" Sena. tor Shaw, senate leader said. adding ! he was not prepared to vote on il as matters stood. He briefly re- viewed the fight in the house on the , bill renlarking that he did not SC, how the S2,000, 900 was arrived at , The bill came from nowhere, all oi q sudden and not from the road. committee, he said.
 He expressed his belief that tho appropriation committee was tho hardest working committee of the general assembly. Referring tc rumors of a S73 100000 road bono issue. he said he did not know whether such q question was te l come before this assembly.
 i Senator pierson declared that tho senate should concur with the house as sending the bill 10 the appropria ton committee was vote of con. fidcnce in the committee.
 1 Senator kcncaly said that the sit nation on roads in the state wa' acute and that money 10 take car' of them must como from some where. He thought the proper thini to do was concur with the house and send the bill to the appropriat ion committee, let them consider i 1 and handle it as they saw fit. i Senators Keeney. Pierson ant Buckingham wanted information or the way the house had handled tn bill. there being some question or just which bill had been reported il favorably.
 Mrs. Merritt Also Agrees
 Mrs Merritt said she believed every one was in sympathy with tho need for state aid roads, but she be lieved the request of the appropria' ton committee was a fair one.
 Senator Walcott, chairman of tho finance committee told the senatf there might be something reported within week or ten days whicf would provide money for this appro priation and believed it should bt tabled for the present.
 Senator Wheeler of StratforC favored the same action.
 Senator Shaw said that the mat ter had not received any corsidera ton of the roads committees.
 This is something coming out o clear sky" he said. Tt wen
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