Morning journal and courier., 1884-04-16
The Road to the Rock.

The Railroad ConamIssfoners Give a
| Hearing on the Proposed Layout for
| the Branch of the Consolidated Road
| TO Savin ROck-Sman Opposition
What superintendent Ward Says
The route which the Consolidated road has
proposed for its branch to Savin Rock seems
to have given pretty general satisfaction. At
a hearing before Railroad Commissioners
| Woodruff, Bacon and Hayward at the West
| Haven Town Hall yesterday morning, repre-
sentatives of the town of Orange, of the
| borough of West Haven, of the West Shore
Improvement company and of various prop
erty interests in West Haven and the shore
appeared in favor of the proposed layout
which has been printed before in these col
umns It runs from the West Haven depot,
| to West Haven center. to Railroad grove and
thence to Waverly grove. The grade CROSSE
ings were explained to be necessary because
cuts cannot be made on account OF going
below high water mark.
A petition containing 931 names of residents
and taxpayers of West Haven favoring the
layout of the road, was introduced. Rollin
W. Hine who circulated the petition, said
that all the signers thoroughly understood
the matter of grade crossings.
Wallsee W. Ward, of the West Haven
horse railroad company, appeared with 8
remonstrance by the New Haven and West
Haven horse railroad company against the
running of any steam railroad across the
road of ssid company at grade. Mr.. Ward
claimed the road EoEld delay his cars and
endarger life.
4 remonstrance signed by George W. Met=
calf, @. &. Thompson, E. A. Tuthil, Durrin
Shepard, E. B. Clarke, J. E. Kelsey, James
II. Reynolds, James Tolles, e. g. Kelsey, D.
S. Thompson. S. A. Hocklin and Daniel
CLARK was submitted. 1t objected to the lay
out on the ground that it crossed eighteen
highways at grade; that 1t was dangerous to
the public and inconvenient to the neighbor-
ing proprietors. Messrs Hotchkiss and
Metealf objected to the road running through
their property.
President Watrous stated that his road was
ready to build if the layout was accepted, and
that the road would not be built either above
or below grade.
The commissioners then went over the
layout. They will report in a week or
Vice President Reed said the road could
be built in SIXTY days, and probably would
be If the layout was accepted.
AN INTERVIEW WITH gUPT. ". ". WARR.
Mr.. Wallace w. Ward was interviewed
yesterday in reference to the meeting. He
said the horse railroad company opposed
simply the iaynpt which crossed their track
twice at grade, first at Ella street and again
objection to the new road provided it went
by the western layout No doubt
if built it would detraet from the travel by
the horse cars to come extent. No fabulous
prices would be paid by the railroad COM
pany for the land wanted; probably few would
reesiVe more than the land was actually
worth, as the railroad company would have
its remedy in case they and the land owners
could not agree on prices. OF course the
building Of the steam road would lessen the
receipts Of the horse railroad. The horse
railroad had been in operation about twenty
years and now FOR the Arst time
in its history its receipts were such ps to
warrant some idea of the stockholders get-
ting their first dividend, but with the new
steam road the dividend time must be in the
distant futEse. It YVES quite probable that
the building Of the road would enhance the
value of shore property and property in 9TH
er localities would be bene6cially affected by
the road. Then with steam road large ex-
cnrsion parties frona out Of town and even
ont Of tle State could visit SayIn Rock, have
nnRsber OF hours there, and get home d an
early hour. This woRid Iperease business at
the shore.