The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-20

low, their rents are moderate and thei
expenses are not so great as those o.
the New Haven merchants. Therefore
they can afford to compete with the
New Haven merchants whose rents are
high and whose taxes are large and
VINO must be at a great expense tc
maintain their large stores. The mer-
chants up in the valley can buy fully
as cheaply as we can here and with a
pretty trolley line and the low prices Of
fered it is an incentive for the New
Haven people to take the journey to
those towns on shopping tours" Mr..
Steinerts views are those of the deep
thinker and he says he can see where
| the enterprising merchant in Derby or
Ansonia will be wise to push the pro-
posed road for all it is worth.
#. T. Goodwin, the well known dealer
In teas, coffees and spices at 344 State
street, said that it would be "a mighty
fine thing to have trolley from New
Haven to Derby and Ansonia. He said
that the trolley would help to draw the
three cities in closer relationship with
each other and that their interests
would be similar Mr., Goodwin re-
marked that the road would be Of great
advantage to this city, for with the
new system Of transfers the out of town
people would not be slow to grasp the
opportunities offered by it. He said
they would greatly appreciate the late
move of the Fair Haven road and that
he believed the. trolley road should be
run through as soon as possible. Put
me down as an ardent admirer of the
projeet," he said.
SAMUEL RI Kirby, the Chapel street
jeweler, was surrounded by a number
of customers when the Courier repre-
sentative called upon him and he was
unable to give any statement at length.
He said this however: You can just
say for me that am heartily in favor
of the movement"
Ex-Alderman NJ. Sonnenberg, the
piano dealer and who Is also director
of the Connecticut Savings bank and
an ex-director of the New Haven Free
Public library, was. interviewed and he
said he was glad to see that such
move was on foot. He said that the
result of the trolley road to Derby and !
Ansonia would cause mutual interest to
exist between New Haven, Derby and
Ansonia, and that thsre were various
reasons to substantiate this.
Norman A. Tanner, the manager of
the H. Friedman g. Co.'s New York
brokerage house in this city, said that
the movement had his heartiest sympa-
thy
MI "a A.,
Childs' Unique Dairy Lunch rooms in
this city, said that he had already sign
ed a petition In behalf of the project
and he wished to go on record as being
very much in favor Of the trolley ex-
tension.
William H. Hamilton, of Hamilton &
Co., said that the opening of trolley
between New Haven and Derby would
be a mutual benefit to the places and
that he was heartily In favor Of it, He |
said that the trade In the Naugatuck
valley was very valuable and that he
believed New Haven would gain to no
little extent by the opening of the pro-
posed new trolley line.
Frederick B. Thompson, of the firm of
Gilbert & Thompson, wanted to be put
down as one Of the New Haven mer-
chants who is In hearty sympathy with
The movement and he said he hoped the
matter would be pushed to tie end.
The legislature committee on rail-
'oads held an executive session yester-
Icy afternoon and took action on the
'equest that the committee visit New
Haven and hold a hearing on the Derby
extension petition Whila tha dooiSior