The Press., 1919-05-08
STAFFORD SPRINGS

STAFFORD SPRINGS
 Edward Dupre of Camp Devens was home Sunday.
 Lincoln G. Luce has purchased a new Buick roadster.
 l.. F. Eaton of Seneca Falls, N. Y., was in town on Sunday.
 The postponed meeting of the Busi- ness Mems club will take place Mon day evening.
 Announcement is made of the birth of daughter, April 20th, to MT. and Mrs. Anthony Da Dalt.
 J. Champagne of Willimantic has been engaged as pharmacist at the Mccormick drug store.
 The w. c. T. U. will hold a food sale in the chapel of the Congregational church on Friday from to 5.
 Mrs. T. F. Jordan has returned from visit of two weeks with relatives in Brooklyn, N. Y, and New Haven.
 Julius Sibley of Brooklyn, N. Y, a former resident of the town, is here for few days renewing old acquaint- ances
 Twelve young people were received into membership on confession of faith at the Congregational church last Sunday morning.
 Mrs. J. c. Fitzpatrick, Mrs H. w. Gallup and Mrs. Robbins of Norwich were guests of MT. and Mrs. E. D. Kinsman on Monday.
 The annual meeting and due day. of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held in the Episcopal church, Wednesday at o'clock
 In the borough court Monday morn ing, Michael Perko of Wilmington was tried ty Deputy Judge E. K. Taft for on Sunday. His fine and costs amounted to $21.36.
 Miss Nellie Quinley, who has been for ten days with her father, Robert Quinley, has returned to the Canton, Mass, high school, where she teaches in the commercial department.
 Joseph Brunelle has moved into the house on West Main street which he purchased of Mrs. Helen Fitzpatrick Patrick Mccarthy has moved into the house on Center street vacated by MT. Brunelle
 As has been done previous years, the use of land for gardens in Hyde park is to be given free to the public this year. large space has been fitted ready for planting. Those de- string a garden are requested to con- fer with Wm. Wynings on the land Sunday morning from to 12.
 The annual convention of the Tol- land county w. c. T. U. will be held at Ellington, Tuesday, May 27, with morning and afternoon sessions. The ladies of the entertaining union will serve a lunch. The guests of honor at the sessions will be Mrs. Hepbern, national field officer and Mrs. Mary B. Wilson, state financial secretary. The afternoon session will be public meeting with other speakers, and an interesting service is expected. Bill Permitting Abandoning of NOn-
 paying Trolley Lines Defeated.
 The bill permitting trolley comp anies, with the approval of the public utilities commission, to abandon non paying lines, reported favorably by the railroad committee, was rejected by the senate on Monday Senator Heald said he had introduced this bill at the request of a representative of the Connecticut Company. He had hoped that something could be con- ceived by the legislature for the bene- fit of the riding public. But this bill was clearly for the benefit of the street railways, he said. He moved the acceptance of the favorable report and the rejection of the bill. The trolley line from Rockville to Staf- ford Springs, as stated by the officials of the Connecticut Company, was one of the lines intended to be abandoned if the bill was passed. The officials stated that this line had never paid. Whether the line as a feeder was talk en into consideration, it is not stated, but a large number of fares from Rockville to Hartford would be lost each day if the line was abandoned. If the company wished to make this line a better paying one it is hard to understand why they have never tried to eliminate the change of cars at East Hartford. Especially at times of disagreeable weather and during the winter the wait there at times is very annoying, especially as no waiting room is provided. Frequently passen- gers have to wait quite a long time for car and last winter there was a number of times when the wait was for an hour. In view of the possibil- ity of this disagreeable wait many people often go to Hartford by autos when they would have gone by trolley if the connections were better. A number of ways of improving the matter by change at Burnside and g regular car from there to Hartford have been suggested, but the company has neglected to improve the situation The company has good freight busi ness over the line and if the passenger business does not pay the changing from an hour to an hour and half o1 two-hour schedule might help tn, situation.