The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-10
EXTRA GANG PUTTING CARS
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Bridgeport has been made the dumping ground for old cars collect ed in other divisions of the Connecti- cut Go. Besides having the trouble of learning the tricks of railroadlng the large number of raw hands have had to cope with "one lunged" cars.
 Supt. c. H. Chapman of the Bridge port division of the Connecticut Go. put on two extra gangs of electricians this morning and assistants to the chief conductor and chief motorman for the purpose of bettering the ser- vice as much as possible with the rolling stock that is at the service of the Bridgeport riding public.
 There are now six gangs of elec- trical workers employed in the re- pair work at the East End barns, a total of 95 men. There were 37 crip- this working force this morning.
 The new assistants to the chief conductor and chief motorman are engaged in instructing the 130 new men ill running on time, the proper treatment of the, public and the handling of cars.
 The task of teaching the crews of running on time is no easy matter because the mechanism of the greater part of the cars loaned to the Bridge port division were about ready for the junk heap when they were sent here. Out of the crippled cars the majority are those that were loaned by the other divisions.
 Of course when the superintend- ents of the other divisions were ask ed to send a car or two to Bridgeport they did not send the best cars they had. The result is that the bulk of the poorest rolling stock owned by the Connecticut Go. has been dumped right into Bridgeport.
 Supt. Chapman was asked this morning what the prospects were of getting all of the cars into service again.
 "All we want is good weather" re- piled the superintendent 'If snow and rain keeps off until we get our repairs made we will feel able to cope with the situation
 The first eight of the twenty new cars will be wired up and mounted on the trucks as soon as the workers get the cripples out of the way at the bar barns and there is room to do the work was the statement of an of- hclal of the company this morning.
 As anticipated complaints are com ing in from the suburban residents who do not want the express trolley service discontinued on January 15 as contemplated.
 But the company will discontinue the express next Saturday in order to help the local service out.
 A member of the Special Aldermanic committee on better trolley service outlined the program for the meet ing of the committee with Supt. Chap man this afternoon in the, office of Mayor Buckingham. He said, eve vii lask where the 20 new cars are that were to be delivered here this month at the rate of one per day. We will also take up the m tier of snow clearing. It is alleged that the. teams get in the way of cars but if the railroad company piles the snow up on the sides of the tracks and forces the teams to take to the tracks Is it not the company's own fault that they are delayed.
 s"The committee has already taken np with Supt sehreiber of the street the project of getting to- gether with the company and having the snow removed from the street at transfer points.
 s'A1l of these things will be put up straight to the company through Supt. hapman."
 There were two absentees from the of the special committee on trolley service this afternoon Alder man Bullard was in New York city on business and Alderman Clampett was ill in bed at his home. The Mayor with Aldermen McMurray and Jackson discussed the situation with supt. (N r 2