The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-22
ANOTHER IRA NSFER HEARING.
Held Before Committee on Railroads
and Bridges Last Night.

and Bridges Last Night.
| The committee on railroads and
bridges held another public hearing last
night on the matter Of general transfers
on the trolley lines Of the city. Chair
man Corcoran, Alderman Adams and
Councilmen Wohlmaker and Harris
We're the members of the committee
present. The hearing was held in room
10 and IL, and although the room was
filled with citizens in attendance, only a
comparative few spoke.
The first citizen to be heard was ex-
Alderman Henry Donovan, who said
that the trolley companies had been Civ
en- valuable franchises by the city and
should now be compelled to do some
thing for the public He thought that
no more privileges should be granted to
the companies unless they agreed to
give general transfers.
Alderman Miller of the Seventh ward
also appeared. He said that the Fair
Haven and Westville company had ad-
vertised notice that it would ask some
privileges from the coming session Of
the legislature, and he thought that it
was within the province and power Of
the common council to request the cor
poration counsel to go to Hartford and
oppose the granting of any further priv
ileges unless the company would put in
operation general transfer system
and five-cent fare within the city linn
its.
C. B. Shepard of Morris Cove said
that the last time he appeared before a..
committee of the common council on
railroads and bridges was in behalf Of
the New Haven Street Railway COM
pany in favor of granting that company
permission to extend it's tracks from
Morris Cove to the lighthouse. He said
that at that time the Street Railway
company was so anxious to have people
come into the city to attend the hearing
that it provided a special car. The
company received permission to make
the extension and Mr.. Shepard said that
last night he had to pay twenty cents
in fares to come to the committee meet
ing and return. He said that when the
New Haven Street Railway company
owned the Morris Cove line that COM
pany issued books of twelve tickets for
one dollar and allowed children attend
ing school in the city to come to the
city for five cents, but that when the
line was purchased by the Fair Haven
and Westville company the latter COM
pany abolished the plan of giving
twelve tickets for a dollar and also the
allowing school children reduced fares
Mr.. Shepard was opposed to allowing
the trolley companies any more privi-
leges until a general transfer system
and f1ve-cent fare within city limits
were granted
F. e. Wooley said that 1t seemed i'm
possible for the people to secure any
from the trolley compa-
nies, and he therefore proposed that the
city buy the trolley lines Others who
spoke in favor of the transfer system
were Walter L. Downs, Captain Morse
of Morris Cove, Henry c. O'Sullivan
and s. G. Thompson Of Morris Cove.
At o'clock, no more citizens present
desiring to be heard, the committee
went into executive session, which last
ed only few minutes. At the close Of
the session it was stated that the COM
mittee had not yet decided upon rec
to make to the common