Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-02
BALDWIN STREET LINE.
Large Attendance of People Who
 Favor it ae HeetiN8.

tension of the trolley road ffom East Main street to the Pearl Lakes roao in the city court room last evening Mayor Elton presided and all the members were present. The attend ance was large.
 A communication was read from committee representing the Business Mems association urging favorable action on the trolley applications. me communication was received and placed on file.
 Father Curtin in hds remarks re- ferred to the document received from the Business Mems association. He then read the census of the district south of Scovill's bridge, showing that it contains in the neighborhood of 1000, souls, almost enough to en- title it to apply for a city charter by itself, all in favor of the trolley. He believed no conditions should be 1m- posed which would interfere with the construction of the road.
 Robert Lang of State street said that he had lived in Waterbury all his life and failed ito notice what the trolley company had done for Water bury. He considered it good thing. but he believed that it does not pay enough for the privileges 1t gets from the city.
 P.J Mcdonald. James Coughlan, David Hunter, E. H. Tyrrell and James A. Hynes said a few words in favor of the project.
 Commissioner Jackson asked For mer Commissioner Scully of the board of public works if he thought the con- ditions asked last year were fair. MT Scully said he was not prepared to discuss the conditions of last year, but added that if every man looked at these questions from his stand point they would be just the same this time. and he knew if the com pany was aware 1t could do no better 1t would gladly accept them, but so long as 1t saw two elements, both about evenly matched, one aiming to give 1t everything for nothing and the other holding out for square deal for the city, it was sharp enough to adopt the policy of delay, knowing by experience that it was bound tc win in the end.
 Commissioner Holmes asked MI Scully what he would consider fail conditions for Baldwin street, tc which the latter replied that he should not consider anything less than what the company had agreed to on the Cheshire road fair. to the people who own and built the: streets and are now asked to give the use o1 them to a private corporation tt 1 make money out of them. MT Scully added that he was aware a sentimen had been created in Waterbury in ia vor of the trolley company, which SC riously handicapped the city in get ting what it ought to have out of thu streets and concluded by stating tha l inasmuch as things had reached th' present stage and the company wa In a position to state its terms to thu city he wanted nothing done whicl would deter it from going up Baldwin street. He was confident that th' l added cost for maintenance would | come later and reminded those abou him that the trolley is not q fre' 1 coach.
 'I thought the reporters had fre' books" remarked Commissione Goss, jocosely.
 I'm not aware Shat they have" re piled MT Scully. Perhaps if they ha. they might look at trolley question differently, just as those who hav' them do."
 City Engineer Cairns was the las speaker. He paid glowing tribute t the , former administration. 9Th trolley company" said Mir Cairns "never would agree to such condi tions as the present administratiol has received on the Cheshir line had it not been fo the stand made in the interest 0 the city by the previous adrninistra tion. The conditions asked at tha time and reasons given as to wh, they should be imposed paved tn way to what you have got there, bu if We hold many more meetings o this character I don't see what tn city can hope to receive in the wa of concessions. The trend of thi i whole meeting is simply this, ge something if you can, but if you can let the company have its own way We are acting for the city here with in the hearing of the parties we eS pect to give Us something for the us of the streets and requesting our rer resentatives to give the second part all It's own way. That is what al this talk amounts to-
 The board will consider the matte and report to the aldermen later.
 The board of public works vii meet sgai" tonight to hear parties IT terested ill the application of the tra ley company for permission to buil new turnouts in certain streets wit a view to giving a seven and q hal minute schedule.
 The following is the communicable from the business men referred t above:
 To the Members of the Board of Pull
 lie Works:
 Gentlemen-The undersigned are
 committee of the Waterbury Bushes Mems association duly appointed consider the question of the local tro } ley facilities. especially in referenc to pending applications for extension and track privileges. We have gi' en considera ton to the questions il volved, both from the standpoint
 the business man and the taxpaye
 having i'll mind the good of the cid
 in which We live and do business. | L.