The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-29
WHO WILL BUILD THE ROAD
THREE COMPANIES ANXIOUS TO AC-
 COMMODaTE MILFORD PEOPLE.

Judge Harrison Looks Out for the Paral-
 lels-Paige's Intirnation of Paper Cor
 porations Resented - Bridgeport Trac-
 ton Directors Refuse to Testify-Com-
 mittee Takes Vote.
 Should the citizens who live along the line of the proposed route of an electric street railway connecting Mill ford Center and Naugatuck Junction with Walnut Grove Beach and Mead oW's End popular west shore sum Iner resorts and with the settlement of Woodmont gain any advantage from the airing that the rival companies seeking charters are giving each oth- CTS methods, the hearins before the railroad committee yesterday after noon will have served a two-fold pur- pose
 Three companies are seeking the franchise at the hands of the legisla- ture-the Milford Street Railway com pany, Milford Traction company and the Bridgeport Traction company.
 The Consolidated railroad had coun- sel present at the hearing to see that no part of the proposed road paralleled it's system.
 s. Harrison Wagner represented the Milford Street Railway company, which has a charter, but wishes 1t amended so as to give it the privilege of running it's tracks over the Washington bridge across the Housatonic river.
 The first witness was eX-Sheriff Tom linson, who is one of the incorporators of the company asking the amendment.
 It was not claimed that the company wanted to parallel the Consolidated road and Judge Harrison seemed satis- fled to have the route adopted, but he opposed a part of the system which paralleled his road.
 Judge Cowell was called to testify in the matter. He did not see where the Consolidated roads interests would be violated. The cottagers at Walnut Grove Beach wished this road built
 Mir. Paige asked If the road was nec- essary. Judge Cowell knew that it was, and he wanted the charter granted to a. company that would build the road and not to one that had it's roads on paper.
 Theodore Platt, George w. Stanford and MT. Bailey, proprietor of the Mill ford hotel, wished to see the road built. It was a necessity
 Representative Tucker said that he wanted the counties of New Haven and Fairfield to be heard as the Washing ton bridge belonged to them. This announcement was not expected by the petitioners, and they were some what disconcerted by it. MT. Wagner said that of course the company would agree to pay an equal part of the ex- penses of repair of the bridge, and would strengthen it before the tracks were laid.
 MT. Paige interjected with a remark that his company would do as it did in the case of the Shelton road bridge To this MT. Wagner replied that his friend (Paige) should not think that his was the only company that could do these things.
 This about concluded the hearing so far as the desirability of the establish ment of road between the points al- ready named was concerned.
 The committee then took up the ques- tion as to whether the act concerning parallel roads should be repealed, and after some discussion upon this subject the matter was laid over for further discussion on February 4. The application of the minority of the stockholders of the Bridgeport Traction company, who want an exten- sion of the lines from that city to Mill ford, came up. Allen w. Paige, the
 
 port electric roads, and Stiles Judson, who represents the opposing stockhold- CTS in the Bridgeport Traction compa- ny, had another clash at the hearing. MT. Paige suspected that the opposing interests were trying to play a trick upon the electric road people at the | hearing.
 Two of the directors of the Bridge port Traction company, Messrs. Read and Setzer, were called as witnesses but they were unwilling to have any thing to say before the committee. Both had to be supoenaed to attend the hearing.
 | MT. Paige claimed that the directors should be excused, but MT. Judson ob- jected and insisted that they should | testify.
 | The vote on the question resulted ir a tie, but Chairman Kendall voted to excuse the directors and they were botf | excused.
 | MT. Judson was indignant, and, sit. ting down, said: "1'm through. Here's New Jersey corporation trying to trample upon the rights of the Connec- 1 ticut steam roads"
 | This angered MT. Paige, who jumped up and exclaimed: MT. Judson, that l statement is false"
 The committee closed the hearing al l this point, and the matter now stands postponed until the next hearing. HARVARD'S S4THLETES.