The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-07-13
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Stratford, July i3-As the time tor
the disseminating OF the trolley SER
svice Il approaching the subject is
being freely discussed by the local
people whose opinions are varied re-
gardtng the matter, which at the
present time looks as II 1t would in
convenience many who are depend.
ing on the service to get to their
places of business In Bridgeport. In
the first place there are thousands
of workInen IN Stratford who depend
on the cars for their transportation
each day and who have remained
loyal to the Connecticut Co. during
all the time the jitneys have been
operating from this town to Bridge
port, and many OF these men feel
that the company Is not treating them
fairly by disseminating the suburban
service at this time. The trolley car
is a necessity and without 1t BUSH
ness and workmen will suffer alike,
Is the way some of the localities ex-
press their feelings In the matter.
while others who have been COM
pletely. disguised with the service for
some time feel that If the cars are
Ito be taken or on Thursday Of this
week the officials Of tford, II It
be In. their power, should see to 1t
that the company Il compelled to re-
move their tracks and wires from
the public streets as soon as possible
after the disseminating of the service.
! Others who see the matter from a
broadminded standpoint, feel thar the
selectmen should call a special town
meeting as soon possible and
some action taken on the matter. The
titneys. according to those who are
I,in q position to know what they are
talking about, will never serve the
! Straff0rd nann1a . the trnIIava IA
! done during all of the years that the
company have transported Stratford
people from here to other places, and
had 1t not been for the trolley cars
the towns growth would not have
been so rapid as it has been during
the past ten years.
Several complaints have been re-
ceived by Chief of Police William B.
Nichols because Of the jitneys stop
ping In front of the gasoline station
at the city line on Barnum avenue.
The Barnum avenue jitneys running
out of Bridgeport turn back at this
point and many of them stop In front
lof the place to take passengers
fand gasoline, and an automobile COM
ing down the hill finds it very difficult
to pass especially when there is a
trolley car standing, on the tracks as
at this place the Barnum avenue cars
turn back also. At a recent meeting
lof the Stratford Board of Public
safety the matter was discussed at
length and Chief Nichols was author
lied to see the jitney men and en-
ldeavor to have the trouble adjusted.
For some time past the local, news
fdealers have had considerable trou-
BILE in getting boys to deliver the
daily papers and as a consequence
many of the patrons of the iStratford
dealers have likewise been incon-
venienced by not receiving their pa
ipers. Every effort on the part of the
dealers has failed to get the proper
number of boys for the work espe-
cially at this time of the year when
the swimming pool. the baseball game
land the fishing trip stand out in the
minds of the boys far above tramping
around town with a bundle of papers
under their arms. Both of the Local
dealers are now in need of boys for
both morning and evening routes.
Persistent runor has had it for the
past few days that Chief of Police
William B. Nichols was slated to &C
and that Edward Cronan, recently re-