The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-08

attorney of the road who stated that he
 objected as he had not had an oppor- ltunity to confer.
 There was last night three petitions presented to the board of aldermen lcontaining hundreds of names of prop lerty owners praying that the grades when completed should not exceed per cent.
 These petitioners were property hold CTS and I'll venture to state pay to the city of New Haven twenty times the taxes that the railroad pays.
 Do not let any corporation or indi- vidual, however influential city or lstatewise, to destroy the beauty of our city and erect obstacles that will pre- went a team from drawing more than
 half load or requiring two horses to do the work of one in consequence, as
 Mayor Sargent has said 'the strength of a chain is its weakest link and the load from Westville to the steamboat
 dock must be small enough and light
 enough to pass over these hills. This doubles the expense of carting, works a hardship on our manufacturers, in- creases the cost of coal for our mechan- lies, and imposing double cost to d lpoor man who moves a load of furni- ture from any part of the city to an- other impairs the service of our fire de- lpartment and watering carts.
 Large corporations with their far preaching influence acquire advantages a tthe expense of the public and indi- lviduals. You are a impartial body. lselected to guard the interest of the Commonwealth and all it's citizens, to insist that justice and consideration be given and no injustice is done anyone,
 and that of the best interests of the public be served.
 The railroad company asks, at the points in contest, for a grade varying
 fromo 3 per cent. toA & per cent. I Twill ask the engineer to confirm my statement. The citizens of New Haven ask for a grade of per cent. instead of teight per cent. The city engineer has prepared a plan or suggestions in ac- lcordance with this modified grade and respectfully ask your honorable body in making your reports to consider most lcarefully this request from the citizens lof New Haven.
 MIR FREEDNTAN's REMARKS. Lewis II. Freedman, real estate hold CT of some considerable means, ex- pressed his views briefly and to the point. He said he has been a resident of New Haven for fifty-fve years and
 has the welfare of the city at heart,
 as true and abiding citizen, and sug- gested that the time has come that the
 New York and New Haven railroad should vacate the cut which divides the city in halves, and locate the tracks In some other section, probably towards
 the river, which can be done at much
 less expense than to buy up all the
 property or part of the property which centers the cut, and pay other damages as the laundering of the train shakes not alone the lower part of the build ings along the cut, but also the upper part. Then there are the smoke and
 dust.
 You take State street and Chapel street, wherever the cars pass and it is
 an impossibility for stores or n1anu- 1 featuring places to live; it shakes the. very foundations wherever the cars
 pass.
 For instance, Chapel street, above
 Union street is worth s2,OOO per foot
 and below Union it is not worth $200 per foot If that bridge were taken away and the street leveled that part would be equally as much improved as the other.
 Again that the Masonic building and the English property which stands un-
 occupied. If the bridge was leveled that property would be rentable. The
 Elliott house, one of the best hotels, is
 kept now as a storehouse; the Skiff opera house would be built up; also the City Market, which the railroad com
 pany leaves as ruin, and many other things might be done which would ben eft the city and increase the valuation
 on the tax list. And I honestly believe lin justice to the city of New Haven, which has the largest population in the state, that the commissioners
 should give attention to these facts and not grant the permission asked for and send the railroad notice or summary
 process to vacate and request the rail-
 road engineers to locate in some other lneighborhood.
 As a precedent would note that MT
 Seward had a large plant on Bristol
 street established many years and within 8 few years Mayor Driscoll
 bought a vacant lot, cut street, on which a few houses were built, that did
 not cost more than $SO00 to $5,00O each, and they ordered MT. Seward to quit his old established plant because the trip hammer annoyed them during the
 day time and the highest court sane
 toned it, and M. Seward had to move
 his plant at an expense of many thou
 sand dollars and discomfort.