New Britain herald., 1915-02-26


 very welcome, particularly when the Ec- nema is accompanied with torturous itch- ing.
 s4o,o00 for this purpose and ap- preached President Storrs with this loan. MT. Storrs then promised to build the road and further promised to have it in operation by last June or July at the latest. We now ask permission to build it ourselves"
 "A Social Necosadty'-Quigloy.
 Not only because 1t is an econo onnic necessity. but also because it a social necessity, is why Mayor Quigley wants to see this new line built, he said Picturing the conditions in the thickly populated district he re- marked:
 Imagine a three room tenement. such as exists in this section, contain ing ten people, three married couples. young girl, young boy and two children. Think of the conditions that must exist in such a place. Don't compel us to keep a district whore the young men are learning to become thugs and thieves and the young women prostitutes 8 condition to which we arc rapidly coming.
 This congested section Is three miles or more from the section where some of the residents work and yet it has no trolley service. It includes the factories of the Stanley Works, the Corbin Screw corporation, Russell & Erwin. the Hart & Cooley company and others employing more than 1000 persons and churches and schools which have an attendance of nearly 10000. The city has grown sixty-seven per cent. in population during the past ten years and yet not an extension has been built in this time.
 Oars Like Rocking Horses
 "The service on tho present lines of the Connecticut company is unsatis- factory. There is a car on the Pleas ant street line which reminds me of a. rocking horse. People refuse to ride on it because it Is positively danger our. It Is old and decrepit and ought to have been in the scrap heap years ago."
 A Connecticut company representa- tive interrupted his remarks to ask If he had any specific complaints he could cite and he replied:
 "The instances are 50 numerous that they are legion. We complained to President Storrs some time last June or July that the congestion on South Main street was so great as to compel the people to walk because there were not even enough straps on the cars for the passengers to hang onto and we asked for double tracks on East Main street, which h,yf jn company has refused to put in macadam paving when ordered by the city and has forced us to put in our own paving"
 "The company contends that 1t has proposed to build the lines desired It has proposed to and has promised tot but when we put up a definite proposal to it, it promised to build and failed to keep it's promise. We don't trust the company"
 MT. D'Esope also spoke strongly in favor of the bill.
 Land Promoters Schemc"-Punder- ford.
 For the Connecticut company, Gen era1 Manager J. K. Punderford acted as chief spokesman in opposition, de- claring in part that he thinks "the members of this committee should take some of this testimony with grain of salt, for many of these men l are merely promoting their own land 1 schemes. I regret the criticisms of the companys service which have l been made here, but think they should 1 have been made to the company of ficials before they were uttered in | public. The men who have spoken l about the conditions in the congested l parts of New Britain which they aim to relieve have said nothing about the part of their line that they aim to 1 build parallel to ours toward Plain vile.
 Can't Afford Extension.
 we think that the congested northwest section of New Britain Is 1 ready for trolley service, but we can not afford to build it at the present time. Our estimate for paving work alone for the coming year is $468,O00. If anyone can afford to build the ex- tension, we can, and all we need is time. Our first duty is to take care of the lines we already have; our next to build new ones
 The reason this offer of a loan
 was refused was that the board of
 trustees was in doubt as to whether
 it could build the tracks under the
 pending judgment of he supreme
 court. It is unfair to say that the