Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-15
STREET RAILROAD PLANS.

Strong OppositiOn to the Further { Double Tracking of State Street, Also z of East Chapel Street-Nany Attor- ] neys and Interested Property OHvR-
 CTS Present-The sesston Unusually Lively.
 The meeting of the committee on rail- oads and bridges last evening was one of | he most important and largely attended ,ver held by that committee. The special business before the committee was the of the petitions of the vari- ous surface railroads of the city, most Of them growing out of the charter amend ments granted by the legislature.
 Among the sixty or more present were Attorneys G. D. Watrous and J. T. Moran and President Hoadley B. Ives and Direc- tor Hemingway representing the Fair Ha- ven and Westvills road, Attorney 5. liar rison Wagner, Town Counsel PArdee, James D. Dewell, W. J. Atwater, Lyman H. John son, Attorney A. MoC. Matthewson, ex- City Engineer Hill, City Engineer Kelly and number of the merchants doing bus mess on State street.
 The petition of the Fair Haven and Westvilis road was substantially as follows: | For permission to double track its existing | lines within the city limits as follows: Chapel, East and Bridge streets, from little easterly of State street to steamboat dock; State street, from little northerly of Chapel street to George street, and Wnaliey avenue, from near University place to the city limits; also for 8 double track on Water street, from State street to Bridge street, and in Chapel street and East Pearl
 street. from East street to Grand avenue.
 Attorney Watrous in explaining the pos
 ition of the company said substantially:
 The present condition of our road and sys-
 tenn is such, there being in several of the
 streets through which we run only single
 track, renders 1t impossible for us to ac-
 commodate the public better than we are
 doing. This is particularly the case ont i P7o Pr7oorT rThfapel hfa street. We obtained onzs3 3O !
 the committee on fffosds and Ssiaaas to
 double track, etc., but the committee tnougnt i' best not to anticipate any legniatiyG actlon. We were thus obliged to
 WI. WI. HUI 1 alter we mad obtained sn amend. 1 nent to our charter from the Iepislatnra
 we attempted previously to make bstiar :lme with the facilities we now have hnt here we were met with the charge that ws were abusing our horses. In inc net;t;o,s wnien we present to you tonight WE ask for no other rights than those conferrsd upon us by the legislature. There ware numerous hearlngs on the question in Hart. Ioro upon the various subjects, but there no opposition to our proposed extensions developed, while on the other hand every one seems to favor 1t.
 Attorney Watrous then ernlainoa .. length the plans of the road fn rafs,anos 70 the various streets, etc., through which tns company proposes to either Iay new tracks or double tracks. On all thesa streets no opposition had developed Mr W asrous also asked leave for 8 spur traok IT to be laid On Chapel street, opposite Woos- 'er square, on which six cars could be &C., { ,,ommodated, so that the traffic, from 'oeaaion n0of of through 6s..v be
 In reference to the State street or dono+
 ranch, the road, MT. Watrous said gs' 7, fred to be allowed to lay a donhio rsck from Chapel street to Georos tleet. LI Here he said there was consider Dle , opposition to the petition of the Fad
 ne merchants Of this section oppose this I taa.assy tney nave been in the habit of { heir stores snd loading and nnIooa;na h here at their own convenience Thi1 v noouotedly a convenience to the mer. nents, but by no means to the nnbI;o T. G ould seem that the public would he Jnnoh v stter accommodated by a double track
 ia ian they they could possibly be un- M 'i 'ne present single track sys- vi m; aa ln Boston there arc double ae acAs on streets noticeable much ! ce here we ask to double track if wha an 1s matter was first talked of and we made on ,pilcation to the legislature, a hear;ns
 as appointed, and at that hesrino if u,ss ar that these msrchants rvo,,id he pear and oppose it. As matter of f.ct Al 'ne of them did do so, and it won,d aea,,e m, as as though at this late day their on- pc o@ns to theA haAEs fsot hat sbat + t6sz
 cir opportunity at Hartford. (' re, Ex-Clty Engineer Hill, who had drawn mmittee. " 'n' vo Attorney Moran also spoke in favor If ab' road, confning his remarks principsllv the East Chapel street extension and the I err of State street. Mi InaiIm man Newton here announced that Oo petition would be taken up in sections ds! hrst oD]ector was D. G. Phipps, who eas ss on Chape! street near Olive, the oist mi nls oojsction being that the street from or se so Acaoemy street was too narrow ne double track. MT. Phipps also ren. wis ented Dr. Paul 0. SkiH and MT. Hotch. ! g.. .. E. Crittenden also opposed the pla ltion upon substantially the same has unds. bos It this point letter was read from ex. ter Yof Holcomb fsvoring the double track ot East Chapel street. sho ne next section considered was the of lble tracking of State street hatuanss thil 'pel ana George streets. The first ob Jul or was James D. Dewell, who strenn- WI ly opposed the proposed double tract- Wa ae claimed that although ignorance Tu1 ne law was no excuse, had he been cup re that there was to have been & meet. M1s In Hartford on the subject he would Alit amy nave been present. This road gue salo, now wants double track rnn st u ugh this narrow street. In New York fam ousiness men are protected, but here Gilt are perssouted and it seems to be get lily worse and worse. We merchants m near street are paying ten times as much C' m proportion to their earnings as dav railroad company. I protest, and if beer company continues in its efforts to 1sv Box 1ole track on the street I will show tered 'oad up and prove that it ia not in of ,ony with the business interest. of .ta agen
 'Do Si hers who also objected to the donh,a scho [in9 on State street between the points and 'o were: M. Zunder, c. s. Leete. j. P spen IT and George Hotchkiss Tha oh Litcl ons of all were subetantial1z +Lx Mi was entirely too narrow and wo,1S beine hned as business street. Miss ere was no opposition to any othar
 on ID tne petition, and the whole mat
 'as tabled for executive session Grou . PeNtlon ot the Winchester avan,o Ne, , Tulon Has next considered was suh ! CTS ially as follows: Moi .ay all e41enslon to It's present tracks Rev the corner of Chapel and Tan.r1s Mrs. I :, 'niooSu Cnapel street to Collepe The be 10 purpose or connecting its present Willia with the track of the New H Hsnan The es' maven horse Railroad company. next S " sA'onu 1ts tracks on Winchester | Mrs. @ from the present terminus to Lilac from " 0eo Ther
 at the erman shannahan of the Ninth ward avenue req Tn favor of the petition of the retnrn t, lester avenue road asking for per- NeIse n to extend the tracks of the road on E. L. lester avenue from the present term o1y te 4 co Lliao street. He said that he 1 house , entsd large number of propertv present g and residents in the ward aI1 l compe desired the extension of the tracks trac,in, i1 sent the facilities for 8 number of Charl in this section of the city reaching cry of lter are very limited He also said W. was sUS, ins e extension of the tracks would ac- Mrs. |dSte about 2(l0 fani1;aa Tn tba rn,,o | next VIC 1, of +ba ,,o.5 T S upPof Mr. al oe Sno "a.o' ne favored the ex- Brookly or tne road not only as far as Lilae | Washin put would like to seq 1t continued "a The d ,treet and nndarstood th. and Cen l..os anu unoelstoo0 mat there of paint oe ' no oD]ectlon on the part of the | be forge people to extending 1t to that Miss
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