Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-16
rp.r CONSOLIDATED ROAD.

1u0 uISb Ol Q Eo44Cb OA AootuASo DoAOAS l New Haven division, No. 1, Independent Order of Railway Conductors, and their friends, was delivered yesterday afternoon n the new hall of the Odd Fellows where the division now holds it's meetings. The lecture was delivered by Charles P. Clark, president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad.
 MT. Earl B. Kenyon, president of New | Haven division, No. 1, I. o. R. O., called | the meeting to order and announced the l opening ode which was sung by the mem- l bsrs of the division, the company standing. After the singing of the hymn, MT. Kenyon said: Brothers of the New Haven division and friends, take great pleasure in intro ducing to you the Hon. Charles P. Clark who will deliver the first lecture for 1S93"
 MT. Clark stepped up to the platform and said: I was going to begin by saying "fellow conductors noticed, however, the president of the Shore Line division was present. also noticed that the vice president of the Shore Line was present. do not know whether or not they would like to be addressed as ''fellow conduct ors" But excluding these two, will say to the company, fellow conductors and friends. We are on ths threshold of new year. To many of us this means great deal. During the past two weeks many of us have heard the expression from friends. "A happy New Year." Some of us look back with sorrow over the past year and regret the many unseized oppor- tunities which were presented to us dur ing the year. Already the days have be- gun to lengthen, and we must look for ward. have not looked back without a feeling of sorrow for the ones who have passed away, upon whose counsel and ad- vice I have so often leaned. What the new year holds for you you do not know, but I hope that all is for the best. Therefore, bid you happy new year. claim to have passed through many trials and trib- ulations. They have all taught me that pa tience is invaluable.
 seDger trains, are thrown into contact with the public probably more than the employees in any other branch of the serv- ice. You are the ones who should be and are possessed of great deal of patience. One of the first duties we owe to the com- paby is a regard for it's interest, which are delegated to us and we should cultivate patience, that we may better serve the | company. have thought that it would | bs best to speak of some things which are for us all. You will naturally seem | favored when I say that I ehall l bring you into confidential relation with l the management of the road and the upper floors of the Union depot in order that you in your turn may seem to be with ue when you have an opportunity, as you of ten have. The directors of the road who | for number of years have been authoriz ing the four-tracking of the entire length l of the division have about finished their plans. They have made provision for the funds with which to carry on this enter. prise by the issue of debenture certificates By these means they will be enabled tc procure $15, ,000,00 the first payment oi which will come in April and succeeding | pay ments every three months thereafter division, the four tracking at Woodlawn. Here MT. Clark spoke of the proposed method of running the train in and out O
 New York. During the course of this ex
 planation he said: "We shall be obliged
 to use different motive powe
 from he one now in use, at any rate il
 New York" He said that few changes
 would be at New Rochelle Junction, Ther
 will be several changes in the line 8
 Greenwich. These were the changing O.
 the grade-the cutting down of the hill
 and other things. These, he said, woul'
 make the greatest change.
 LII SPCoh1AH oA tAO SIooO C1cb5IuSb mI
 Clark said: "Not grade crossing will b
 permitted to remain, for as fast as we g
 along the roads will go under or over tn
 tracks. We shall either depress or rais
 the grade so that all the trains will eithe pass under or over the road"
 The laws of New York are very made , quate on this point. By them the railros
 has no power to depress or raise grades, g
 that the abolishing of grade crossings wa very difficult. By cooperation with th
 municipal authorities, however. the con r pany was able to bring the four tracks int Connecticut. In this state the compan
 ing the railroad to depress or raise th
 grade. Thus they could easily abolish th , grade crossings"
 MT. Clark passed over the section bt
 tween Stamford and South Norwalk, say ing that he would speak of that later.
 From South Norwalk the track had bee practically completed up to the boundar line of Bridgeport. Here the compan
 was experiencing some difficulty with th local authorities. Here the city father
 wished to have the plans of the compan mads known, when it was too soon F have them made public.
 They planned to make several switc tracks convenient for the factories. Tn
 fact that the plans were not ready for ex
 hibition was IT de the basis of an argu
 ment against giving the company wha
 they asked. The company, he said, wi probably seek the intervention of the leg
 islature in the matter.
 l The company propose to elevate all tn , tracks through Bridgeport and to raise tn depot. MT. Clark eaid that while it wa something of bother to be climbing uI
 stairs to depot,yet such depot would ei
 fectually do away with any such accident as were recorded yesterday, when one c Bridgeport's most respected citizens los his life.
 The company, MT. Clark said, was actu
 ated by no desire to hurt the Bridgepor people or the city, as many citizens of tha
 place are led to believe. Ths plan of th railroad was to directly benefit the manu
 lecturers and thus greatly aid the city
 The Bridgeport people had become pos
 sessed of a wrong idea when they sup
 posed that because the railroad compan
 did not make known their plans far in ad
 vance they intended to do injury to Bridge
 port.
 From Bridgeport, this way, the compan,
 will follow practically the old line unti
 they reach Indian river. Here there vii
 be @ deviation from the old course for tw.
 reasone; first. the company wish to chang
 the grade and they do not wish to inter
 rupt the travel on the road.
 Running trains on the same line ol
 which there is work, always is accom-
 panied with great danger. Crossing tn
 meadows the road will come in on a per
 manent road and not 8 wooden trestle a at present. There would probably be tw'
 bridges, one over the present course of tn
 West river and one over the proposed course.
 1 Between Stamford and Norwalk the lay out depends entirely on the question O land damages. Whether the line shall b. run straight from South Norwa.k to Stan ford or whether there snall be an improve ment on the olG line is a question which de pends entirely on the land damages. Mr Clark said that the conductors could say when anyone asked them about the mattel or saw any surveyors there that the layou of the road depe 1ded upon the action o land o. -ner., in that section.
 MT. Cial3 said that within the last yea a new branch had been added to the roaG and the business of the road had beer greatly enlarged. He said:
 "I tell you that you serve no mean con cern, whether it is educated by the tests oi Wall street or whether it is tested by thos. principles which your own conscience telli you are the principles of honesty, fairnes. and jnstness. I cannot go among you an6 call you by name. do not know all oi you personally" He welcomed the new members as brothers and hoped that they 1 would feel themselves as such.
 He spoke further of the Consolidated road and impressed upon the oonduotorl