The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-15
Chairman Rattlesdorfer explained to
the indignant speaker that he merely
inquired for purpose of record

| inquired for purpose Of record.
Professor Fisher, continuing, said:
THE proposed encroachment on the
park is less astonishing than 1t would
be had these attempts not been made
upon parks in other cities. 1t has been
the custom of intelligent classes, and
do not mean educated classes, to rise
up and put under foot any such en-
croachment. Repeated attempts have
been made on Boston Commons, but
not an inch has been yielded up. Gap
plause.)
Much has been said about the peo-
pie of New Haven. I believe that they
anything of this kind.
MAKE the cars run more often-trav-
cling more easy.
ANY structure of the kind contem-
plated would be an architectural de-
formity the citizens would be ashamed
of. The green is beautiful. 1 would
| not surrender one inch, but I would
prevent, if it could be done, the con-
gestion of travel at this place, or any
other encroachment on the lungs of
New Haven"
c. III. Fowler said: "This is a piece
of that sort of legislation which allows
corporations to confiscate everything to
themselves.
THE legislature had no moral right
to allow the cars to so stop. The city
should be allowed to govern the rail-
ways. They have not been satisfied
with taking these three blocks, but they
want the green.
atrTbo Nam Vorly and Neur IJauap OUpc
the state, and the street railroads own
the common council, it is said. They
have got your streets, and you will pay
for them.
"The remedy lies in keeping the cars
moving"
Judge York said no piece OF land in
this country is held with more venera-
ton than Boston Commons, and this is
true because the people allow no en-
croachments.
The people of this city hold the green
in as much veneration, or should do so.
The speaker recalled a conversation
that he had with the late John S. Beach,
who had thought very strongly of re-
straining the Trinity church, in which
he was vestryman, from adding any,
thing. to the building.
The city of New Haven has no right
to appropriate one inch Of the green
for any such purpose as contemplated.
More cars and the right to run the State
street cars over Church street lines
would relieve the congestion complain
ed of.
Rev. DR. Newman Smyth said that
the exact point about which the COM
mon council should have any confer
ence is not to find out how much more
to give up to the railroads, but to COM
pei them to relieve the difficulty.
| DR.. Beckwith followed DR.. Snyth and
spoke of the evils that would attend
| the keeping of a waiting room. He
was most emphatically opposed to the
contemplated structure.
Attorney Isaac Wolfe said that there
were complaints that the cars did not
run often enough Build the waiting
| room and the time would soon come
when they would not run as often as
| they do now There Is nothing in any
street railway company's charter that
gives them the right to stop at the cor
ner of Church and Chapel streets, ex-
cept to put off and take on passengers.
We will get better car service if we do
not build the waiting room. There
was just as much right given the rail-
way company to have car barns there
as q. station.
Clarence Deming supplemented the
remarks of Mr.. Wolfe, adding also that
there should be a belt line system es-
| tablshed and that all cars should use
the same tracks.
The Rev Edwin Harwood spoke
against the building of the waiting
room
President Macdonald availed himself
| of the opportunity to answer the argu-
ments made opposing the room. He
reminded his opponents that for the
| first time he had found them opposing
| the railways; that he had fought the
street railway companies, both in and
| out of the court of common council.
The poor men of the city were the
ones who wanted this waiting room.
No one had disputed the necessity OF
! the waiting room.
The speaker had gone to Hartford to
oppose the street railways, but he had
never seen any of his opponents This
| remark was greeted by:
"You will find us with you now when
| ever you take that stand--a stand
| which we have always known you to
| take"
This closed the hearing for the night.
| The next meeting is subject to the call
of the chair.