Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-11-19
GIvls~ LEAVE 70 WITHDRAW.

The CeEsz 3smlrssS OF Railroads and
Bridge aekssse 10 Grant Permission
to the @aae alreet and whitney Ave-
nue. Roads 70 Electrically Equip
Their Mines.
For over three hours lasf evening the
committee on railroads and bridges wrestled
with the petitions OF the State street and
Whitney Avenue Horse Railroad companies
for permission to electrically equip the re-
spective roads. The session was an un-
usually lively one, and at times the discus
sion was of such an animated nature that
the voices of the debaters were plainly dis
cernable beyond the closed doors of the
star chamber.
Finally the committee decided to report
to the court of common council without
recommendation for them to discuss and
decide the question as to whether any sys-
tenn of taxation of the street railroads of
the city Is desirable. This vote was taken
in consequence of the communication of
Fl. F. Blake asking that the petitions of
the roads be granted upon the condition
that they pay per cent. of their earnings
into the city treasury.
In reference to the petitions of the Whit
ney avenue and State street roads the COM
laittee. In view of the fact that the railroad
| companies themselves preferred not to have
the permission to electrically equip their
lines If said permission was coupled with
| the proviso that the roads run their cars to
the depot the petitioners were given leave
| to withdraw by the majority of the COM
mittee. Alderman CHAMPION NAV present
a minority report. e
The result Of the meeting will no doubt
be received with considerable surprise
throughout the city, and especially by the
residents of the Eighth ward nearby where
the sentiment appears to be strongly in
favor of electric roads. The general i'm.
preston last evening was to the effect
that the petition of the road would ulti
mately be granted, and that the only effect
| arily retard the progress of the road. Il
was considered questionable whether the
city had power to direct that cars of one
| company run over the line of another
| company.
The reason why the roads involved DE-
not want to run their cars to the depo
was stated by s. Harrison Wagner, who
is closely connected with the company
He said that at the present time the trave
| TO the uepOG from along lie lines did no
warrant the expense which it would neees
sarily entail, and secondly it would hav,
the effect of effectually blocking Church
street with horse cars, and the results OBJ
tanned would not prove more accommodate
ing than they we're at the present time. H
said that the merchants along Church ant
Meadow streets did not want any such con
dition of things, and they had also signe,
petition very literally and almost to
man to prevent any such restriction.
There are to-day, he said, 800 cars ru,
through the two streets each day, and II
order to make the roads in question com
ply with any such restriction it would b
necessary to add at least $50 car trips NOR
day. making in all fully 200 cars whicl
would pass through Church street in tn
course of twenty-four hours. This wa
said to include all the cars both on tn
outward and inward trips.
"The State street and Whitney avenu
lines, according to the reports of tn
month of September, carried on an averag
about $50 people day who desired to e
the depot. Now this means that on
person in about every two cars run wanted
to go to the depot, or half person to
car each trip.
The petition of the Fair Haven an,
| Westville road was not acted upon, bn
but will be considered at the next nesting