Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-19
PARK ROAD MEETING
Robbins Street People Got Togsthel
 on Trolley Business.

Champions of the Robbins street trolley don't pretend to be outdone in enthusiasm by their neighbors iu Brooklyn and Town Plot. Yesterday they held meeting in the Park Toad school house and talked over the situas tion in a business way. John Clarkin acted as chairman and Edward Joy was chosen secretary. Resolutions were passed sympathizing with Town Plot in it's efforts to secure trolley ser vice and warmly eulogizing the com. pany for it's efforts to extend the trols ley to Middlebury and proclalmins Robbins street the logical route. They also called attention to the marked i;r crease in population on West Side hill and gave emphasis to the contention os Bishop Berkely, the eminent Irish es. sayist, that the trend of population ia westward.
 [ The following resolutions werl unanimously adopted:
 Whereas, Robbins street is the only street in the city of Waterbury which, at reasonable outlay will furnish convenient thOroughfare for travel in the western portion of the city, as well as to the northwestern, and to the towns of Woodbury, Middlebnry, Southbury and Oxford, which have made Waterbury their trade center but which on account of far superior roads leading to other com,sunitics may soon be diverted.
 And whereas, the movement of pop ulation to the westward has already caused a great development of West Side hill Highland avenue, Park roadl Oronoke and other adjacent districts, and as such development will surely progress rapidly. and as there is and will be urgent need of bringing fire protection to this part of the city now entirely cut off from such protection because of the present street grades ! prevent access to the fire engines and apparatus.
 And whereas, the said sections de spite a past and recent enormoua growth have received scarcely any inn | provements at the expense of the city and have sought during the last twen I ty years only one improvement de ! manding an extensive outlay, namely a good road through Robbins street. I And whereas, after persistent efrorts I to obtain good thoroughfare, all pre-. ! limlnary steps have been taken, and
 all benefits and damages have been ad'
 justed with unimportant exceptions, tt l the satisfaction of all property own
 CTS, and with scarcely any expense to
 the city, because of their generous, as
 sistance, and the grade and layout hayt
 been legally established, and the worh mas been ordered done.
 And whereas, after having reached
 the point where the city of Waterbury
 was prepared to undertake the worl
 so long sought by>citizens of these sec
 tions and asked by them in person the regular meetings of the board Of
 aldermen, and board of public works
 during several years past, the Conncctt cut Railway and Lighting Co has now
 petitioned for permission to lay trscki
 upon said Robbins street in order ts
 connect with another line of electrical
 railway leading to Lake Quassapaui and towns adjacent to Waterbury.
 And whereas, certain citizens resi-
 dents of Town Plot district for tho
 most, part have, opposed said petition
 of the, said ,compapY in the hope that
 the said company might be compelled
 to build line through Town Plot dis
 trict and are now seeking to delay and
 prevent the city of Waterbury iron
 carrying out the improvement of Rob
 bins street contemplated and sought
 after many years before said Connectt
 cut Railway and Lighting Power Col
 petition was made.
 Resolved, That the citizens of Water
 bury residing in the West Side hill
 Highland avenue, Park road. Oronoks
 and adjacent districts petition the cit,
 of Waterbury to commence the wori
 of laying out and grading Robbini
 street immediately. disregarding all eff
 forts to hold up the work, and Ignoring
 the claims of the people of Town Plo
 against the Connetcicut Lighting and
 Power Co as irreyelant to the long con
 tinued demand for the improvement ol
 Robbins street.
 Resolved. That the improvement o Robbins street is demanded by greai public necessity. by the commercial in terests of Waterbury for the protectioI of many houses, several school house; and other property, and by the vas : majority of the citizens of waterbur,
 of the citizens of Waterbury for whom tnlS btIett or Nest haii cucrt huE always be the natural route to th'
 beautiful country and heaithful resorti lying to the west.
 : Resolved, That while the petition o' | the Connecticut Railway and Lghtini Co Is entirely apart from our demand for an accessible thoroughfare, we be lieye it should be granted under prope. conditions as 1t contemplates for th' people of Waterbury q pleasant and q [ the same time shortest, healtEsost ans : most picturesque route and at the sami time makes the expense of improvini : Robbins street moderate.
 Resolved. That the proposed layou , of Robbins street Is sufficiently wid' ! to accommodate public travel in con nection with railway travel. and VI ! believe that Bank street. being onl. 5 thirty to thirty-five feet wide in man. 2 places between curbs is already to' I congested to accommodate the grea F increase in travel which will follow
 the opening of a trolley line to Quass- paug and neighboring towns. : Resolved. That we favor trolley de F velopment in all directions and we be 3 Iieve that conditions 90 serious as ( discourage such developments shoul' not be imposed.
 Resolved. That we extend our sym {. pathy and assistance to the people Q Town Plot in obtaining an eiectrics z railway through that section. refusinl however. to join in any hOld-up sckem and also request them to remember on
 location being far distant from ehurrh =. ,.r....< e,f l.rrsfne<s and xosfnl cen