Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-04-19
Mr.. cLARK's ADDRESS.

Mr. CLARK 8 ADDRESS.
On the Goth of January in the last year
the managers of the principal lines be.
tween Boston and New York were aesem.
bled in the Kneeland street station in Bos
ton and engaged for hours In q discussion
of the situation in regard to their traffic
At the adjournment Mr.. Kendrick sought
Mr.. Tuttle for . private conversation
(And right here I want to cay that We in
vited Mr.. futile to come here and NEE
you to-day, and he exceedingly regrets tina
an engagement in the state Of Maine pre-
vents ~ Mr.. Kendriok told Mr.. Tuttl,
that the prime mover in the scandalou
proceedings in connection with the leas,
of the Connecticut River railroad had III
ready commenced to plot against the peac'
of both properties. He reminded Mr.
futile that the owners of both were sub
stantially the same In character; that eael
company in its own way was trying t.
serve the public honestly and reasonably
and that in his opinion, II the virus which
had already been prepared should be in
jected and run its course, the interests O
the owners of both properties would b,
that they should be united at once; that to
eether they were impregnable, invinoible
that by a closer union each would supple
ment the other; that waste would be stop
ped, and that both the owDera and the pub
lie would be materially benefited by tn.
result.
1t was not cry to come over
and help us, but rather q gentle wooine
and cooing-an invitation to q wedding
Mr.. Tuttle promptly stated the facts to me
and as promptly they were repeated to oul
directors. The result was an appointment
for a conference, which was held on tn,
third of February at the Hotel Vendome
in Boston. On that day the representa-
tives of the Old Colony railroad and of tn,
New Haven road discussed the matter, an6
agreed with each other that the suggestion
was for the benefit of both, and examined
the situation with only a single purpose
and that was to make the terms of tn.
union equitable to both. Before nigh
these had been agresd upon, and that wal
the betrothal. We are here today as tht
consolidated system by reason of those two
interviews, for We are married, and this Il
the wedding breakfast.
It has not been by the subordination OF
$50 miles to $40 miles, nor of $40 miles t.
$50 miles. It is the consolidation of two
important properties in southern New Eug
land by a contract, the provisions of which
We are to ad minister together for the com
mon good. In this spirit you are welcome
and in this spirit We hope to make our.
selves welcome to you.
The resultis Q corporation operating ], 500
miles of the best railroad property in tht
country. A concern whose passenger loco
motives run 80, 600 miles every day. A con
Germ upon whose payrolls are &c, 600 names
A concern responsible for the collection
and administration of more than $40. 900,
600 gross earnings in year. To succeed,
such concern must be thoroughly
organized; 1t must have not only the
best of men, the best of tools
the best of facilities, but also the most har.
monious and cordial relations between
those employed by 1t, scattered as they ar
from ProvincetoWn to New York Large
~ IL IL, and because it il large, it ID
charged by the public with responsibility
with which the eighty precedent and ante
cedent corporations-which from time tc
time have become part of our great fam.
ily-were not charged. If an accident &C.
ours at Chemsford, or Carlisle, or Leomin.
ster, or at Pratt's junction, or Whitman,
or Bridgewatsr, ct Turner'S Falls or North.
ampton, at Winsted or West Stockbridge,
at New Haven or at Bridgeport, the head.
lines arc "Another Accident on the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.'
And so standing 1t behooves m all to see
that We appear as seldom a. possible under
these headlines.
For nearly twenty-five years, in one ca.
pscity or another, have been associated
with the railroad profession and have
learned-which not everyone has yet
learned-that no one of Us can do It all.
Never have I experienced any want Of
support, or assistance on the part of INV