Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-03

20 this side or the ConsouoaLe O, the ar ranRement would be acce eptahls to West Haven people. A very sxious okSec- ! ton was recrossing of SpTp street at grade, thus nearly ruining one the two av- enues of travel between Vest Eleven and New Haven. There were ten pr dozen highways which, according to tFle present plan, would be crossed at IErs de, to the great inconvenience and danger of the pub iic
 City Engineer Hill was re called in the afternoon to describe layout which he had marked out for the new road through New Haven He had made 8 iIacr ng on the map of his proposed route which carried the road considerably further west and crossing Gotfe street i1d WhalIey ave- nue. near Norton street, " B ich he said would give ample room for de pot facilities and avoid many of the deep uts and damage to private residences which would ensue if the present proposed layout was adopted, and also do away with cutting of so many sewer and water mains.
 In reply to MT. Baldwin on the cross-ex- \ animation, Engineer Hill said: I ran this | last hne from the city map this morning, and ] took levels at each street intersection. Have | made no profile. Took my measurements from the map. don't haow of any more suitable place for passeI Iger depot by my liue than that at Goffe street. The next best l place would be between Chapel and Martin ! streets. There is no other place except
 Whalley avenue for a depI't, and there Syou are in deep cut. | D. Goffe Phipps, manufacturer of water | pipes was called. He said he was familiar | with the water pipes throughout the city and
 the way they were laid. He thought the cutting of the water mains would be an in jury. A quarter bend or curve in, pipes re- duced the force 72 and at an angle. He I said there was no pressure to spare in the | water mains on Whalley avenue at present,
 except west of Orchard street. He thought
 the damage by the proposed layout would be | much greater than the benefits.
 ! To Mir. Baldwin-There have been com l pIaints to the Water company in regard to
 the insuficiency of wat CT in the western part | of the city by the fire department. can
 not tell when or to what particular points. Fl Henry F. Peck was called. He said he was ! manufacturer. He knew where the layout
 of the Hartford and Aarlam railroad was and | did not think it 8 suitable place It would
 greatly damage property He thought Ii
 laid out by the east bank of West river 1t
 would be as convenient as the present layout.
 Had heard no one speak in favor of the pres l ent layout.
 N D. Sperry WAS called. Jn reply to MT.
 Hamilton he said I reside on Orange street,
 corner of Bradley. Understand the present layout. Do not think it would be good ! one Might as well run it right up through
 Church street. It seems to me to be folly or
 midsummer madness to put road through
 this location have heard but one opinion
 in regard to this layout and that IS in epposi- Hon.
 To MT. Baldwin, was in Hartford last
 winter in the interest of the Olmstead Par ! allel. I took no interest in the Hartford and Harlem. heard of the layout last winter. I was in favor of the Olmstesd Parallel, and | also in favor of the Hartford and Harlem if
 it went through the city in proper place. l received no pay for work done for the Olm-
 stead Parallel
 William Hillhouse was called. He said he
 knew or had heard where the proposed lay | out of the Hartford and Harlem road was. Did not think the layout was proper one. | It was nuisance to anybody who lived near one as he had for the last twenty years. 1t ! would not be any better location than the one near the West river. Had heard no one ex- eept those directly interested in the road fa- vor the proposed layout
 II L. w. Beechsr, of WestviIle, was called. He said that he was manufacturer. Did not think the proposed layout was 8 suitable one . for manufacturers. Did not think there | would ever be any manufacturing on the plateau where 1t was proposed to lay out this 3 road. There is plenty of manufacturing in 8 Westville and room for plenty more. He f | thought that the layout by the bank of West . river would be the most feasible for the q | railroad and would better convenience the 8 | general public.
 y R. P. CowIes was called. Said he was oi 8 the firm of c. CowIes & O.. He said he un @ derstood substantially the present layout q and had heard no one spOak in favor of it. g He thought they might as we'll cut the Green r up into building lots and sell them. He
 thought the route along the bank of West J. river would bring cheap property into mar y ket in the vicinity of Westville for manufac tt turing purposes.
 r R. F. Lyon said he did not think the pro 't posed layout was suitable one and the ad e vantage to the road would be to go farther d west. He did not think they would get s pound more freight or any more passenger
 by this route than they would if they went l. farther vest
 r George D. Curtis, president of the City |" bank was called. He did not think the pro # posed layout suitable one. It would s depreeiate property and one wanted il @ there. He thought the public at present
 l were fully accommodated by existing rail d roads. He hoped that the railroad commis n sioners would see to it that the interests of t property owners were protected in this mat
 ter.
 F.S. Bradley was called and said that as he g understood it land in the vicinity of where s he lived (Chapel street) was worth from
 $175 to $20O per foot. He had understood @ that this company assessed it at $45 pel n foot.
 t The hour of adjournment being reached D (4:4O) the hearing was continued until this D ! morning at 10 o'clock,