Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-26

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The papers announced that trimmers
were being escorted from pole to pole,
and this led many to believe that an
the lights would have been put IN oroer
during the day and that the city would
be lighted "a usual. Such was not the
case, however, much of the city being
in darkness, ana there is no certainty
that the condition will be improved To-
night. The lines connecting the arc
uqhts with the current in Brooklyn
were reported cut and some one tried
MIS- hand ut the business on South
Main street. The company started out
with view to lighting all the streets
where the trolley operates and came
pretty near doing inis had 1t not peen
tor the shutting OF OF the circuit.
Many wonder why the company was
so anxious to light the streets along
the route OF the cars, but it does not
REQUIRE much tbougnL TO answer liiAs
nuestion. Electric ilghts are almost
necessity In streets equipped WITH trol-
ley service, and the managers o. tne
company realize this and are making
supreme effort first to repair the are
lights in all the public ways Wnere
there are street railroads, ana aite1
this has been done they will tackle the
side streets. Probably about zoo
lights were out. rast night.
frhere was no disturbance on the
cars last night, although some OF the
strike breakers report that people III
the buses pulled faces at them, ana IN
one or two instances folks went SO
far as to shout at them. Chief Egan
had tilt with the conductor of a BUS
In Exchange place, but it didn't amount
to anything. The chief thought 1t was
not necessary to make SO much noise
in order to attract peoples attention
TO where the bus was standing ana
requested the conductor to make noise
EASY" The conductor of the bus
wanted to know If he didn't have as
much right to do business there as
others. .rhe chief admitted that he
had, but claimed that there was no
need of shouting about it, The chief
talked matters over for few minutes
and at the close OF the coafab both
were practically of the same mind.
In order to avoid confusion, it has
been suggested that the committee in
charge OF the buses publish their
schedule and starting points in the
papers. Large numbers of people can
be seen at all hours OF the day inqulr-
dng what time the next, bus leaves Tor
Naugatuck. Oakville or whatever place
they want to go. TO the credit or the
policemen perhaps it might not De
amiss to state right here that the onl'
GERS give information about the buses
ms cheerfully as they do with reference
10 other vehicles. After becoming 9
LITTLE more familiar with the bus
schedule there will be no trouble II
finding them, and as there Is room
enough for buses, trolley cars, hacks
teams automobiles and all the othel
modes OF conveyance on our pubic
streets, there is no reason why tht
owners should not be able to get along
together and let the question OF patron
age be matter of choice.
Deputy Sheriff Rametti received
hard knock this morning. He wa
struck square In the face by snow
ball thrown by some person unknown
10 the sheriff. Sheriff Rametti is on
of the deputies that are now acting
as an escort to the strike breaker
who have taken the places of the strik
ing trimmers. He was escorting on
of them along Meadow street about i
o'clock this morning when snowfall
came flying through the air and struc
him In the side of the face. After tn
sheriff had recovered from the dow
ran into the lumber shop of the Water
bury Lumber and Coal 60. but coui
not find anybody who had seen or KneN
anything about the SNOWFALL.
The discharged linemen deny in n
uncertain terms the allegation tina
circuits were cut in Brooklyn an
Sirnonsville last night and state that
is simply bid for public sympathy
one OF them said this afternoon tina
he called upon a representative of tn
company and asked to be shown til
wires reported to have been cut, br
they didn't have time to accommodat
him. He said the lamps didn't bur
because they hadn't been trimmed an
that lie didn't see how anybody coul
have the nerve to say that nearly a
Of them had received attention whe
not over 100 had been reached. For
men who came in yesterday and thre
who arrived to-day will return 80 the
homes sometime this afternoon or tn
evening. According TO the strikir
frimmers this leaves but one 'botcl
trimmer at work and n Iineman wi
has much to learn before he will |
worth much at that business. I'll
three men who came in this mornir
didn't do anything, but the others did
little yesterday. All claim to ha'
been brought here with the unde
standing that they should receive 81!
per day with board and lodging ar
that there was no strike.
The actual facts fthe story of Il
burned out fuse in a car that had to
fowed from Oakville to the barn Tue
day night, are that the crew in char
of the car had bottle of whiskey fro
which it seems they imbibed free
Il with the usual consequences. Th
got tired upon reaching Oakyille al
betool themselves to sleep In the cs
Two women boarded the car but up
seing the seats occupied by the sleepi
men left IL And the men slept on L