Connecticut western news., 1872-10-04


 electors of the district to say whether, by accepting the generous offer.of aid tender ed by the legislature, we shall do our busi- ness at home, among ourselves, or whether we shall be subjected to the interminable delays and intolerable expense now attend- ing the administration of justice in our part of the county. SRNRx.
 Here is another who seems quite inter- ested on the court question. Let's hear what he has to say.
 MR EDITOR: The people of the towns of Barkhamsted, Bridgeport, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Kent, New Milford, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Washington and Winchester, making @ ju- dicial district of fourteen towns, are re. joicing in the prospect of soon being able to try at Falls Village, Winsted and New Milford all their cases both civil and equit- able wherein the amount claimed is not over $500 nor less than $5o.; also appeals from justice courts, and under this arrange msnt the parties and their witnesses can attend court with but little trouble and ex- pense, as three fourths of all the people in these fourteen towns are within an hours reach of the places designated for holding said court, AS the towns around Falls Village try their cases there. the towns around New Milford try their cases at that place, and the towns around Winsted try their leases ct Winsted, so that the people can easily get to these places in the morn ing before the opening of tue court, and return home in the evening after the court is adjourned for the day, which Is very desirable. Heretofore the people ln all these towns have been obliged to go to Litchfeld to try their cases, which have been very trying and expensive on account of the remoteness of that place and the difficulty, expense and loss of time in reach ing it by railroad or other conv eyance, for to reach Litchfeld by way of the Housa- tonic and Shepaug railroads you have to leave Falls Village in the morning and
 aawive in Litchfeld about 9 o'clock at night,
 and on the other hand if you go by the
 way of the Housatonic, Connecticut West
 ern and Naugatuck railroads, as they now
 run, you cannot reach Litchaeld the same
 day, besides you would have to 20 in
 stage four miles over Litchheld hills, and if you do not elect to go by either of these
 two routes then you have to hire team al no little expense, as parties who hire vel know, (unless you have team of youl own) and travel over the bad and hilly roads in order to get there, and these roads , arc impossible sometimes in the winter or : account of the snow, drifts and ice. and il the Spring and Fall of the year such road are often muddy and bad, and besides thu , weather is often severely cold or storm. . during at least three of the terms of thu Superior Court, to wit, the January, Apri , and November terms, and the remainini
 September term is the only pleasant one 0
 the year for people to drive to Litchfeld It IS most unfortunate for this section o , the county to have Ltchfeld for the cour a ty seat, to try all their cases, as LitchAel t is situated on a range of hills runnin through .the county from north to south a and no railroad climbs those hills exceI f the Shepaug, which runs down into Fair t field county and is comparatively of n k benefit to most of the towns in which th
 district court is to be established, and wit '- nesses who are aged, sick or infirm, and a
 those who cannot we'll be away from hon
 at night are unwilling to be subpened
 attend court at Litchfeld.
 IThe writer of the above was not awal
 that another had taken SO much of o, /. space on this same question, or he probabl ', would not have been quite as lengthy
 his article, three fourths of which we sha /. feel compelled to Hay on the table. ."-E' . Nesos.