The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-08
BYRNES' STRONG PLEA
 FOR NEW HAVEN ROAD
TELLS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. GUESTS ITS ENDEAVORS
 AND AMBITIONS

BanQuet at Harmonic Hall Repeats An-
 nual success--RaIIroad Vice Pres,.
 dent Asks New Haveners to Co-
 Operat With Company--Job Hedrem of New York Refers to Hearst and
 Declares Half His Statements Found-
 ed on Fact--Believea Hearst WouId
 Have Been Elected if He Ran as Tn.
 observation-disclosures Phelps Talks
 on Relations Between City and Unt-
 versity.
 With nearly 25o gathered about its bounteous board in Harmonic hall last evening the New Haven Chamber of Commerce recorded one more norch in the record of its annual dinners, and it Is safe to say that no one who was pres- ent last evening will be willing to ad- init that any of that body's previous successes could quite equal that of last night, It was the psychological com Dlnatlon that leads to pleased satisfac- ton, the combination of those things that delight the epicurean sensations. and those that minister also to the tn- stinct for the intellectual.
 MT. Moseley had charge of the anpe- tite-satisfying, and placed before the 23O censors menu that was to tha full a satisfaction.
 The Chamber of Commerce itself saw 10 the furnishing of the intellectual menu, and again it was a case of com- plete satisfaction all around.
 Governor-Elect Rollin s. Woodruff held the reins of authority as toast- master. In his brief introduction he re- ferred to his recent election to the governorship, saying:
 A short time ago the president of this body was elected governor of this state. This means a large personal responsi- bll1ty, but it also means a large per- sonal opportunity. If in the office of governor he can faithfully and earnest- y serve the people who have placed this honor in his hands, this will be his only ambition. The reward shall be Tn the work of clean business ad- ministration, and the satisfaction of hading over the state with clean bal ance sheet to his successor.
 The first speaker is a gentleman born Tn vermont, a lawyer by profession, but one Who has given up his profession Tor the important science of railroad- ing. Here he is Q resident of New Ha- ven, and the new vice president of the Consolidated road, Timothy E. Byrnes.
 The opening portion of his address ionr tbo industrial beginnings of New England before the coming of modern transpor- ta'tion which he declared essential to modern communities. He then spoke of the early railroads, dwelling especially upon their smallness and extremely To- cal character, and the ability of one man to entirely supervise.
 He spoke of some of the inconven;- ences of the little disconnected hnee and compared the cost of building them with the much larger sums now being spent on isolated parts of the same roads to better their service. He con- tinued:
 I can think of no way to more forci- ply impress upon you what Is being done in your midst, by our company, lHdu Dy comparing the cost or Yale with the work the railroad company is doing. The cost of the cut improve ments, including yard, new station and shops in New Haven, and the work be- tween here and New York, will amount to more than the cose of Yale from its foundation up to the present time.
 You are and should be proud of old Yale, but should you not also be proud of that other local institution, the larg- est business enterprise in New Eng land, whose receipts this year from all sources, will exceed ninety million dol lars thus ranking it fifth among the great railroad systems of the country when viewed in the light of their earn- ing capacity; which gives employment to more than 6O,00O people; which has for it's president man whose progress Iyeness, enterprise and sense of justice have attracted the attention and won the admiration of all; and whose sole is to give such excellent ser- vice that this Child of Connecticut shall be the model railroad of the coun- try.