Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-30

Electric Railway company is to revert | to the Connecticut company and to be | operated by that company. Samuel | Anderson, who was formerly manager | of this division for the Connecticut | company, is to return to that posi- | ton.
 Announcements to that effect were | made late Monday by Receiver Robert 1 w. Perkins of the Shore Line and by the Connecticut company.
 This division is the section of the Eastern Connecticut trolley lines that include the. New London and Norwich local lines and extend through New London and Windham counties to the Massachu state line at Wilson vile. reaching the cities and towns of Taftville, Montville, Willimantfc, South Coventry Jewett City, Plain. field, Danielson and Putnam.
 is the division of the trolley lines that the Shore Line has been operating under e9-year lease from the Connecticut company, but now is able to give up its lease by permission of the superior court since the Shore Line went into the hands of re- ceiver c Both the statements issued prepare the public to expect a probable ad- vance in trolley fares in order that the l operation of the trolleys may be put upon paying and continuing ba sis l The following statement was made 1 by Receiver Robert W. Perkins of the i Shore Line road:
 1 Statement by Receiver Perkins. 1 In pursuance of an agreement en . ! tered into by approval of the supe- l rior court. the New London Division l of The Shore Line Electric Railway Company will. on April 1st. 1920. at l o'clock a. n.; be returned to The Connecticut Company. Samuel An 1 through his former connection with 1 these properties, will act as local l manager.
 The transfer covers the properties owned by The Connecticut Company. consisting of the city lines in New London and Norwich the main line from New London through to Wilii- 1 mantle and South Coventry, and the line from Tafts through to West
 Thompson. By special agreement this transfer will include, until May 1st l the operation for account of the re- 1 ceiver, of portion Of the East Lyme
 Division, owned by The Shore Line
 Electric Railway Company
 At no time has the New London
 Division failed to earn it's operatins
 expenses. but, since 1915, it has fail
 ed to earn the rental for which the . Shore Line was responsible: as a con.
 sequence, it was necessary to prac.
 tice every possible economy in th,
 effort to secure the rental and tn, service has suffered thereby The return of this property to the owner, , should work to the material advan
 tage of the communities directly serv
 ed. With little margin over actua
 operating expenses the Connection
 Company will be able to spend a lit tie more money on maintenance c roadway and rolling stock, give ad ditional service and provide som more modern equipment, but it shoul be borne in mind that in order t provide adequate service and a req 5 sonable return on investment tn . gross revenue must be increased an g any change in passenger fares whic the Connecticut Company may fin
 it necessary to adopt should be ac !. cepted as an inevitable conseduenc r of the increased cost of producing tn |. service, for, after all, the cofnmunit i. should be more interested in servic e than in the price it pays for it pro . vided that. price does not give i. the owners of the property retur fl above that common to other indus
 tries. If operations do notNresu II in such al return service will ha, = to terminate
 d One system in Massachusetts hs n abandoned 123 miles of track and SUI. e pended operations on 1S5 addition h miles. Service cannot continue wht
 operated at loss. There seems
 be an erroneous impression that on operations arg begun they cannt Y, stop-over 1000 miles of street raj ai way in the United States had, up January 1st, 1920, been abandoned.
 / Mir. Ande' s~-l, who is to take ov ,+ the management of the New Lond, ~ Division, is we'll known locally al
 recognized as a thoroughly capat
 and efficient street r:llway operate
 He is entitled to and should recei
 the whole hearted support of the De ,k ple of the communities it will be m effort to satisfactorily serve. tn Connecticut Co. Statement. ]. aA The Connecticut company a L nounces the charge in the followi no statement:
 ae Due to the failure of The She 'e' Line Electric Railway, to whi ,. company the property of The Connt ;; ;n Icut Company in New London a a Windham counties has been unt .s lease for the past seven years, I is Connecticut Company will again o Sun1e active management on April 1 The direction of affairs will be |
 der the local supervision of Sam i. Anderson who filled the position
 manager of the same properties al L ing the period of operation by l A' Connecticut Company. MT Anders ek needs no introduction to the vari,
 communities as his past record as lie. operator is favorably known throu, p 1 out the territory
 Some of the employees of the pr ;ss ent management were connected W ,ds the property under our previous c,
 trol and there are others who bi IrecordS of faithful service that h. len joined the forces more recently. sls All employees must understand t N' the problem of giving an adequ
 service and obtaining sufficient -rs. come to continue operations is a I ere tual one and that they are just nesf much interested for their own welt
 as are the officers for the success ola the undertaking. A courteous a 'ge. tude to patrons and faithful, CT at1 getic service and willingness to fol
 all rules laid down for their guida ,,r- wiK be required and on the other h nn- fair treatment will be accorded by = officers.
 ast me isct tnat the property mas
 the past two or more years UT . able local management is proof 1
 radical readjustments must be IT - if service is to be continued in various communities.
 It is the intention to install sa cars for local service in both ] London and Norwich as soon as cars, now on order, can be deliy, 1f |