The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-08
The MATTER Of TRANSFERS
HEARING BEFORE RAILROADS
AND BRIDGES COMMITTEE.
Expressed Their Opinions-JOhn TX.
PunderfOrd Defended the Railroad
COmpany's Position Anthony Carr
roll Causes a CommO tioM.

The committee ON railroads and
bridges last night held the first of the
public hearings on the matter of TAX
ing action towards securing the adop-
ton of general transfer system on the
electric railroads in New Haven. When
the meeting was called to order at
o'clock by the chairman of the commit
tee, Alderman Corcoran of the Third
ward, the room was packed with inter-
ested citizens and many stood in the
corridor outside unable to gain adnlis-
sion
The first speaker at the meeting~was
John X. Punderford, representing the
Fair Haven & Westville Railroad COM
pany, who made statement explain
ing the position of the company in re-
gard to transfers. He said that the
Fair Haven & Westville company just
prior to the time that it began to alb
sorb the street railroads of New Ha-
ven, just before it secured control of
the Centerville and the New Haven
Street Railway company's lines, sent 81
letter to the management of those two
lines and of the Winchester avenue
road, stating that the Fair Haven &
Westville management was of the opin-
ion that it would be of advantage to
the public to have a system of trans
fers among the roads, suggesting that
they come to some agreement on the
matters and that the Fair Haven &
Westville company was willing TO
transfer on equal terms that is to ac-
cept tickets from any other road and
expect their tickets to be good on other
lines with no cash consideration.
The managers of the three other
roads refused to enter into such an
agreement. Mr.. Punderford said that
that letter had been sent out from time
to time since After the Fair Haven
company absorbed the New Haven
Street and the Centerville lines the let
ter was again sent to the Winchester
Avenue company, which again refused
to enter into an agreement. Mr.. Pun
derford thought that this explained the
situation and showed the Fair Haven
& Westville company's attitude to-
wards transfers. He said that the
reason the company had not inaugural
ed a system of transfers between their
lines and those of the Winchester Ave-
nue company more recently was be-
cause the Fair Haven company was at
present holding the Winchester Avenue
stock as q trustee and considered 1t an
step to give transfers before
the suit involving the ownership of the
st ock, now pending, was settled in IA
Vor of the Fair Haven company. We
said that in case the Fair Haven COM
pany inaugurated a system of transfers
over the lines of the Winchester Ave-
nue. company, the Fair Haven company
might be held liable for damages II the
suit was decided adversely to it.
Augustin f. Maher was the next
sepakel and favored a transfer system.
He asked Mr.. Punderford if 1t was true
that the letter which Mr.. Punderford
had referred to was sent out after
system of transfers was engaged in be-
tween the New Haven Street Railway
and the Winchester Avenue
that is to enable patrons of
tile former company to transfer to the
depot over the lines of the latter COM
pany. Mr.. Punderford thought that 1T
was true. He asked that citizens wait
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