New Britain herald., 1915-04-02

the territory is well covered by the lines of the Connecticut company. In Elmwood there is a service of twelve cars with a twenty-minutc headway4 and five minute service or better on Pennington avenue; ten minute service on Asylum and Ashley streets; and about twenty cars an hour on Albany and Windsor avenues. s, q
 Objection was registered by Ralph O.. Wells because the route paralleled the proposed line, of the New Britain, Kensington and Meriden road, and that the population was nor sufficient to support two. parallel roads. He thought there was some question of the route being 8 fast one, as set forth because in passing from Meriden to Hartford it took a very, roundabout course, instead of going directly up the turnpike. @.-4t :- 5~ '.'' ''"
 A. Allen Moore favored the Ken sington road. He is interested in it. He said that it was because of the de-. l3and of the people of Meriden. New Britain and Kensington. that the char ter was born and that there were fully three hundred: people who go back and forth to New Britain and who are not satisfied with the accom- m odations extended by the Connecti- cut company. The work of construct ing the road had, of necessity been delayed, largely because of the Euro pcan war. he said. .-..
 Local People Speak.
 Ex-Senatori Stevens urged a report for the extension of the charter. He said that the matter has. proceeded so far that the money can be raised upon call, but that the company wanted a guarantee of the whole road by Mir. Wells. <. :: ,<.""
 Representative Roger M. Griswold of Berlin and Representative F. w.. schultz of New Britain spoke along similar lines. They testified that the road would be one of accomn1oda- tlpI and not of speculation. H. H. Spooner went on to tell of the poor service between New Britain and Mer- den, explaining that the people of the west part of Kensington and Blue Hills are entirely without trolley ac- conmodation. He thought that, if development was desired, the commit tee should favor the Kensington road, in view of the fact that the Meriden and Hartford route passed through
 
 i Among those who appeared for the Meriden and Hartford road and op- posed the extension of time for the I<eusington company were Mayor D. J. Donovan and Lawyer Pr. O'Brien of Meridey?. The mayor told that the Mericea Cnamb Der of Commerce had taken TO action in regard to the New Britnin. :. Keusington and Meriden railroad: Senator C. '. Heinemali said that he wanted to guard against another extension of time that would Erirg no results. TX ...
 Attorney Day said that he was not opposed to the Kensington line: in fact he thought it was very good proposition. He told, that the com pany had offered to allow the Connec- ticut company to build the road but that, on account of financial em-. harassment it could not be under taken
 Attorney O'Brien continued to throw cold water on the Kensington residents pet plan and asserted that the charter had been in existence for six years to no effect. He thought the Meriden and Hartford line was the lesser of two evils as far as the mat ter of delay was concerned. He said that the most significant thing was that the proposed road between Mer- iden and Hartford was advocated aft CT six years of inactivity and thai. as the new road could back LID it's prop- osition by a pledge of $2O0, ,ooO, it's route could be built entire, This con- dition of defeasance could be incor-