The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-11-21
KEW HAVEN FOR THE FUTURE.

KEW HAVEN FOR THE FUTURE. |. IF. Freedman Has Word on the
 Railroad Cut Matter.
 Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 Many are the ideals and projects that have been advanced and consum- mated for the progress of New Haven in the future. We have the greatness Of the colleges and other buildings as shown in the leaflets, the city hall, the r. M. c. A., State street, the wholesale district, the postoffice, the corner of State and Chapel streets, the office building of the Consolidated road, the Yale art school, Vanderbilt hall, East Rock park, West Rock park. Edge wood avenue park. Fort Hale park, and many other buildings and parks, all of which conduce to the glories of New Haven.
 But they fail to advance the glories of the Consolidated cut and it's trains that leave behind them clouds of black smoke, cinders. sparks and exhausted steam, which envelops State street, Olive street, Chapel street, and other streets too far away to mention, and there was not voice raised against all this in the eloquent speeches that were advanced at the Chamber of Commerce by the toastmaster, Mir. Lee and the following speakers. There was not a word spoken in favor of eliminating the cut for the benefit of about one-third of the people who suffer from the nui- sance that is created by the Consolidat- ed trains through the cut. Why did not some one raise the voice to dem onstrate the view of the State street buildings as they look in the rear, fac ing Union street, all the way from the beginning of Union street until you reach the old Shore line depot.
 The nuisance of the locomotives is in- tolerable for the people who live on that line.
 These eloquent men spoke of the ad- l yantages of the Consolidated road buying up railroads so that they can penetrate into the coal regions and ex- tend greatly the facilities for carrying freight. But they omitted to mention the advantages that the city would sustain by eliminating the cut so that people who are not blessed financially | could live in the upper part of the city in peace, by getting rid of the noise and unhealthy atmosphere that is created by the trains that pass contin- ually; and how much more would they have to suffer if there were double the tracks in the cut, which would mean double the nuisance.
 I In regard to the beautiful parks which MT. Blake pictured so finely at quite an enormous expense to sustain, I that only come in use about three months in the year, remember that ev- i cry residence in the city of New Haven | has front lawn and back yard for the children to play in, and moreover great force is advanced to make, as Mr Blake suggests. a driveway and I artificial lake at the foot of East rock. I Is that more essential than eliminating I lthe cut, which would benefit one-half l the people that live in the center of the city.
 I I would suggest that the question at tissue in regard to laying four tracks in | the cut concerns the city more than it does the railroad commissioners. If l the railroad commissioners would spend | a few hours in New Haven and follow the trains as they pass and repass, I sincerely believe that they would not consent to grant the privilege of build- I ing four tracks in the present cut.
 In regard to raising the bridges, that lhas been demonstrated by ex-Mayor Sargent, MT. Bishop, MT. Whittlesey and many others and I presume is fresh in the minds of the commissions CTS, especially the hardship to horses and the many accidents. One instance, lof many, occurred few days ago al the corner of State and Chapel streets \ when a horse became frightened by che smoke and noise of a train and dashed onto the sidewalk and into plate glass window of the Ford company breaking the glass and injuring the horse. Horses slip and fall on these bridges every day in the year.
 The honorable state highway commits, sioner spoke finely of the good work done in improving the country roads Will not the good commissioner, oui townsman, take a glance at our city lstreets, which are periodically affected by the railroad cut and the bridges and suggest a remedy?
 Respectfully yours,
 l.. H. FREEDMAN. X