Connecticut western news., 1890-08-27
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 27, 1890.
RAILWAY DLSCONNECTTONS.

The editor is frequently requested to ssgo for' the managers of the Housatonic road and the 0. N. B. & w. road and scalp them because some of their trains do not connect at Canaan, notwithstand- ing the time tables announce close con nection. We'll, how those officials would look and feel while walking around dur ing fly time, after being scalped. Guess we will wait awhile and see if moral suasion won't accomplish the desired result without scalping. If the scores of people who are inconvenienced, yea lm- posed upon, by the disconnections at Canaan would have an interview with the railroad magnates and state their grievances. no doubt much inconven- fence to the travelling public will bo prevented in future and the treasuries of both roads also enriched thereby.
 One terribly exasperating discon- nection occurred here last Saturday evening. The Housatonic limited express from New York, having on, board number of passengers for Norfolk and Winsted was prevented from hauling up to the depot platform because the east bound passenger train on the 0. N. B. < w. was switching across the junc- tion. When this last mentioned train finished switching they pulled out of the station without giving the passengers in the Housatonic train chance to get aboard the O. N. B. & w. train. Among those who ''got left" was Editor Smith of the Newtown Bee. He got aboard the Housatonic train at South Norwalk and wanted to go to Winsted. His family are visiting at Winchester Centre and they drove to Winsted to meet him but they waited in vain for his appear ance. The conductor of the Housatonic train telegraphed from New Milford to the conductor of the O. N. B. &. w. train at Canaan and notified him to wait for number of passengers who wished to transfer at Canaan and go east, never theless the O. N. B. & w. train did not wait moment; on the contrary it was switching across the junction at Canaan thus preventing the Housatonic train from coming to the station and trans ferring it's passengers until after the 0. N. E. & w. train had ssslid out". Editor Smith was bound to take the next train east, which was the sleeper, due at Canaan at 2 Az. 8. m. but 1t was late, as usual, and did not arrive here until about o'clock Sunday morning. The waiting room at the depot was closed, and MT Smith had to sit up all night in the telegraph office or sleep on the depot platform. He chose the former as it was . chilly night and the platform would be cold bed. He had to walk about five miles to reach his destination after arriving at Winsted, whereas had the o. NE. & W. train waited moment at Canaan the previous evening, MT Smith could have rode from Winsted to Win chester Centre that evening.
 Such vexatious delays at Canaan are al- together too frequent Perhaps this is what railroads are chartered for, to distress and impose on @ confding public. Years ago we gained the impress ion that railroads were chartered as con- mon carriers and to accommodate the public. In such cases as the one that occurred Saturday evening, the managers of the roads may not be directly or entirely to blame, but principals are re- sponsible for the acts of their agents, and the travelling public should not be compelled to suffer for any ill will or lack of accommodation that may possi- bly exist between the trainmen on intersecting roads. .E'>