Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-05
NEW TROLLEY LINK
Line Connecting Seymour. An sonia and Bridgeport With
 Waterbury Opened.


 tuck and Ansonia which gives Water
 bury a second exit to civilization and
 the shore was officially connected
 this forenoon, a special car having
 travelled the entire line from New
 Haven. On Monday morning at
 5:52 o'clock the road will be opened for public traffic and cars will run nearly every half hour thereafter ex- cept on such occasions when public demands require a shorter schedule. Then cars will run on fifteen min ute headway. The road is one of the prettiest in the state and at the same timeis exceptional in the way of ex- pense to build. It cost every cent of a million dollars though the distance is only eight miles. In some places it cost $125,000 a mile, an exceeding ly high figure in view of the fact that the average cost of railroad building per mile is about $35,000.
 The ride is one of the most beau tiful in the state. It hugs the banks of the Naugatuck river immediately after it leaves Ansonia, but sufficient ly far from them to give nervous peo- pie perfect sense of absolute se- curity, without dimming the beauty of the delightful panamora that greets the gaze almost the entire trip.
 There are places where one can look into the very heart of the somno- lent Naugatuck, and others where the traveller can see the sun giving the hills across the river good night kiss, or bidding them the top O the morning. The huge rock whence High Rock grove, now memory of the past, derives its name seems but pebble from the altitude of the line, and the tracks of the old reli- able Consolidated look like silver threads winding in and out among the trees.
 The roadbed is probably the best in. the state. It is as level and smooth as money could well make it and runs through the most picturesque points of the Naugatuck valley.
 A week ago the board of railroad commissioners inspected the road and gave official permission for its operation, but the Connecticut con- pany, which is the latest cognomen of the original Connecticut Railway and Power company, thought it ad- visable not to open the line until next Monday morning in order to complete a perfect timetable.
 The special car of the board of di- rectors of the company was placed at the disposal of General Manager John K. Punderford this morning to make the final inspection. On the route from New Haven MT Punder- ford picked up few friends so that when the car reached Waterbury there were on board Colonel N. c. Osborne of the New Haven Journal Courier, w. B. Peet, manager of the New Haven Leader, D. S. Adams, of the New Haven Palla- iium, Alexander Troupe, Jr., of the New Haven Union, Mayor John P. studley of New Haven, William T. warden of Naugatuck, | Mayor William E. Thmos of Water bury, William M. Lathrop of the Republican, c. P. Hayes 'f the Waterbury Democrat, Herbert !. Wales, local superintendent for he company, J. NJ. Emerson publish IT of the Ansonia Sentinel and his ion, Howard F., Stephen Charters, mayor of Ansonia, w. c Sharpe, publisher of the Seymour Record. ieorge A. Devine, first selectman of seymour. w. J. c. Meyers. state manager for the Associated Press, D. !. Blakeslee the contractor who built he road, w. c. Smith the company's ngineer. w. H. Ryan, superintend- mt of construction for the company, l. B. Smith general traffic manager. nd F. L. Beardsley. superintendent f the Derby division of the line. and
 few boxes of cigars. There were either politics nor religion discuss d. every eye and tongue being taken ID with the splendid scenery on the ray.
 The trip to New Haven will take wo hours and fifteen minutes and he fare 45 cents. But in a day or wo it may be reduced to 40 cents. hus the round trip, going out by he new line and returning by the heshire line will cost seventy-five ents. Cars will run right through nd the trip may take but two hours fter a month or so. Changes can e made at Derby for Bridgeport and Derby cars leave for New Haven nd Bridgeport every fifteen minu- ss.
 On the ride up this morning Gen. ral Traffic Manager Smith was busy 'ith the time table and he discovered .veral places where he thought i'm on time can be made.
 The car reached Waterbury short after noon and then proceeded to eotts in Cheshire where General anager Punderford refreshed his nests with a luncheon