The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-31
STREET RAILWAY MEETINGS.

Winchester Avenue Directors and New
 Haven Street Railway Stockholders.
 A meeting of the directors of the Win chester Avenue Railroad company was held Saturday afternoon, it being one of the most important meetings held by the directors in some years. The following officers were elected; Presi- dent, w. B. Ferguson; vice president and secretary, Israel A. Kelsey; treas urer, John r. Prince. MT. Kelsey's friends are greatly gratifed at his ele- vation to a position of greater import ance in the company than that of gen. eral manager, which he has previously held. He will therefore continue in ac- tive connection with the road, which will undoubtedly continue to prosper under his able guidance of affairs. AL bert E. Pond, who has been for num- Der of years superintendent of the road, was Saturday appointed manager to fill the vacancy caused by MT. Kelsey s promotion, and will also continue in his position as superintendent.
 MT. Ferguson, who was elected to the presidency of the road, is man of wide experience in street railway affairs and is well known through New England for his connection with street railways. The selection of him for president by the directors is generally considered a wise choice. He is at present a director in and one of the largest stockholders of the New England Street Railroad company.
 At the meeting of the directors the improvement of the equipment and eX- pansion of the Winchester avenue sys- tenn was discussed at length, and it is probable that this work will be under- taken in a few months. Among the innovations will be a number of larger cars with double trucks It is also ex- pected that the extension through Washington avenue to Campbell ave- nue, which has been contemplated for about two years, will be commenced in | the spring. The extension will begin at Congress avenue and the tracks will extend thence to Washington avenue to | Campbell avenue.
 The stockholders of the New Haven Street Railway company also met Sat urday afternoon. They voted unani-
 mously to ratify the agreement made by the directors of the road to sell to the Fair Haven and Westville compa- ny. The New Haven Street Railway
 company will cease to exist as a separ- ate organization after the ratification of the terms of purchase by the stockhold- CTS of the Fair Haven and Westville road at a meeting to be held to-day. | An adjourned meeting of the corpora ] tors of the Bloomfield, Tariffville and
 East Granby Tramway company was
 held at the United States hotel, Hart | ford Saturday. The purpose was to consider a report of committee ap- l pointed to investigate a proposition by Messrs. Durham and Gilman of New | York looking to the acquiring of the charter rights. The committee reported | that the proposition came in an indefi-
 nite shape, with no guarantee of con- struction. It was proposed only to take | the charter, submit the question of l building to outside capitalists and with the possibility, provided the road was to be built, that a guarantee might be
 asked in the shape of subscriptions and 1
 route. The corporators discussed the l proposition at length and agreed with l the committee that it was not promis- | ing. It was voted therefore to decline
 it. A committee consisting of John A. i Crilley Hiram R. Mills and Henry R. l Douglass was appointed to consider fu- | ture propositions and report to the cor 1 porators.
 The report to the effect that the Bridgeport Traction company had made | an offer to purchase the Winchester
 avenue road running from New Haven 1 to Woodmont, is denied by the officials | of the Bridgeport company. They say | that they have simply made traffic
 arrangement with the Winchester ave-
 nue road.
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