Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-12
WILL BACK UP THE MAYOR.
But Brooklyn Man Hopes tho Muddls
 Will Be Settled Soon.

We will back up the mayor in any action that he takes in regard to the proposed line in Robbins street." is still the assertion of some of the Brooklyn people. Although they want compromise they do not want any agreement made which will give the city the spall end of a deal with the trolley company. There has been much done and said by res- idents of this and other sections of the city in regard to what should and should not be done, but the writer talked with 1roOklynite this morning on the affair and he seemed to have doped out tho situation pret ty thoroughly, although he has not been present at any conferences that have been held
 Tt is not a matter of $12,00O or $18,O00,," said he, but it is a ques- tion of how much the city can afford to spend at the present time to sat- isfy the trolley company. The offer of $12,000 from the c. R. & L. Co is not bad one when everything is taken into consideration. The chances are that if the affair goes into the courts the city will not re- ceive this amount. If the city wants to make beautiful boulevard out of Robbins street, why should the troll ley company be made to pay for 1t? The offer of the c. R. & l.. Co at the last conference between the troll ley officials and the mayor was a fairly good one. The company is willing to pay out $12,000 to go through there and leave the street in just as good a condition as 1t Is now What more does the city want? In all probability there would not have been much of a hol- Ter proposed about the line there only the Brooklyn people butted in and now some of them are beginning to back down and are willing to take almost the same terms as were offered in the first place. l am not urging the cause of the trolley com pany, but anyone with half an eye who has followed the company in this city knows that it will build the line on Town Plot just as soon as 1t gets ready. Agreements may be made, but agreements can be broken in the future as they have in the past. In my opinion think that the Brooklyn committee, as long as they have left it to the mayor, should let him and the city attorney do as they see fit and end up the muddle which has been going on long enough. If the trolley company has agreed to conditions which Mayor Thoms thinks are just to all other parts of the city, let the company go ahead and build the line to Quassa- paug. It will come none too soon for the people of this city. If the com pany is not willing to do its share, take the right step and fight it out in the courts. The matter has been discussed long enough and it is about time there was something do- ing one way or the other.
 "The members of the Brooklyn committee do not know where they are at just now. A couple of them. who in the beginning could not knock the trolley company enough, are now as understand the ones who are believing for some kind of compro- mise, any old thing will do. The trouble is that there have been too many of these so-oAlled heart to heart talks with the trolley officials which all the members did not know about. The. people of other sections of the citye seem, to think that the c. R. X l.. Co are just dickering with the fellows over here and If the Brook lynites are wise they will let the matter rest in the hands of the may or, and as he will play favorite to no section of the city his judgment in the matter is likely to be all right. Let the mayor fix up square deal both for the city and company and let the people understand as soon as possible whether they are to have a line to Quassapaug or whether the affair will be fought out in the courts"