Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-01
NO CARS OPERATED
IN THIslciTY

Company succeeded in carrying out it's announced intention of apperatinf trolley cars in New London sDn Thurs day. New Eondon was the only city on the system in which ap effort was made to operate cars ThHrsday and Il is not known when the service will be re-estab1ished in Nor~fch. The ser vice in New London is not yet com that the service wsi be restored to normal soon.
 Outside the Jefferson avenue and Post Hill lines the regular 2e-minute schedule was maintained throughout the day, The only reason the Jeffer- son avenue and Post Hill lines were not operated is because there was so much dirt on the tracks it was nec- essary stg have them cleaned and dug out ybefore it was safe to operate.
 Geperal Traffic Manager J. H. Cain of.khe Shore Line company was in- tefviewed at the Montauk avenue car barn Thursday forenoon. and he ex- pressed himself as very much en- Der of men who responded for work Thursday morning. There is Sufh- cient number of men to operate all cars in New London at the present time.
 The service continued until S30 o. clock in the evening. at which time it was discontinued. but starting this (FridaD morning the company ex- poets to run the cars later in the eve ming.
 The city of New London is afford ing police protection for all cars. one uniformed policeman being on board each car.
 Traffic Manager Cain said that it depends wholly upon the public in the matter of patronage whether or not the service is maintained. The company absolutely must have pat ronage if they are to operate
 There were not many passengers early Thursday morning. due to the fact, perha pS, that it was not definite 1y known whether the cars would run and if they did. on what schedule.
 As the forenoon progressed, how ever, more passe tSers were noticed on the cars.
 The Bridgeport bus operators who have been operating in New London during the strike decided to quit town, being convinced that the trolley ser vice is now permanently established a gain.
 The men who are operating the cars are either men from the offices and shops of the com pany or some of theh former employees Several of them are older employees who are glad to be back at work.
 A half dozen or so of the men op- erating on the lines are men who prior to the strike were working for the company in Lyme and in the vii cinity of Saybrook. The company is to furnish these men with a car to transport them to their homes in the evening. and they will return by car in the morning. T'li1- will immedi ately give residents between New London and Sayiorook at least one car daily.
 Mir Cain said that no attempts ars being made to operate cars on the system outside of New London. but the service will be extended just as rapidly as the men can be secured and the public patronage warrints it.
 Hany 'of the employees of the road have secured jobs elsewhere since the strike started and will ~oeably not return to work for the road again.
 SA-en cars are being used with IA men. It was claimed that the men are all strikers who applied for their places. The company says it will not bring in outsiders as strike breakers.
 There is no change in the local strike situation. No cars have been run over the Shore Line tracks in this city for the past fifteen days. The striking trolley crews are sitting tight and awaiting developments.
 The ranks of the union men were on Thursday increased by three or four new members who were employ ed in various capacities by the Shore Line company.
 Conditions in Saybrook.
 Employees of the Shore Line electric railroad learned at their meeting in Old Saybrook Thursday that the off, cials of the road had given up all at