Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-10
EXPECT EARLY 6. Y. TRAIN AGAIN
Norwich Delegation Satisfied They Convinced Public Utilities Commission of the Need of This Service-Road's Dsre- gard of Publcs Interests Shown in Testimony ern Points Unite in Norwich Protest-New London Favors Present Schedule.

satisfied that the protests from Nor | Wlch and the towns north of here | slong the Central Vermont railroad nad made powerful impression upon | the public utilities commission at the nearing in Hartford on Tuesday, the Norwich delegation who were in at | tendance came home with the feeling that within very short time the com mission would order the road to re- l store to the schedule an early morn l Ing train which should reach Norwich not later than o'clock. This would make connections at Wlllimantic at $50 and then at Palmer for trains for the west and to satisfy the petitioners 1 who have been aggrieved by the with | ara wal or the early morning boat train. | The nearing had an attendance of about 35 men. nearly all of them there to ask thar the road be compelled to pay more attention to the service of 1 the local public in this section than the present schedule in the early morn ing provides.
 In summing un for the professors from Norwich, Attorney Donald G. Perkins told the commission that the | reason why the public was not riding on even the ntw expresses that the | road had put on was because they were afraid that these new expresses would meet with an accident through the in- ferior equipment of the road. and he | had heard this frequently spoken of as the reason why the passenger service of the Central Vermont was not pay ing. He called attention to the fact that the Central Vermont looked upon 1 Norwich and was treating it only as a ftaS station, as was indicated by their timetables, aud in controversion of the claim by the road that the I a mile while costing 60 cents to run he showed where the road was oper- eting other trains at a cost of 36 cents per mile.
 The attorney argued that the road was running its trains only for It's own convenience and not to accom- modatt the public giving as an in stance the train which has been put on the schedule to leave New Lon don at 10.10 a m. northbound, Nor wich 10.41. He argued that this was not put on to accommodate any partic- ular place along the road and he brought it out that it was run mere ly for the purpose of gttting a switch ing engine up to the Willimantic yard, as the crew is taken off this train to do switching in the yard there
 After the hearing was over Super intendent Costello of New London was heard to remark that they had agreed on a down train that would accom- modate the Wilhmantic merchants on Saturday afternoons and that New London people also were satisfied with the schedule, but that Norwich seemed to be the spot where there was trou- ble and he was heard to ask, why should We lay down to Norwich"
 Letter from Railroad Superintendent.
 The hearing was opened by the read ing of the following letter:
 New London, Conn, July 2, 1912
 Mr Charles W. Pearson. Secretary of
 Norwich Business Mems Asssocia-
 tion, Norwich, Conn
 Dear sir: Beg to acknowledge re- ceipt of your letter of the Fist with reference to taking off lof our train No ,. known as the boat train. Re , gret very much that it has caused our patrons any inconvenience but when the facts are made known at the hear ing at Hartford on July 1 am quite sure that your association will note our side of the question the same as I any other business proposition, name ly, 1t has been a losing train for some I time. Our company has been making an effort to deliver tourists to the ! sound resorts and has established a , through night train service between Montreal and New London. This has F increased the train mileage, and as ' you know, the larger number of train miles the greater the cost of opera
 tion. We figured from every point . where a reduction could have beer { made in the train miles to partly off , set the increased mileage occasiOneC f by night trains.
 f With reference to train No. }, as you know, it was too early in the 6 morning to leave New London, 445 for the passengers to get out of the , boat to make that train. We can show
 day after day where No. 3 left New
 London with only the crew on board We can also show the earnings of thi! , train at Norwich which l think vii .' surprise you and every business mar d in the city of Norwich. Our interests
 are mutual and we should assist eacl F other all we can and 1 am quite sure
 that if number of your association ,l Were conducting a business at a los
 as has been the case of this train fo the past three or four years they woult a discontinue it.
 h With reference to the mail it ha h been our misfortune to haul this mai if to Norwich except during the 30 day that it was weighed when 1t seemed t hoN C OCC41 lulllCu ON6T u dIOLIlSi HI V which is paid for handling it, nOtWith - standing that We actually handle tn
 mail the year round except that mai
 which arrives on train No. 34 a Nev
 London and which is forwarded t Norwich by the New Haven train du ' to leave here at 5.30 a. m. At tn y time this mail was weighed We wer z given to understand that it was take 'I to Norwich on the 5.30 New Have $ train for the reasan atat it was nor . convenient 10 deliver to the post offic ,.i from the New Haven station tha l from our station in Norwich
 .0 These night trains are an expert . ment They will be discontinued afte " the summer season and l hope tha
 we can get together and agree on
 schedule that will be satisfactory t
 all concerned
 Yours truly