Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-22
BUSINESS HEN MET.
held Social Session After Busines
 Was Transacted.

i,nsnI Tn the banquet room of Oid Eal- ioWs nall block. The attendance was low: 'hoseh as TOT
 President Charles D. Nye: first vice. president. R. William Hampson: sec ond vice-president, r. A. Wenzel. treasurer, T H. F. Harding: secretary. !. n;. -; cassidy; directors, c. E. Gift, john ,, ar, ;. r: McCarthy, Louis Fitzsim- nn, uns, Dr A: A. Crane and O. H. Ad- anls. The directors who hold over are: L. K. Carter. A. W. Castle Lewis M; Holland and W. ;. Jones.
 The following communication from n. William Hampson, of the Hampson- A. Wenzel:
 To the President and Members Of the
 Waterbury Business Mems Associa-
 ton, Waterbury Conn:
 Gentlemen: I desire to call atten- tion at your annual meeting this even- Ing to what seems to me one of the most important features of Water pury.s future prosperity and comfort. l refer to trolley extension Water bury is to-day in about the same con dition trolleywise that she was ten years ago. She has practically stood still, while all of our manufacturing and other enterprises have grown equal to those in the most prosperous American cities. Waterbury today needs trolley lines connecting with all sections and towns in western Con- necticut. Our city is tho natural trad Ing center for a territory comprising a radius of twenty miles in all directions. Dur stores are getting no outside busi- ness to speak of. owing to the poor fa- cflities for reaching here and of get $jfa<n h 2.~ Ill., n. I homaston friends rightly say tha the steam road is of no help to their fac tory people when they wish to do any Waterbury shopping, as there is no train from Thomaston after 5:51 D. m. To catch this train would necessitate their staying out of work, and then they have to go home again before 9 o'clock. Just think of 1t. With only nine miles between us and only six and one-haif miles beyond the trolley terminus at Waterville! It would be worth thousands of dollars annually to Waterbury, could we be connected with Thomaston alone with a good and frequent trolley service.
 Waterbury's big fire, which caused so many of our stores to be almost out of business for more than q year, together with the not easily to be for gotten smallpox scare, drove nearly all the out of town business which used to come here, to other trading centers. as we all know too well. These out of town buyers have found convenient ways of doing their shop ping in other cities and while to-day they are gradually coming back again, still is it not our place, as a commercial center to do everything in our power, collectively and indiyidu- ally, to make 1t most convenient of all to come to Waterbury
 We all know that the surest and easiest way to. bring this about is by trolley extension. Waterbury's busi- ness interests are suffering by the long intervals of the schedule of rum ming time even in our own city limits, If one wishes to go to any point within five minutes ride and misses the car at the start and by chance misses the car back again, practically an hours time Is used up instead of . half-hOur or less, were the cars run on a quicker time schedule. With ont doubt this delay restraints great number of our own population from building In the outskirts that would otherwise build--a loss to our contractors, our merchants and incl dentally affecting everybody. One of our leading manufacturers recently told me that some of the best men he could get would not come to work here simply because while the work was perhaps more profitable than could be obtained elsewhere, the liv- inr conditions for their families and themselves after working hours, were so unsatisfactory compared with oth- CT cities that they would go elsewhere and work for less pay and less steady employment.
 What would Morningside and all those new home sites along the Water town road have amounted to without the trolley? The same way with other present terminals of the car lines? Waterbury's business pros- perity and the comfort and conven- fence of the population demands more trolleys-more trolley lines in every direction. We must be in closer touch with Ansonia, Beacon Falls. Bethany, Bethlehem. Derby, Bristol, Cheshire, Greystone. Quassapaug, Litchfield. Morris. Middlebury, Wood bury, watertown, Southford, South ington, Thomaston. Wolcott, Terry vile, Reynolds Bridge, Torrington and other centers that would be glad to patronize our present large, well stocked and numerous up-to-date stores. Waterbury stores will to- day compare most favorably with those Of the largest cities. If is due to the energy and business ability which characterizes each and every one of them that the growth and i'm perative demand for better travelling accommodations be encouraged and fostered to every possible degree.
 These sentiments I know are the be- lief of every individual interested in waterbury's prosperity and her future well-being. It means something of personal interest to everybody. Wa terbury is a good waiter, as is evi- denced by the long looked for govern ment building and the some-day new union depot, but everything comes to him who waits and works. Can we not now all work for trolley exten- sion? We've waited patiently and