Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-13
TOWN PLOT PEOPLE
Hope For Even a Branch From
 Middlebury Line.

The Town Plot Improvement society
 and residents of that district generally
 still cling to the hope that before the application for the Robbins street trol-
 ley is finally disposed of some arrange
 ment will have been made between the city and the company which will in-
 sure the service in the Town Plot dis trict, even though it shouldn't be any
 thing better than a branch from the
 Middlebury line, which it appears
 would be satisfactory to the people. It may be of interest to many of the ad- yocates for trolley service on Highland
 avenue and other streets in that neigh
 borhood to hear that some of the prop
 erty owners and business men il,
 Brooklyn are not enthusiastic over tho
 project. and while they don't want to
 be quoted on the matter they feel that
 it would be a serious blow to them in
 case the trolley should be introduced
 into Town Plot. according to the plans
 now being talked of. They claim that
 this would result practically in all the residents of that section taking new
 route to their homes. which would be
 a serious injury to their business.
 No" remarked business man over
 in Brooklyn, "I'm not shouting for the
 trolley on Town Plot unless if runs up
 Bank street way. Why, if they could
 reach their homes on the trolley by
 way of West Main street you wouldn't
 see resident of that part of the town
 in one of our stores in the rounds of
 the year. It would mean the cutting
 off of all that patronage from Brooklyn
 merchants. and thls is something no
 business man wants to see. for some of the finest people in Waterbury live
 up there and they do most of their trading with Bank street merchants.
 something that everybody knows
 would disappear with trolley enter
 ing Town Plot from the Middlebury road and having no inlet or outlet at Bank street" This may he q rather
 selfish view to take of such question. but just the same there is something in if. so much that probably it explains
 why many who were looked to for q helping hand in the struggle have not come to the rescue. It is also hinted that with the trolley Town Plot would soon have stores of every description and the people would spend all their money up there on the hill This would be bad enough. but it would he worse still to he deprived of the pleas
 ure of their company. for if they could get everything they wanted at home | the chances are they would sit on their verandas most of the time looking down at their less fortunate towns. men in tho lowlands swallowing the ! smoke of the factories and the dust Of . the town. so that really in addition io ! losing their patronage the rest of the
 people would be deprived of ihe pleas l ure Of meeting them down town once ! in 4 while. This may seem a trife [ fanciful. but there is something in it. and the Improvement society might ' inst as well make up it's mind that it will have to fight its own battle fo- ! trolley service. 1T fl does things tnis way it will win. but if it trusts toe much to others t will be many a day
 before the hum cf the trolley will be heard in that delightful residence sec. ' tion known as Town Plot.