New Britain herald., 1920-02-16
WITH THE TROLLEYS.

Een though the condition of the Fts. the weather and the epidemic Influenza are heavily discounted Tolerance of the trolley patrons lew Britain has been taxed to the king point by the nature of the lees givep by the company dur the past few days. Humanity is natured, indeed and has taken =aisfortunes with q smile. but it's Ey to walk has been heightened bch an extent by the unrelia bility De electric cars that with the re- of good weather the tranSpOTta- outfit may regret the bad ha bits, h a company standpoint that it bred into it's erstwhile patrons. |sterday trouble was encountered racticalIy every line in, the city. .ng from the lack of cars about enter. Traffic between here and 4 Iville was blocked for the great rt of an hour by the breaking trolley wire on Black Rock ave- Rt a point where it had broken light before. and for which the Ter may not be blamed Traffic her lines was so casual as to be less, stalled cars, burned out Is and lack of crews, we suppose. to blame for the difficulties, bass a given point, it is reason- to expect another along after sual lapse of time and the pa with a confidence that. is rapid toming destroyed awaits in the for the next one, which does om chow. appear until after he ecided that the company has up the ghost entirely and that " as well walk. Whereupon he his life in his hands and pro- across the glare ice, to his ation. for all the world like ind Little Eva, excepting that e is continuous and there are od hounds on the trail.
 are inclined to. give the com every bit of credit that is due its nanful struggles against hffic defying storm of week ago. Certain it was that the ere run at a great loss to the ny. with skeleton crews and at disadNaptage. It is very pos hat we are, even now, seeing ects of this storm in the break wn of equipment which had Previously enormously strained
 seems that it might be possi- obtain some order out of the which exists at present, even texpense of taking half the f the runs entirely and main
 trips of a degree of regularity e remaining cars. There is ice
 tracks and between the rails, [ as much as there was a go, there are many detriments.
 as many as a week ago. Man Iature of habit, the trolley user stomed to schedule. It be better to have half as many inning on time, or somewhere
 even though every other trip
 Is made than having the accu- n of trolfeys, running very bf schedule, and in punches, now see them run. We can UT habits conform to the new f things much easier than we htinue to live in the indecision bas been brought about.
 WIG are about it, while we ing things that do not sound about the company and its Int. it is well to say a word
 for the men who operate the Dne Of the noticea blc things
 ection with the trouble. to
 ho have been able, at any
 board a car, is the good na-
 the operatin" crew and it's
 ness under the difficulties
 cem to besct it. Suriiness to-
 he human freight might he
 under the circumsta rceS. but
 en and conductors have seem
 rod up under the cross-tire of
 s much better than the sys-
 stood the weather and have
 and courteous answers
 sho interrogate them. There
 much information in the aa-
 |ut-one can not blame the
 that.
 FTUME AGAIN.