The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-01
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To the Editor of the Journal and
 Courier:
 At the commissioners meeting of last Tuesday, I supposed the meeting would be adjourned until the afternoon, when I intended to say few. words. The honorable chairman said that the city has not presented any plan for the railroad. I beg to take issue with him and contend that 1t is not fitting for the city to furnish plan to the Con- solidated, as the city asks nothing of them; but if the Consolidated desire to enlarge their capacity by building four tracks, it is for them to present atl ac- ceptable proposition. If my memory serves me right, the proposition the Consolidated presented is that they will give the city the cut and $500, ,OO0. and the city shall furnish right of way and pay all expenses of cost of con- struction. Is that reasonable propo- sition for a rich corporation to make, considering the proposed alterations are for the benefit Of the Consolidated?
 It seems to me that the board of health, the aldermen. and the city off, cials have been very negligent in not paying more attention to the necessity of stopping the nuisance caused by the dense volumes of smoke arising from the use of soft coal. This practice has only existed during recent years and has proved a great nuisance to all, and no doubt caused numerous ailments It seems to me that 1t is part of the duty of the board of health to take ac- ton in reference to this evil, and com- pei the Consolidated to use hard coal. An argument may be advanced on the part of the Consolidated that all facto- ries use soft coal such as Strouse-Ad- ler's, Sargent's, Atwater's and many others, but remember they have chim- neys to all their buildings, which car- ries the smoke to the clouds As 1t is not possible for the Consolidated to at tach high chimneys to their locomo- tiyes, would suggest that, in the event of their insisting on widening the cut, they should sink their tracks and coyertover the cut, Gas has been done in New York; and then they can use soft coal without prejudicing tEe health and comfort of the residents of New Haven.
 I sincerely think if the Consolidated gets out a plan to eliminate the cut, 1t will save all future trouble, and also prove an ultimate benefit to them
 Now is the time to look out for the future
 The general gossip is that the Con- solidated can get anything they want, but there Is one lucky star that they cannot reach. and that is the Judiciary. As a precedent, Boss Tweed challenged the Judiciary, and it landed him in state prison, and in later years Boss McKenra said: "Injunctions do not count with me, and that landed him in state prison MT. Seward was com pelled to vacate his old established plant as the sledge hammers used in his factory annoyed his neighborhood. The supreme court sanctioned this.
 A few years ago the Consolidated
 
 built two round -houses on the flats, and a few people owning property in the vicinity complained of the nuisance caused by the smoke and gases; if my memory serves me right, the Consoli- dated either remedied the evil or bought up all the property in the vicin- ity. Why should not we be relieved of the same nuisance right in the heart of the cityf
 Some of the higher officials of the road and of the city should stand on any of the bridges and snuff Up little of the smoke and gases, then they would appreciate the nuisance. be- lieve 1t lies with the city officials to raise voice against the project of the Consolidated and not leave 1t for few citizens to fight the battle.
 You can ride from New York to Boston by trolley nov, but not without paying toll to the railroad that owns Connecticut, \ says the New York World.
 Respectfully submitted,
 LOUIS H. FREEDMAN.