Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-01-11
MORGAN NOT JOKING WHEN
HE REFERRED TO NEW LONDON.
Civil Engineer Points Out that Plan
Was Started Under President Clark
of New Haven Road.


Was Started Under President Clark
Of New Haven Road.
Is j. Pierpont Morgan and the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail
road company back of the big plans to
develop New London harbor and make
il the terminal port Of big ocean going
steamers?
Was it in large part due to the great
and secretly exerted influence of Mr..
Morgan. the New Haven road and their
repre- seutatires that the last legisla-
ture of Connecticut was induced to
authorize the expenditure of one mil
lion dollars of money belonging to the
people of Connecticut to improve this
harbor?
Is the plan to develop New London
in the manner so strongly urged by
Senator Mahan and endorsed by Gov
ernor Baldwin part of far reaching
and carefully planned scheme of de-
velopment which originated in the
minds of the biggest of the big bust
ness men engaged in transportation
enterprises?
The foregoing questions are the nat
ural results of very interesting state
ments made by H. F. Keith, a civil
engineer, says the New Haven Times
Leader, who has carefully studied the
situation. and says:
The old whaling port of New Lon
don, for many years rival of New
Bedford in that industry, and the
eastern terminus Of the Sound line
steamers, is admitted to be one of the
best. most accessible and deepest har-
bors on the Atlantic coast and is ap-
parently soon to be made the principal
81 e.,
Haven and New York Central railroad
systems.
"Massac husetts west of Worcester
county, with population Of over 400. :
600, can reach Hartford or New York
city and tide water at New London
: more easily than Boston. This is also
| true of Vermont. with respect to New
| London, considering the grades over
/ the New Hampshire hills, having two
/ lines, the Grand Trunk by way of
| Palmer over its Central division, and
/ the New Haven by way of Springfield
| and its connection with the Canadian
/ Pacific over its recently acquired Rut-
! land road.
I Two Million Tributary Population.
Adding Vermonts population of
! 100000 with that along the Lebanon
| Springs and Harlem railroads in New
York state and Of Rhode Island natu-
rally tributary over the New Haven
lines, will make with that OF Connec-
ticut, over 2,000,0U0 population tribu-
I tary to New London in existing lines
Two rival lines exist from New Lon
! don to the Pacific through the Vermont
/ valley and Montreal; In fact, an exam
/ ination Of q good man needs no argu-
ments to convince one that New Lon
don is prettily favorably situated to
concentrate a pretty good share OF
southern and western New England
ports and exports, as well as the sur
plus of New York city, where the New
| York Central have five more favoor-
ably situated rivals for western freight
Just above Brewsters the Harlem rail-
road, which has no convenient tide
| water terminus and a crowded bust
ness below it,established a large trans
fer yard some two or three years ago
| where it can send over the New Eng
land division of the New Haven such
of its surplus as it desires. For this
import of southern coal and cotton anC
tropical fruits, and an easy direct con-
nection with the Panama canal anC
South America, New London stand.
unrivaled by any port in New Eng.
land, as it can get return freigfts o.
lumber, grain and other products from
Canada, and manufactured product,
from New England. This, with the
summer passenger business to ant
from the White Mountains, Montrea
and Quebec will take it to the utmost
Springfield is 20 miles nearer New
London than Boston by existing lines
and New London from Shelburne- Fall,
is distant three miles less than from
Boston. so that New London is tn,
logical deep water terminus for al
lines west Of the Connecticut river il
Massachusetts and Vermont from TIL
west and north.
Started Under Late c. p. Clark.
THAT the recent control Of the Bos
ten and Maine is closely related to tn
| development Of New London, 1 propos
to show.
ut was begun under the presidenc
Of the late Charles P. Clark Mr.. CLAIR
was a sea captain and served in tn
United States navy during the civi
war, previous to the beginning of hi
railroad career and believed in the pos
Sibilitias of New London On page i
Of the report of the commission Oh
commerce and industry is mentione,
an agreement in 1898 signed by the of
1cials Of the Boston and Maine. an
the following of New Haven: Charlie
p. Clark, president; Lucius futile. vic
president; j. Pierpont Morgan and W
d. Bishop. They say, the substaflc
of the agreement is that neithe
should invade the territory Of the othe
by acquiring the ownership or eontro
Of any railroad within the others ter
ritofy" The dividing line was tn
Boston and Albany railroad.
The reason for this agreement va
the attempted control Of the C0nnee
tieit River railroad by the New Ha
Yen, which would give it a mon6pol
or the Connecticut valley bushes
north through the important cities Q
Springfield, Chieopse, Holyoks an
Northampton into New Hampshire an
Vermont. The Boston and Maine GO
) il.
Charles P. Clark, after eenlpistin
fths unthratien 81 the EsS Haven s5s