Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-04
NORWICH OFFICIAL AT WESTERLY Y
Sup Samuel Anderson Appears Before the Town Council to Explaa Trolley Companys Willingness to do Away With Superauous Poles-Twenty-Tw Arrests During October-Railroad Ready For Its $2O,0O0.

Samuel Anderson, of Norwich, gen eraI superintendent of trolley lines in this section, was before the town coun- cjI Monday, in regard to the change of pole line in Railroad avenue, which will be necessary in order to permit of the change in grade and widening of that tboroughfare. MT. Anderson was ready to cooperate with, the town in the improvement, but, as the town desired the removal of the trolley pole line, and the use of a single pole line, 1t would be, necessary to make ar ran%ementS with the owners of the pole line recently constructed upon per init granted to the American Telegraph and Telephone company, the Westerly Light and Power company and the Westerly Automatic Telephone com pauY. MT. AnderSon'S predecessor. had taken the matter up with the local companies, with a view to using the newly constructed pole line, but was referred to the foreign corporation. No arrangement had yet been made, put he believed it could be accomplished, although 1t might take considerable time. He did not want the town coun- Gil to harbor the idea that the trolley company was the cause of delay, as it was ready to commence the work at once If the pole owners did not object to the use of the poles under the usual conditions. If the council wanted the present pole line moved back to the new curbing it would be done, but that would not eliminate a seoond pole line through Richmond avenue as is desired by the council; the trolley company did not want to lose it's charter rights as to location, nor did it want to shift it's present line of poles and later on make at tachment to the new pole''line. He be- lieved these arrangements should have been perfected earlier so that the work of improvement could go forward, but this had not been done and therefore there is liable to be delay. He declared that he would try and bring the mat ter to 8 satisfactory conclusion and expected the cooperation of the town council. There was no antagonism with the present owners of the pole line but the company he represented did not want to lose it's location.
 He was assured by Town Solicitor AgArd and the council that the com pany's charter rights would be fully preserved. MT. Anderson said the com pany was willing to do anything that was reasonable and fair and believed the whole matter would ultimately be satisfactorily adjusted, but that 1t might require time. that would be det- rimental to the completion of the pro- pose6 improvement of Railroad avenue.
 Councilman Flynn said it was de @irSbie to have the trolley company Hse the new pole line and that two lines oE poles were unnecessary in Rail road avenue. He was opposed to &ouble line of poles. and believed the council had the power to prevent it. He therefore suggested that the mat ter be referred to the town solicitor and highway committee for investiga- tion1 It was so voted.
 Councilman Flynn asked President LanGy~er<hY, chairman of the highway committee, if any move had been made towards the improvement of the high ways at Pleasant View and Weeka- pau@, for which an appropriation had been made at the recent annual town meeting. President Langworthy re- piled that the committee would take the, matter up at the earliest possible time and that, inasmuch as that sec tfon between the Pleasant sView sta ton and Weekapaug could best be done with the aid of the trolley road, he expected to make arrangements with the company for carting the gravel to be used in the construction. That sec ton west of the trolley station would have to be done by teams, and that the work would be soon commenced as the vote suggested that the work there be done first
 Councilman Flynn, as a member of ths special committee to consider the relief of the trolley congestion in Dix