Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02
SITE FOR RAILROAD OFFICES

1n Columbus Avenue-The N. Y.. N. RI. X HI. R. R. Co. Buys Land In Willlmantic Poetic Halo Cast About Managers - Nothing New In New England Affairs.
 The current mysterious statements ap- bearing from time to time in the news | papers in reference to the relations be- l tween the Now England and Consolidated have made every movement on the part of either road seem significant. A dispatch from Willimantic yesterday reads:
 The recent operations of the Consolidated Railroad company lead people to believe with good reason that there Is something more to be divulged in the future respect ing their plans about which there is so much speculation. Since purchasing the strip of land from the Windham Manufac- turing company which will enable them to extend their tracks to within few hundred yards of the present passenger station they have been surveying the land along the New York and New England tracks to the depot. The company's depot privileges have cost them $8 ,O00 from the New England per year, and it is rumored that the com pany will not only erect spacious freight depot, but also passenger station which would make the railroad facilities much less inconvenient than they are at present. and also lessen the chances for union passenger depot, which is so greatly need ed in this city. Time will reveal what is to be done, and in the meantime every ef- fort possible will be used to bear upon the movement of union depot.
 Manager Futile was seen by COURIER reporter last night, and after reading the above said: The Air Line division has used the tracks of the New England road for 8 mile and half above Willimantic | and their stations in that city. A year and half ago we bought land ad- | joining the tracks of the New England road down ss far as Bridge street. We bought then as much land as we could get. Now we have been able to secure some more land, so that instead of having our functional station a mile and a half away. out in the country, l we can have it now down near the Union depot We have found some inconvenience in using the Union depot and the track of the New England road, as we have wanted to start trains often when they did. We are not intending to build @ freight or passenger depot there now.
 l MANAGERS THOUGHT TO BE CRAFTY scHEM-
 FRS.
 | 4uo tOn0 OA tno u1SpatSA HI 4u0osAOAl from Willimantic represents the common feeling that the affairs of railroads are conducted in secretive manner and that good deal more might be said if it could only be found out. Railroad managers have all they can do to attend to their owr property.
 They are usually conceived as sohemine for the possession of other roads. This is however, altogether 8 romantic atmosphere that is cast about their prosy life, with thu endless amount of details that must b, seen to. Ninety-nine hundredths of thu news about the doings of railroad man agers in the Boston and New York paper
 is fictitious. With all that has appeared
 in the papers about the New England road
 nothing has happened in the last hal
 dozen years except the change of manager which takes place about every year.
 SITE FOR THE OFFICES.
 When asked if any site had been decides
 upon for the building in this city, whicl is to contain the offices of the company he said:
 } We own vacant lot between Columbu 8 l avenue and Portsea street, with Unio
 street bounding it on the third side. W
 will erect the building on the farther en' of this lot next to the lumber yard ther , and farthest from the Union depot. w l have our men now at work on the plan
 for the building as your paper has alread , stated.