Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-04
tSOnrnal auO Goarier.
SINGLE COPIES TaREE GENTS.
Wednesday, April z, 1888.

THE HARTFORD AND HARLEM. The ssparalleln railroad scheme of last year known as the Reddeld Jewell scheme
 came to rather ignominious end because it
 was discovered by the members of the Legis-
 lature that it was speculative scheme, and
 that the interests of the people of Connecti-
 cut were not likely to be served by it's suc-
 cess. The Legislature did it's plain duty in
 deny ying the petition of it's promoters. The
 principal 'sparaIleY scheme of this year
 the Hartford and Harlem-though it has
 been better managed and guarded, evidently
 needs the same close. examination that was
 given to last years scheme.
 It was supposed that the general railroad
 law had been so amended that 8 genuine
 railroad could be built in this State without
 requiring extra privileges from the Legisla-
 ture The Hartford and Harlem scheme was
 first put forth with the declaration that it
 was to be carried out under the general rail-
 road law and that special charter would not
 be asked for. To be sure some of the names
 set down as subscribers to stock did not help
 to give an air of genuineness and solidity to
 the scheme but it looked well compared
 with the scheme which was exploded so
 thoroughly last year. Instead, however, of
 proceeding under the general railroad law the'promoters proceeded to ask the Legis- lature for special privileges, includ- ing special charter which would allow them to change the proposed line of the road so as to touch the centre of New Britain. When this special charter was asked for the counsel for anoth- CT s'parallel" scheme called the Olmstead arose and claimed that the object of the Hartford and Harlem people was not to get the Hartford and Harlem road into the busi ness centre of New Britain, for they did not need special charter to enable them to do that. It is believed that the Pennsylvania and the New York and New Eng land roads are interested in the Hartford and Harlem scheme and that they are ready to buy all the privileges that can be obtained from the Legislature by those who are now asking for them.
 The Hartford and Harlem managers might have learned something from the proceed ings concerning the ''paraller' last year. and perhaps have thus avoided the distrust they nave St1rrSQ A5 tuS AAH10S well says, .'If Messrs Franeklyn and Brown, and few others, desire to procure this char ter solely for their own use then they should come forward with guarantee of subscr1p- ton sufficient, at least, to build one-half of the entire road. They should satisfy the Legislature that there is 8 need of and de- mand for this new road; and they should state who the parties are with whom they propose to consolidate show that they are living parties, with an established road. It seems that if the Legislature should require as much as this, it would not be unreas- onable.o 1hen,-too. the appearance of such as that given by Mayor Lewis might proftably have been avoided. It will be remembered that our worthy and well disposed Mayor, who is one of the original subscribers to the stock of the Hartford and Harlem, admitted that for the stock taken in Connecticut nothing had been paid in and that so far as he knew no money had been turned over to the company by anybody.
 Even if the Hartford and Harlem scheme were all it claims to be the people of New Haven would not have great reason to ad- mire it, for it proposes to run it's road into ,his city in such a way as to seriously injure for building purposes one of the best parts of the city. But unless it can make a better showing than it has made there is not much danger that it will do any damage.