Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-19
BROOKLYN PEOPLE WAITING
Have Not Given Up Hope for That Trolley
 Line Yet.

Judging from the rumors and re- ports it seems that the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company is de- ternined to build that line through Robbins street notwithstanding the agitation going on in Brooklyn at tile present time. But the residents of this section do not care about the rumors and fake stories, as they think they have the mayor and the boards with them in their fight for improvements. They will be present
 in large numbers this evening in the aldermanic chamber and will debate with the taxpayers from the western section of the city and show them that the people of Brooklyn have all the
 better of the argument and that they
 are the people who should be looked
 after. John Henderson who is such
 an active member of the improvement
 committee, was asked this morning
 if the action of the Robbins street
 people would alter their plans in any
 way. He replied that they would not
 and continued as follows: of course.
 1 don't want 1t understood that we
 are enemies of the Robbins street
 people and are endeavoring to pre-
 vent them from getting improvements. We would like to see other lines com pleted but if only one is to be built all fair minded people will agree with me when I say that the line should be built in this section. Just think of it. There has not been \ thing done in fbc t,sliey business over herb since the old horse car line was con structed. It was the horse car con cen that built the present line over here and now the trolley officials want
 us to allow them to build line in
 another part of the city without giving
 us any consideration whatsoever. 1t
 is certainly downright impudence and the directors have a terrible nerve by trying to put us of with the promise that they will build a local line over
 here when they get to it. We will fight to the last and I am confident that there will be nothing done in Robbins street until there has been something done in Brooklyn" The Brooklyn people think the argument of the Robbins street people Is poor one. The Robbins street people as- stTt us tue stFeet ms bcth iuiu Duts damages and benefits awarded, that the city should allow the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company to put
 line through there even though 1t
 will cost the taxpayers of Waterbury about $i5,00O in addition to what has
 already been spent there. True the
 street has been laid out and work has been ordered done there but there is
 no appropriation to do the work and l that is the most essential thing. The trolley in Robbins street would bene- At few at the expense of many.
 while the trolley in Brooklyn would
 benefit many and if would cost the
 city little or nothing. Of course it
 looks as though the company wanted
 to put their line through Robbins
 street and in the opinion of a goodly
 number. Rs their wish Is law. Brook lyn will be left out In the cold for a few years more. But if the concern
 acts in this way it will bring a
 heap of abuse down upon it's head
 but 1t is undoubtedly accustomed to that. As it is now. the company is be- tween two fires and unless it build both lines it will he damned by some
 of the Improvement seekers who are
 left fin the lurrh.