Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-31
TWO C., V. TRAINS
 WILL BE RESTORED
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 Continued from Page One.) don't get any now to speak of and the service is greatly impaired.
 What in your opinion is the condition of business without the early train? asked Attorney Perkins. Manufactur- CTS and other business interests are complaining and demand an early | train. Attorney Brennan asked: AS far as the public north of Norwich is | concerned they are satisfied? l can not answer that. You don't get all Your mail on the early train? We get all the important mail A } o'clock train from New London would be preferable. You would be satisfied? Yes. with such a train. Attorney Per 1 l1ins asked: How many people are accommodated from your office % Fifty thousand"
 W. H. Dat Speaks for Many Interested
 W. H. Oat testified that he was manager for The Bulletin company , and had a personal knowledge of the carly trains running for S4 years. | Under the old schedule there was great | satisfaction for all. He said that pa | pers were carried by the train all along | the line, connections being made at ! Willimantic for points north and south { west.
 Does the public convenience and ne- ] cessity demand an early train?. l sin 4 cerely believe it does. The action by | the railroad in taking their appeal has meant great injury to the merchants, | the public generally and to us. Attorney Brennan asked: Your only { interest is to effect delivery Of Nor 1 Wich Bulletin as early as possible | No, sir. I am here in the interests of , others as well and have a petition | signed by 75 grangers of Franklin asking for the early train"
 | Attorney Brennan intimaled that the petition was obtained at the instiga- ton of NIT. Dat, which was denied. Train Necessary, Alexander Jordan
 Maintains.
 | Alexander Jordan of Norwich, the ] next witness, testified that he was con- l nected with the firm of J. c. Worth & | Co., wholesale fruit and produce deal | CTS, and that he had personally used 1 the early train to good advantage in a ! business way for 25 or 30 years and | that an early train was particularly | necessary to ship berries, etc, by ex- | press Co hold the firms trade up | through the territory served by the 1 Central Vermont as far as Monsen, | Mass. By ths disoontinuanee of the early train customers were purchasing ! from Springfield, Mass, houses, as they l rould get shipments earlier than from | Norwich. The early train was essen 'ial to effect good delivery. l cannot now make trips conveniently and peo- l. lie up and down the line are not sat- lsfed. Public necessity and conven= lence demand a restoration of the early | train.
 Noah Rogers on the Stand. | Noah Rogers of Norwich was then called and testified that he represented Stoddard, Gilbert & Co.,, wholesale 1 grocers. He said I have been familiar with the early train ever since 1 have lived in the state, a matter of ter years, and have had great use for it ! having personally travelled upon il when 1t was very well patronized Good service under old schedule ant one could make trips the same day ant set back hut new schedule is practi cally worthless. The new train i! much too late. The early train is thu one needed.
 Frank H. Smiths Plea.
 Frank H. Smith of Norwich testified that he had been in business or afili ated with business interests in Nor Wich for 42 years and had certainly had knowledge of the early trail for period of at least 30 years O more, and that it met the needs of tn, , public satisfactorily. It was conven lent for trayeiing men, business ani professional men, as well as genera pubnc. Do you think that bushes f generally demands it? Decidedly.
 
 Mems association and Board of Trade who heartily urge the restoration n lhe train. To the question regardlnj the 63O train, as far as he was con
 cerned reply was made that it Woul -! personally suit him, but he though t that other business interests shoul
 also be considered.
 Needed by Yantic Residents.
 William F. Manning, postmaster a
 fantlc, testified that for 30 years an
 more to his knowledge the early trai D had given good service and with it withdrawal the mails and business in
 lerests were greatly disaFranged. Un | | der old schedule mails were ready a
 b.l5, and now not until several hour
 later. Rural carriers are handicappe ', and mail for despatch was also delay t ed by their late arrival from mallin
 ulps Six-thirty train might be a V right as far as Fantic was concernet 2 Winslow T. Williams of the Yanti Woolen company testified that h
 company which had been in his famil d since 1S24, has been greatly discon c moded by the removal of the earl
 train. as the important mail did ne
 now reach them until after 10 o,cleo H when it was formerly opened at S.;
 and work for the day could be nice
 planned out His employees were aIs - hit hard as they could not get the t. mail until dinner time, when former
 they received it before going to wor
 in the morning. I used to get nint
 tenths of my important mail by u !, early train. I remember the train fro
 1884. He said that public convenient = Nand necessity demanded the restor;
 ton of the train.
 , New Schedule Inconvenient.
 A. R. Potter of Norwich said he he
 personally used the train for 45 or
 years and traveled from 5000 to s,ol
 miles year over the Central Vermol q railroad The new schedule dor serve me at all to advantage and ii train is badly needed
 Fred c. Ninton, postmaster of Eagl
 vile, told of the delay eecasiened
 the new schedule in the handling ' mails and that large population. il ' ciudtng those at the Connecticut Aer
 cultural college at Storrs, were sery,
 through his office, and under the ne
 schedule the live mail was not r
 eeiEed by the people to whera it ", ie addressed until the next day--24 heu
 later. He said that there were