The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-13
HEARING ON BRIDGEPORT
 DANBURY TROLLEY BRINGS
 NO SUBSTANTIAL OBJECTION
Town Governments Along Pro- posed Line All Favor its
 Construction Mayor Buckingham Testifies That Line is Required by Public Convenience and Ne
 ceSSity.

Practically no opposition, and that
 pnly on conditions, was expressed, this morning, during the hearing held iconcerning the issuance of a certifi- cate of convenience and necessity for E the building of the proposed Bridge port and Danbury trolley line. The ! hearing was held before Judge How | ard J. Curtis of the Superior Court, ] sitting in chambers. At the hearing
 there was present the head of the government of this city, and the of- ficials of the towns through which ! the proposed line is to be run. Two residents of this city, those living on Main street above the terminus of
 the present trolley line, spoke in op-
 position. They were in favor of the line only on certain conditions-re- lating to fare, and the headway under
 which the cars would be run.
 It was expected that opposition would come from Newtown, but none materialized. Judge William J. | Beecher, who is the town attorney, and First Selectman Samuel A. Black man, were present at the hearing, but were not heard, nor did they ! arise when the court asked if there | were those present who wished to be heard in opposition.
 The first witnesses were William kSperry of New Haven, and $. w. J. Jones of Greenwich, who own the controlling interest in the proposed road, and who also are the operators ! of the Danbury & Bethel line. They 1 explained to the court that they pur- ! chased the charter of the new line | from John T. King and William H. Marigold. who had obtained it from the State Legislature of 1907. | Both gentlemen, on being ques- toned by their counsel, Judge FL ! more s. Banks, stated that they had 1 obtained the full right of way over the proposed route, and that all that is necessary is the sanction of the court. As far as they knew there was little or no opposition.
 | Mayor E. T. Buckingham stated that he represented the sentiment of 1.-the people of the northern part of the city, where he resides that the road is a public necessity, and will be kcf a great benefit to that end of the town.
 Those representatives of the gov ! ernment of the towns through which the trolleys must pass, were all iheartily in favor of the proposition They all said that it will fill a long : felt want. As an instance of what | time could be made by the trolley Attorney Arthur J. Hull of Monroe, who has a law office in this city, stated that to get to this city in the morning from the Stepney depot one must leave there at TIP a. m., or on the 10:2S. This he considered great inconvenience. Those who spoke in favor were First Selectman Lester M. Shelton of Trumbull,< Selectman Charles G. Peet of Trumbull, Repre- sentative John w. French of Trum- bull, Representative Robertson Clair of Monroe, Selectman Salmon Purdy of Newtown, Postmaster w. M. Rey- holds of Newtown, Selectman Will liam P Bailey of Bethel, who is also . State auditor, F. l.. Bennett of Bethel, Benjamin G. Meeker, warden of Bethel, Senator Charles, P. Peet of tDanbury, and Selectman Morris Mey- Ter of Danbury.
 When the court asked if there were any present who wished to be heard In opposition, Nicholas Tesiny, resi- dent of North Main street desired to voice his protest. MT. Tesiny ex- plained that he represented a num- Der of the residents of that part of the city, who reside to the north of the terminus of the present line. They objected to the proposed line if it was to stop at the terminus of the present line. They desired that all cars be run into the center of the city. MT. Tesiny did not think it would be considerate for the com pany to charge a nickle fare from where he resided, about a mile above ', the present end of the North Main street line, to the Connecticut Co., ' line, and another fare into the city. ] 'If the line is to go into the center of the city, and there is to be but one fare, we are all in favor of it.
 Following MT. Tesiny came Francis ! Allen of Hattertown, NewtoWn. What is your objection?' asked Judge Banks.
 None whatever" replied Allen Allen in his anxiety to be included among those who favored the line. had become confused and was heard among the objectors.
 Joseph Stoehr, the local market man residing on North Main street, stated that he was in favor of the line in a certain way. "If the peo- ple." said he, twill have ti wait an hour for cars, the same as on the i Shelton and Derby lines, l and my ! neighbors object. We want them to run oftener."
 [ '.If you have a car every hour that :, would be a car more every hour than you have now?" queried Judge : Banks.
 'aThat would not be satisfactory to us." replied MT. Stoehr.
 Following MT. Stoehr'S remarks, and as there was no further opposition, 2 Judge Curtis closed the hearing, and , took the matter under consideration.
 Should the proposed line go through, it will not only be a great convenience for the people of this city, Danbury and the towns along the route, but will, open up an inland amusement re- sort. It is stated that the promoters of the new road figure that the peo- pie of Bridgeport have tired of their shore resorts and will flock to a good inland amusement place. In Halter i town, 14 miles from this city. and nine from Danbury, and along the proposed route is Castle Meadow Lake. covering 40 acres of land, in crescent shape. The lake is quite a resort for ang- lers from this city and Danbury It is owned by O. E. Morgan, a farmer of Hattertown, who is willing to turn it into an amusement resort, and will bridge the lake at different points if the line goes through.
 Following the hearing this morning it was stated by one of the owners that should the certificate be granted
 work will be started on the road in August and will be rushed with all speed To hold the charter the owners will have to start the work sometime before January of next year as at this time the legislature meets and could otherwise grant another charter to other parties.