Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-26
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Discussed ThomssioD Avenue
 Trolley al Special MeeilDg.

The special meeting of the board of aldermen held last night to con- slider the Thomaston avenue trolley
 extension project and double track
 ing in certain streets, attracted con
 siderable attention, the delegation from the Waterbury Business Mems
 association with others filling about all the available space in the cham Der.
 The committee from the Business
 Mems association was made up as
 follows: Robert P. Lewis. chairman;
 c. J. Finley, John Moriarty, R. Will
 liam Hampson, w. s. Jones, A. 5. Lyall, George G. Mullings, George E. Camp, Attorney Els, Pierson R. Cum
 ming, William G. Grieve, John c.
 Sherwood, Warren l.. Hall, Attorney Lewis, William B. Hotchkiss, Benja- min R. Kelsey, Berlin w. Tinker,
 Philip A. Curran, w. c. Langley. Henry s. Seeley, Paul D. Hamilton, A.
 w. Skinner, Isaac P. Kellogg, J. K.
 Smith, Herbert s. Rowland, D. M.
 Stuart, Acly w. Castle, George E. Reed, Isadore Chase, B. H. Towle,
 George A. Driggs, Fred Trott, Mil ton Well, Willis D. Upson, Samuel R. Kelsey, D. J. McGrath, William E.. Fulton, George J. Strobel, Charles R. Vaill, Attorney Cassidy, James H. Galley, Edmund J. Daly, George j.. Babcock, Louis Schick, D. B. Wilson, s. A. Weinstein, o. A. Ziglatzki, Charles A. Jackson, Dr E. J. Abbott, George w. Kimball and John P. Mor- gan.
 Chairman Scully presided and all the members were present except MT Larkin, who, so Sheriff Smith report ed, is out of the country.
 The first matter introduced was the recommendation of the depart .ment of public works relative to the proposed settlement of the Thomas ton avenue trolley squabble and the approval of the company's plans for double tracking. Alderman Fltz- simmons moved that the report be received and the recommendations therein adopted. The chair stated the question and called for remarks after which followed a great silence which was finally broken by Alder man Charles J. Fine, who spoke for probably half an hour in the course of which he explained why it would not be fair to the public to dispose of the matter without further consid- eration. Gentlemen" said MT Fine, "I appreciate your position. You want the trolley, l want it, too. I'm a business man and have reason to believe that the opening of better facilities for coming in here would help me as we'll as others, but we have no right to look at it from the effect 1t will have upon ourselves. How will this effect the taxpayers in general; the man with a home and q small equity in it. Take the man who has a six tenement block with one tenement rented and the rest idle and see how you would view 1t were you in his place. This railroad. com pany has not been using the people right. They have agreed to do many things, but they never kept their word. The other day the city sent a couple of its representatives to New Haven to ask permission to look over their books with a view to getting some idea of what they owe the city on percentages. How were they re- They were told to go to this one and that one and finally came back not one bit wiser than when they left. We can't afford to do business with this corporation in a hurry. In Massachusetts the courts are constantly turning them down. because they know that they never give a square deal. It would be so here if we all could be got together in support of the rights of the tax payers"
 Robert P. Lewis, speaking for the Business Mems associa- ion, made an ear"est plea for favor able action. lie aid that the asso- ,iation had given the matter consid- erable thought and was satisfied that the mayor and city attorney had made a good bargain for the city. The natter had been in hand long time and he thought that the mayor and hose associated with him deserved to be congratulated on the good work lone in getting the concessions &C., ,eeded to by the company.
 Alderman Lawlor gave a very ,leyer statement of the view taken of he question by the board of public works. The Thomaston avenue part If the recommendation he thought vas fair and he knew it was a vic ory to get the company to do any louble tracking at this time when the ,ity is preparing to put down perma- lent pavement where the double tracking Is to be done. thus reducing he cost to the abutting property ,wners. He should be pleased to sec Ietter conditions but inasmueh as the mes before the meeting embodied all hat can be had just now he believed hat no time should be lost in ac- ,epting them.
 Alderman Walker would gladly ac- 'ept more. but he believed that even vith what the company is willing to tive. the city Is getting a good thing md he felt that 1t was the duy of the ,oard to accept it. The business men md the public generally" said the l Ilderman. want that Thomaston venue trolley and they also desire he double tracking of certain streets nd for these reasons believe this 1 loard owes it to themselves and to he public to approve the agreement 1 
 Alderman Hayes said that the mat