Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-29
WANT MORE LIGHT
Railroad Commissioners Ask for
 More Specific Appeal.
TRACTION co REFUSED TO PAY

City Assessed It $2,o00 for New Turn
 out on North Main Street.-The Com
 pany Took an Appeal-Decislon Ren-
 dered To-day Considered Victory
 For City.
 The Connecticut Lighting and haii- way Go has met setback in US ap- peal from the conditions lmposeu py the city for permission to allow the company to lay an additional turnout on North Main street. In addltlon lo doing other general work, the city pro- vided that the company pay the sum of S2OOO for the privilege. The com- pany appealed to the railroad commis- sioners and the question was aired pe- fore that body in Hartford short time ago, when Mayor Kilduff, Artor. ney Kellogg, Engineer Cairns and Commissioner Whiting of the board or public works spoke for the city, ana General Manager J. E. Sewall, Atror- ney Allan w. Paige and Attorney George F. Terry took up the cudgels for the company. It was great pat tie and furnished lots of sport Tor those who gathered to see the tussle- Spectators who favored the company thought that the trolley magnates had demolished the city, while those who looked at it from the opposite point Of view declared that the city boys didn't leave the opposition a leg to stand on.
 The main point set up by the com pany was that the new law took all such matters out of the hands of the city and conferred the power to issue such orders on the railroad commissioners. If this point had been sustained the city would not be in position to de- mand a hearing on that or any other case of the kind Mir Kellogg asked that the appeal submitted by the com pany be dismissed on the ground that 1 it was indefinite and did not cover the question at issue. This and the clty's rights In the prem Ses wnro argued, and later the attorlc~s Glcd briefs on the subject. Aluch interest was cen tered in the diclsion of he c3mmis- sioners and when it rrHchna here to- day there was gr at reiGle.ag among those who keep ap eve Unan pmniclpaI affairs and want t. see tho fity kept 1 in a position where it will have some thing to say regarding the ,ise of the I public streets of Greater Waterbury. | lut-s COlHiulSSlDueIS SllSlulucu MT lAEl~ \ logg in the contention that the -clty I has rights in the matter of fixing con- ditions and also orders the company fo I file more specific appeal on or before February g. 1902. The decision is a big victory for the city nra shows that when there is q man ai tue head of affairs who is not afraid to fight. the corporations cannot have times their own way. Of coursn tho oh,ostion as to whether the cnnd.tn0a ps.Gsad are l Tea sonable or nft !! '." that ! will have to be pasa,,1 iin-ss afer If ] they are unreasonable 'he-. M be mod flied and then the cor :n:ssi mars will l exercise their icdgn [ rha condi- tions were prepared hv committee appointed bv the board of public works. consisting of Mayor Kildnn 1 Commissioner Whiting and City En-
 r Cairns, who went over the ! and gave the matter good
 af attention. The committee ra- I l4ffed back to the board of public works and that body unanimo,1sIv adopted the report and referred if to the aldermen. where it was also passed without dissenting voice. so thot av- erybody connected with the citv oov. ernment who had n voice on inc ouos- lion appeared satisfied that the cond5. lions were reasonable.