Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-21

| | Railroad avenue and he did not con l sider it wise to cucumber it with troll i ley tracks
 1 Mir Perkins said it was impossible 1 to give best possible service, unless the l cars passed at or near the civic centre. l Congestion must accompany public ac commodation to some extent The double tracking Of part of High street might relieve the congestion in Dixon l square
 ! The matter of disagreement of town by trolley cars is a matter of 1 sentiment and a turnout at the pas | senger station would not be utilized as d freight station. It is the policy
 to have the freight work away. from 1 the main line The loop suggested by MT Buffum meant a big expense and 1 a serious inconvenience without any i public benefit. No investment is as 1 hazardous as the trolley business, and i less than three per cent. is the return. i He did not believe the Pawcatuo1 Val l ley road could have been sold to any l group of Westerly business men, The road was a wreck when the present 1 company took control and now the road has been rebuilt and there has been corresponding growth. along the ] line.
 The company has been at great ex- pense in trying to give Westerly good ! trolley service and p2Es its proportion | of taxes He said the company would { 1 as a terminal. If the people are con i tented the company is. This proposed change was the result of criticism. If i the criticism does not exist and the people are satisfied, the company is satisfied to remain as at present i Milo M Clarke asked if there was i any plan to do away with the handling 2 of milk cans.
 i MT. Perkins replied that effort was i being made to arrange with the steam railroad company for a spur track on i the railroad property for that and sim 1 liar purposes If this can be effected ! that objection would be removed. | Mir. Buffum representing the Board ] of Trade said he wanted it understood I that there was no determined oppo ! sition against the trolley company. If : the expense of the Friendship loop was : burdensome, ne would withdraw that ; point If those milk cans could be kept ] out of sight he did not believe there i would be any objection to a siding at the railroad station for passenger i service. MT. Buffum was of personal ! opinion that the congestion in Dixon l square was a source of danger, but he i knew that the terminal was beneficial 1 to merchants in Dixon square. ! Mir. Perkins said he was not close : enough to the operation end to be i familiar with the handling of the ob- i iectionable milk cans and-perhaps that : could be readily remedied ] Judge Alberti R. Stillman asked if i the long siding would be necessary ! if a span was obtained into the rail- l road property.
 i MT. Perkins said siding for at i least four cars was necessary and he ] believed cars would be so handled as not to be objectionable to the people | of Westerly.
 1 Mir. Buffum asked if train connec- 1 tions were not lost by cars being held
 in
 i AIr. Perkins said there hac< been numerous complaints on that point, ] but there must be delays when cars ] are held to permit others to pass as ] is the case in Dixon square. It was | impossible to operate a mixed sched- i ule on trolleys.
 i Samuel H. Davis asked if it was the l plan to have all cars from Norwich ! come to Dixon square.
 MT. Perkins said it was the plan to | have every car serve both Dixon square i and the railroad station. Tn response to query from Henry Perry. 2fr Perkins said the siding was designed so that cars could be passed l there, and that there would be ample room for two teams to pass by with a car standing on the tracks MT. Perkins said in reply to MT. Da- wis that if the spur track is built down Canal street it would be used for 1 storage Of cars on special occasions mostly
 Milo M Clarke as merchant near Dixon square, was pleased with the present trolley situation, yet he be- 1 Iieved the passenger station the logical place for the terminal
 Colonel Charles H. LedWard favored keeping the terminal in Dixon square. ! The congestion in the square is not , continuous. only for five minutes at
 9 time. Why not complain of the au- tomobiles that stand near the side
 walks, and aid in the congestion. The
 squera is the natural, the proper place
 for the trolley terminal
 John J. Dunn said, he often noticed , station and he believed the station the proper place for the terminal.
 Nr. Perkins said the meeting point
 a the depot would not lessen the
 coming Of all cars into Dixon square. All cars would be passing through Dixon square and land all passengers , in the square that wanted to be landed there.
 Thomas + Mckenzie referred to : the reported congestion of last sum / lner The natural place for terminals
 is the civic center or railway station.
 The committee thought the siding i'll
 Canal street would meet the occasion,
 l5uj the committee found that imprac-
 tjca ole. He said the best solution of
 'he problem was the siding at the
 railroad station.
 Mir Perhins spoke in appreciation Of the way the subject had been dis i cusscd as it was the desire Of the com r1nv to serve Westerly fully.