The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-02

the reelection of Mir. Morford al
 7-Permission for the Hartford and I Springfield Railway Company to use | Tracks of the \. Y, N. H. & H. E2iI- | road Go.
 This commission recommends that ! permission be granted 10 the Hart ! ford and Springfield Street Railway i Company to operate its cars over the steam railway tracks of the Suhield Branch, so-calIed of The N. Y., II. H. | & Hartford Railroad Company and over the MeIrose Branch, so-called of said Railroad, subject to the consent of and agreement Of the Railroad Company, subject to the approval of the Public Utilities Commission, and also that the said Hartford and Springfield RainIway Co. be given the right to lay it's tracks at grade across the tracks of said Suffield branch subject to the approval of said Commission, (Biu appended).
 8-Appointment of Commission for further study of the Street Railway Problem
 This Commission recommends the appointment by the Governor of a Street Railway Commission of three
  Street Railway problem and to report to the General Assembly of 1921 the conditions at the close of the year 1920 together with recommendations and necessary legisla ton which they believe to be required in order to place the Street Railways of the State upon a safe, fair and efficient operating basis. We recommend that the Commission to be appointed be given authority if deemed desirable to engage a competent expert to make a careful appraisal of the Street Railway properties of the State afte" July, 1920. We recommend that the Commission be appointed be given such clerical assistance as may be needed and that it De given sucn compensation and sums for expense as shall be approved by the Board of Control. (Biu appended)
 In conclusion the Commission de- sires to urge upon the Public in the State the need Of a more hearty CO., operation of any sympathy between them and the Street Railway Com panies It is recognized that any position taken by the Street Railway Cos, in years gone by have led up 10 a feeling lacking in sympathy and co-operation We believe at present that in spite of many causes for crit icisn and complaint it is now the earnest effort and enScavor of the of ciaIs of the Street Railway Cos, to give the best service possible to tho rublic, and we further believe that the operating officers, together with the Public Utilities Commission would gladly endeavor to correct abuses and lacks in efficient service if the public will cooperate by bring- ing the just causes for complaint 10 their attention. We are not justified in expecting perfection in Railway companies any moe than in individ- ua1s. but by kindly co-operatnS much can be done by the public 10 help the operating officers in giving more satisfactory 'serVlce. ReSpeCI- fully submitted:
 JOHN B. DILLON,
 Senate Chairman. i
 CLIFFORD F. HOUGH.
 OLIVER R. BECkWITH.
 JOHN T. NacKNIGHT.
 ARTHUR M. WATT.
 IRA NJ. ORNRURN.
 FRANCIS R. COOLEY.
 Additional statement of Oliver R. ! Beckwith and others.
 CThe recommendations of the Com 1 mission are not dissented from but 1. an additional statement is fled) because in our opinion the relief af- 1 forded by those rec0mmendauons Will . not be sufficient to insure the con ! tinued operation Of some Of tHe . street railway lines for which trans | portation by means of jitneys cannot i now be substituted.
 The recommended relief from | bridge and paving assessnents is pos tive for two years, and if granted will permit a saving for the Connect- cut Company alone amounting to per haps to as much as s700,000 during that period of time, and assuming a 1 continuance for the next two years of substantially present rate of gross revenue and operating expense. there could be added to that saving an an nuaI net revenue from operation of s2oo.ooO or s40O,0OO for the two ] years, which would give that Com pary approximately S1.100,o00 with which in the absence Of other relief, to pay its increased burden of wages under the new rates amounting to ss6o,o0O per year, or $1,70O,G0O for the two years, and with which at the end of that period to liquidate the accumulated obligatons of the com pany for taxes and interest thereon on which payment may be deferred. Those taxes, when added to the taxes at present owed by the Company. will in June, 1921 amount to approximate ly s1.2OO 900 50 that for wages and taxes together during the next two years the Connecticut Company will have to pay. or become obligated to pay total of approximately s290O, 900 and in the absence Of other relief than that which we have heretofore n entioned. that Company will have about t1.100,oo0 with which to de- fray these payments and obuga- tons.