Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-02

considered. IOr #CuC T0dSOA tuttt ~ change from a fifteen minute sched- ule to a seven minute schedule is a public convenience and necessity. It will increase operating expenses to tho company, which will recoup itself only when the interested revenue, due to trolley riding becoming more con- venient and pleasant. begins to come in. Anybody who has stood up day after day in crowded cars, or has waited fifteen or twenty minutes for "a car on a stormy night, will agree that We ought to have more cars run 1 ming and that they ought to come along oftener.
 We think that under these circum- stances any attempt to make the com ! pany pay heavily for privileges of ] this class is tax upon public health and comfort. In England, in the middle ages, the rulers of the country
 could think of no better way of rads- ing revenue than to tax a house ac-
 cordine, to the number and size Of it's windows The result was that houses
 were built practically without win ,dows, and that people went without
 sunlight in consequence. Imposing
 unreasonable conditions on the trolley
 company that they do not have to
 stand for in any other city i in the
 state may we'll be compared to the ! tax on windows. '-..
 In this connection We wish to point
 out that the trolley tracks, particular 1 ly at the Center, are already crowded
 with cars at the rush hours to the
 danger point, while the growth of the city and the addition of new trolley
 routes to those already existing, will | i,,< he of oh ing points until there will be confu- sion, delay and frequent accidents.
 For this reason, we think the city
 should deal Hberally with applica
 tions for turnouts and double track l ing. -. N
 The second phase of the question
 relates to extensions into the suburbs
 and to adjoining towns. We submit
 on this point that Waterbury Is far
 behind the times in providing facili-
 tics for reaching adjoining towns,
 and her business is suffering because
 of this. Thomaston is only nine
 miles away from here. and naturally
 her trade looks in this direction. The
 railroad schedule is such that in or der to do an evenings shopping here
 resident of Thomaston must leave
 that place at 5:51, and must leave
 here on the return journey before 9
 D. m. This means the loss of half q
 day to a working man who is em-
 ployed until D. m.. and the result is
 that many of them prefer to go to
 Hartford. Hartford is at the pres
 ent pushing trolley line from Bris-
 tol, which has reached Terryville this
 year, and will soon tap a country which by night belongs to us. The
 same is true to a greater extent of other places. The rapid extension of trolley lines , into the surrounding country would
 benefit Waterbury by bringing shop
 pers here and making business good
 and by bringing farmers here ofteneI , with produce, making living cheap. In this connection We wish to deny , that there is any danger Of the trol , leys, particularly the proposed connec . tion with Cheshire. taking trade tc New Haven. The Cheshire loop was expected to divert the trade of this ! city to New Haven. but the effect was never noticed. Waterbury now has F some of the best stores in the state and the merchants are not afraid
 that a trolley to New Haven will take . trade to that point. They want it be cause they know it will bring trade
 from Cheshire.
 Not only have the business mer been misrepresented by rabid oppon $ ents of the trolley. but the public al large has long been represented as
 violently, opposed to the construction f of new tracks except on prohfbitive , terms. The Waterbury Business Mems a association as well as the public a
 large will back your board up 1T /, granting to the company all the fla cilities that it needs to properly do its , business, and in asking therefor only F concessions as the city is legally ant z equitably entitled to- (Sigpedl
 R. W. HAMPSON,
 v GEORGE E. BOYD.
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