New Britain herald., 1919-11-01

probably be permitted to take the
 customary "ral1e off, without serious
 remonstrance from the corporation
 officials.
 The contemptuous disregard of pas
 sengers' convenience in regard to
 making connections which has largely
 prevailed in the past, will be pursued
 With increased Vigor from now on The corporation being in such dire
 poverty 1t will be necessary for the passengers to furnish their own straps to keep themselves on the seats when passing over the -unim-
 proved roadbeds at various places on the line. These precautions will he necessary for more speed will have to be made between stops to make up for the slQWness of passengers in makingrchange. 1t will also give the
 crew a little more time to smoke up and swap stories, at the end of the line.
 We seem to have beard somewhere that the trolley lines of Connecticut,
 with one or two exceptions, were pur- chased a few years since by the Con- solidated system, It is a curious fact,
 to most people it would be d signifi- cant fact, that one noted exception was the Bristol and P1ainville Tram way Co.,, which today continues 10 charge only a cent fare in spite of increased cost of operation, and at last report was still doing a profitable business. Excuse the digression but there is another fact in this connec- tion which it is well to note and that is this. There is no section of the state growing as fast at the present time as this vicinity. And the men who run the trollcyS and free busses
 are broad minded enough to realize that cheap tran sportation builds up d
 city more rapidly than any other one cause.
 To continue the line of thought as begun.
 The report has it that the Con necticut trolley lines were purchased 1 at an enormous price. The object of ! this purchase together with that of l competing steamboat lines appeared 1 to be the desire to control entirely 1 the principal means of transportation l in Southern New England. Unfor- 1 tunatelv the government Of the Unit 1 ed States stepped in and interfered ] with this benevolent scheme before it ] was perfected in full detail. The l purchase price was said to be a melon l of unusually juicy flavor to those l public benefactors who participated 1 in it's cutting. A. round sum approx 1 imating some $17,O00,O0O, if not cut 1 into too small pieces, makes excellent eating for financial sharks. But the 1 point is the melon was cut and cat i en. Then the public began to pay
 for medical treatment in order to re- ! vive the melon vine. This was par ] tially accomplished through increase in, St cto hoa lines for both passenger and freight
 transportation. Now the time has
 come to finish payment and the troI- ] ley lines are the medium through ] which this is to be effected.
 Of course no patriotic citizen could
 reasonably object 10 contributing to-
 wards the reha biltation of the sys- l tenn of transportation which he uses i constantly in his business. The pres ent holders of Connecticut company l stock, if they bought a lemon, must l not be required to let it spoil on thoir ! hands so rates must go up and the l affluent user Of the trolley must pay l in increased fares the balance due
 on the melon cut a few years since. l Moreover the vine must De got in | shape, put on a paylhS basls, re-
 groomad and made fit to produce a
 new melon which in due time will i again be cut. either through safe 1 looting or unloaded on the munich l nalitv at about four times it's actual | cost in dollars and cents
 It is a beautiful scheme for those 1 who are on the inside of the deal. 1 The people who are compelled to Day
 while they do not enjoy it so raptur-
 ouslv still make no move to reclaim i their own.
 There is not one penny of value