New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22
Danbury Seeking More
Prosperous Industries

Highland division Of the New Haven is at
! Hartford.
| Danbury now possesses all the neces-
sary requisites for quick industrial eN-
pansion. as well as for the rapid enlarge
ment Of its retail trade and home areas.
The town has one Of the strongest shop
Z ping districts in the State Of Connectcut
! Thousands Of persons living within ten
| or twenty miles Of this shopping centre
are steady customers there Many thou
sands more would be frequent purchasers
in the Danbury shops. too, II the outlying
rural home settlements We're tapped by
trollevS. Danbury has not the trolley
links that d place Of its size and inn
portance should have. and this is about
the only big defect in its physical make
up, and that defect the Business Mems
Association and certain leading citizens
of the town would like TO have removed
as soon as possible.
| At the present time Danbury has only
! one suburban trolley line. The line runs
! to Bethel, distance of about five miles.
| through a most picturesque rural region.
The Danbury and Bethel line which OPP
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bought not long ago by Messrs. Jones and
Saunders They are said to represent
! Morton f. Plant, who has done so much
/ in recent years for the upbuidins Of New
/ London, Conn, where he has a paiatial
! summer home.
The Business Mems Association and
every resident Of the town OF Danbury
would like TO see built soon trolley line
extending from Danbury 10 Brookfeld,
Still River and New Milford. Brookheld
is about six miles from the hating town.
and has a population Of between 1860 and
! / 800 Still River is a short distance be-
/ vond Brookfeld and New Milford is
about sixteen miles from Danbury. \
trolley TO New Milford would also prove
OF incalculable value to the residents OF
| New Preston, Washington and Litchficld,
as they would be able on many occasions
to shop in Danbury or 10 enjoy other ad-
vantages which that city offers. such IS
the entertainments afforded by its thea
tres, its banking facilities and its educa-
tionsl opportunities.
There is every possibility that within
few years at the most Danbury Will be on
|
Bridgeport A line has been built already
| from Bridgeport extending for several
miles In a northwesterly direction That
proposed trolley line, If extended to the
hating town would run through Trum-
| bull. Stepney, Newtown and Hawleyville,
and a number of small villages.
What a great impetus will be given 10
the projects for the upbuilding Of Dan
| bury into greater industrial and home
| town when a part or all OF these trolley
! links have been made. The trolley lines
will not only provide splendid steel
highway for people livins in the nearby
settlements to travel TO and from Dan
bury, but will give 10 industrial concerns
a wider territory in which 10 find skilled
! helpers There are now hundreds Of
bright young mon and women who would
/ like TO join the industrial workers OF
Danbury. but cannot do 50 because Of
their inability TO travel daily between
! their home towns and Dsnbury.
| Within ten miles of DanburY is the
| beautiful town of Ridgefcd. Conn Many
persons prominent in professional and So
cial walks are residents there. Quite a
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! part Of their shopping In Danbury IL the
| proposed extension Of the Westchester &
| Northern Railroad. from White Plains to
! Danbury, was built and in operation.
! When the plans OF the New York. Bos-
| ton & Westchester Railroad. which eX-
! tends through the casterly sections of Tbs
! Bronx 10 Mount Vernon. White Plains and
| New Rochelle in Westchester County
were made public, about eight years ago.
/ ~ was officially said at that time that
| the Westchester and Northern route
\ would be built so as 10 provide shorter
| way from New York City to the heart OF
| the Berkshire Hills. The right OF way
! for the road from White Plains 10 Dan
! bury. with the exception OF q little strip
| of land. was bought many years ago.
| That line from the city to the Berkshires
would be almost in a straight line north
/ and would therefore lessen the distance
| between Danbury and the heart OF the
| city by about eighteen miles. Danbury 3
| now siXty-fve miles from New York by
way OF the berkshire division Of the New
! Haven road. and consequently when the
Wcstchcstcr g. Northern is In operation
II will be only Journey OF forty-scven
| miles from the metropolis
The Business Mems Association OF Dan
| bury IN also In favor of building at an
early date trolley line from their
! town to Brewster. y. Y. The Danbury