New Britain herald., 1916-02-19
CONN. SHIPPERS
 FAVOR NEW HAVEN.
 RETAIN BOAT LIN
Members Of State Public Utilit Commission Testify at
 Hearing
ON ROADS APPLICATION
 UNDER PANAMA CANAL 4

J. II. Hale of Glastonbury Says 'A
 nopoly Was Preferably to Compt1
 ton in So Far as New Havcn's Jo
 Control Exists in Connecticut B
 day''-C. c. EIweH of Elm City AEg
 Witness.
 New York, Feb. 19.-The shipp@ Of Connecticut favor continued c@ trol by the New York, New Haven a Hartford Railroad Co, of it's steal ship lines, according to members the public utilities commission Connecticut who were witnesses tod before Interstate Commerce Comm sioner Judson c. Clements in the he# ing on the roads application to ret@ it's boat lines under the Panama ~ al act.
 J. H. Hale of Glastonbury, me# Der of the utilities body and a frH shipper, testified that his commissS conducted an inquiry to determine attitude of the people of Conneeri& & both shippers and New Haven rsN stockholders, toward the New HaveE petition and found that the geneH opinion was that it would be be "uH versally unwise at this time" for government to decree a divorceme8
 Service Now Excellent.
 A. H. Elder, representing the fntE state commerce commission, astN MT. Hale whether, in his opinion, same competition exists today betweN N rail and water lines owned jointly existed when the boat routes were erated independently. MT. Hale csn ceded that each water line if not ins V joint control toeay would be fisl1 for business but he insisted tE rates would be higher and that & shippers would have to pay" The E. vice now, the witness described F. excellent and satisfactory"
 Mr. Elder asked MT. Hale if knew that in 1905 a prosperous dependent competing water line, & Hartford and New York, was brout& by the New Haven through the r road giving $200 par value of NH Haven stock for every $100 par va K of the Independent lines stock. I@ witness was aware of this. Preferable to Competition.
 "As public utilities commission do you think it was proper for K New Haven road to make such a piM chaser" MT. Hale was asked.
 ''The New Ravens action has I < interfered with the quality of s@ vice." MT. Hale replied. "Monopd# was preferable to competition,Y added, "in so far as the New Havel joint control exists in Connecticut 4 day"
 Universal Desire of Conn.
 c. c. Elwell of New Haven, anoth member of the public utilities comm sion, testified that an inquiry co vinced him that it was the univera desire' of the people of Connectid that the New Haven continue to oH& it's boats. He had been employed the New Haven road at various tim he testified but lenied knowledge any pressure" being exerted by & road to force an independent stear boat line to carry fertilizer and oth obnoxious shipments"
 MT. Elwell denied that when was employed at New London, t1a a New Haven tried to block across # } competing boat lines dock throwing long lines of cars acro@ he tracks. M
 Others Testify.
 Testimony that the New Haven boat lines were satisfactory WI ,iven by J. L. Carling. traffic maj leer of Arbuckle Brothers, shippes If sugar and coffee from New Yorh James l.. Hoyle, secretary of Manufacturers and Business Men association of New York; Frank I sigeIow. boiler and iron works man Ifacturer of New Haven, and Charle !. Keene, traffic manager of tll American Tobacco Co.
 MT. Hoyle introduced a resolutio dopted by his association favorin he New Ravens application. Ei enied that the New Haven requeste hat this resolution be passed, hu dmitted that he appeared as a wit ess at the request of the New HavcY IF. Bigelow, who introduced sim IT resolution adopted by the Cham CT of Commerce of the city of Ne r. Taven. conceded under cross exalulf ton. that it was probably true tha 1anv of the New Haven men favog n lg the New Haven's petition wef tockholders in the railroad. E.
 Best in U. s. N ''The best in the United States wa H le description of the New Haven F. oat service given by MT Keene Hi m nly criticism of the New Haven wa E. it's past paying off' of rival indc E. endent lines as disclosed in varlon z lquirfes. This, he declared, did no # lean that it was impossible for aa line to establish itsel E.
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