New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-25

power furnished by a dam the Housatonic
River which, It is expected, will provide 10000
horsepower The central site of the power plant
Will permit Of a ready and economical distribution
OF power to all the cities In the central and south
| western portions of Connecticut.
Among those interested In the combination are
| A. NJ Young and George e. Terry, of Waterbury;
+, r. A. c. Smith and II. G.. Runkle, Of New-York:
Allan w. Paige of Bridgeport, and, 1t Is reported
Vice-President Carrot A. Hobart
The combination derives It's powers through two
| charters that of the Housatonc Power Company,
Incorporated in 1898. and empowered to buy trolley
roads and operate them from plant established on
| the Housatonc River and the Connecticut Light
| ing and Power Company, incorporated in 1888 and
| empowered to purchase electric and gas lighting
| companies. The former company has issued no
! stock or bonds. The hackers Of each company are
practically the same a. NJ. Young president OF the
| Housatonic Power Company and treasurer OF tho
| Connecticut Lighting and Power Company. being
| the chief mover in the formation of the combine
VARIOUS COMPANIES PURCHASED.
In regard the movements OF the concern up TO
| the present time Mr.. Young IA quoted as follows;
IT will say that the Central Railway and Electric
| Company OF New-B Britain; the Waterbury Traction
| Company of Waterbury; the Naugatuck Electric
! Light Company. Of Naugatuck; the Norwalk Gas
| Light Company and the Norwalk and South Nor
walk Electric Company. the Greenwich Company
| and the Housatonic Power Company have been
| purchased by Z. A. c. Smith and his associates.
| who represent one OF the strongest syndicates in
New-Yorls City. 1t is their purpose to turn these
| properties over to the Connecticut Lighting ana
Power Company.
THE purchase. together with the improvements
and extensions contemplated, Will represent an eN-
| penditure Of about 100000"
| The Norwalk street Railroad Company. an eX-
cellently equipped line, is also controlled by the
| new company.
| While perhaps interesting as being of the
| earliest outgrowths OF the success OF the expert
m.nt OF generating and transmitting electric
energy for considerable distances at Niagara Falls.
s chief interest to the public at large is It's rea-
| ton to the Connecticut nterurban transportation
problem which is in process Of solution.
| THE CONSOLIDATED RAILROAD SYSTEM.
ANY movement which did not take into consider
alton the possible relation OF the Consolidated Rail
! road to II would be incomplete. The Consolidated
controls nearly all of the steam railroads OF the
State Its trunk lines the State In an eastery
and northeastery direction and Its feeders branch
northward at intervals into Massachusetts,. follow
Ing the rivers and passing through the many rae
By thus dividing the State into squares the steam
transportation, problem is well solved ,orv o,,or,
/ The Consolidated has always Fought every eIIort
to parallel its lines and has always won Ey Tf
na mas htW ae1 and New tho
cher feeder Of New England from New-York City:
been cen p%reeled except BY the steamboats, along along
the Sound and the chief steamboat Fn iwST
and doing through business. are now under, the
control q the ,o TOs ssam 5h9 rnroad. 0
! The development Of electricity and It's practice
ty SS D' thrust s9Se element Into prob
lem and to use the words OF ~ h e't asg nnon
Of as s On M
Haven road we had to steal some o. a neiT tn th9R
was being cut into wherever trolley line par"'-
| In order to learn the value and practicaDinty OF
electricity for heavier traffic than that Of street
spa II to Beach
| was equipped with the overhead system and ten
and mf Haffdrd passing s' through
equipped with the third-ra system. SO successful
have been these experiments that steam has been
| suspended entirely on these lines.
The speed attained compares favorably with that
trains on the Berlin Hartford stretch have covered
ten s at @ Of 4ed hsey me re
Increased passenger business and notwthsandng
i'm nd Haord the iVd this braSeh
fourfold
PARALLELING THE STEAM ROADS
Trolley lines began to connect and parallel the
steam railroad for considerable distances between
New-York and New-Haven. and 1t became neces-
sary TO consider the best methods to break up n
possible through line. Special legislation against
paraelling. except in cases where pubic necessity
and convenience could be proven before the su-
Of territory legal night in iSs against ' pro-,
posed trolley line between South Morwalk and
track was laid. since then trolley tracks have been
laid along the shore OF The sound for the entire dis
lance between Stamford and New Haven. Port
Chester has track along the Post Road for three
or four miles and other lines projected nearer
| NewYork
In order TO prevent any practical amalgamaton
for the purpose ot securing through line between
NewYOrk and New-Hayen, the Consolida ed
bought the Stamford Street Railroad. thus taking
possession OF one OF thc links the
chain Stamford is midway between the two cities
The Meriden street Railroad was also purchased In
order to break UP possible combination betveen
| New-Hsyen and Hartford.
The Norwnk Tramway Company. which owns the
| NOrwalk Stamford line, endeavored get into
stamford this last winter but was unsuccessful,
az the Stamford Street Railroad applied for an ex-
tension OF Its tracks over the streets sought by the
rival company.
All that - required TO make these &rBlel lines
unit IL ownership by single COMPANY. Now comes
the Connecticut Lighting md Power Company.
buying right and LETT. This company approa ches
TO being the uniting element than any previ-
Gus company.
II Is the opinion OF persons conversant with the
situation that the now combine and the New.York