The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-18
FAVOR ELECTRIC ROADS.
MANY RESIDENTS or TOWNSEND
 AVENUE BEFORE BBLEOTMEN.

 Reasons Advanced Why Tracks Should be
 Laid on the Acknowledgements For and
 Against the Petltion-Action Deferred by
 selectmen Until Tonight.
 Another meeting of the selectmen was held last evening for the purpose of hearing the petitions of the New Ha- ven Street railroad for permission to lay it's tracks on Townsend avenue in the annex. The railroad company was represented by Attorneys s. Harrison Wagner and Webb, President Corey and General Manager c. A. W. Dodge, the remonstrants to the petition by Judge Judge Hotchkiss and Attorney Herbert E. Benton and the town by all the selectmen and Town Counsel Good 1 hart
 At the former meeting of the select men the remonstrants to the petition were afforded an opportunity to put in their case and last night was re- served for those residents of the an- nex who are in favor of the tracking of Townsend avenue to express their views on the subject, The first witness called
 
 q am heartily in favor of the peti- tion and believe that the tracking of Townsend avenue is a public necessity. My purpose In making these remarks is not to enhance the value of my property in my generation, but l am talking for posterity. My property will go to my descendants and I sincerely hope they may enjoy the convenience of the electric cars along Townsend avenue"
 F. w. Chatterton favored the grant ing of the petition, as did also William A. Woodward The latter said that he owned 1,5O0 feet on the avenue and that his father and grandfather lived and owned property on the avenue He said that there were only four of the residents of the avenue opposed to the petition and that all the other re- monstrants came from places not on the avenue. He then advanced as reas- ons why the petition should be granted, accommodation to the public and the enhancement of the value of real es- tate.
 Lucas F. Thompson said that he was present to favor the petition in order to keep peace in his family. Gaugh- ter.) well" he said, you may all laugh, but let me prove my statement. We live a quarter of mile from Wood ward avenue. In the summer my wife and children have to plod through a swamp to reach an electric car. In the winter we wade through snow knee deep. So my family now protests and sent me here to favor the petition for an electric railroad through Townsend avenue.
 Byron A, Tucker, another resident and property owner, argued in favor of the petition. He said: "The road Is a public necessity. Many persons have heard of Fort Wooster Park but few have been able to get there. With an electric road on Townsend avenue the public could be conveyed to the park the summit of which is only twenty feet lower than the top of East rock"
 Others who were present and favored | the granting of the petition were c. E. | Woodruff, Michael Griffin, Thomas Hines Harry Riley, Ellsworth Burrell, | Michael Moran, Frank Woodward, Asa | Thompson, Ralph Wright, George Gran miss and William Thorp. Arguments were then made by Attor- | ney Benton and Judge Hotcl1lSiss for | the remonstrants and by Attorneys S. | Harrison Wagner and Webb for the | petitioners, after which the selectmen | adjourned until this evening, when | they will again meet and decide wheth- CT or not to instruct the town counsel | to oppose the petition before the gene ral assembly.