Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-26
mills if the buses were taken away"

mills if the buses were taken away" he said.
 Representative Walter F. Frissen. of Attawaugan, favored buses and Chief John Mcfarland of the Danielson police | said that no difficulty had ever been ex- | perienced with the buses and no com | plaints were received about them.
 Henry H. Oatley, superintendent of the | Asceptic Products company mill, at | East Killingly. which has had no troll ley service since last October, declared the bus line service to be a necessity
 It was at this point in the hearing that General Atwood, of Waureean, made statement in behalf of the peo- pie of that village. Attorney J. F. Car penter, representing MT. Pellett. ques- toned General Atwood along lines rela- tive to the buses giving service during a period of six weeks. a year ago last winter. while the trolley line entirely suspended service. and declared there would have been no bus line competition ! if the trolley company had not fallen down on the job after the trolley strike of nearly two years ago.
 Judge L. 1T. Fuller. speaking for Put i ham and the chamber of commerce said that organization at meeting Tuesday, | through the business men present, ex- pressed themselves unanimously in fa- i vor of trolley service. There are a multitude of reasons why the trolley 1 service should be preserved for Putnam, | Judge Fuller said, and that loss of the road would set the city back twenty years. Either the trolley line or buses, must 20, Judge Fuller said and Put nam's interests demand that the trolleys should be supported and maintained
 Landlord F. C. Rogers. of the Putnam |
 to sign a petition in ravor of continuing the trolley lines exclusive rights in this field and requiring the road to give an adequate service.
 ! Ralph x. Bugbee was called to the stand and asked relative to a petition in favor of the buses which was circu- lated here Tuesday. Inquiry along this line developed a~little repartee between counsel and some of the witnesses. but developed nothing of special interest other than that onl ythree persons in Putnam were asked to sign the Pellett petition for permission to continue ser vice
 The PeIlett petition. incidentally, was laid in with the commissioners It con- tained in excess of 900 names and one for the Bayer brothers line had several hundred more.
 George E. Dresser and C. Dwight Sharpe. both of Putnam. made strong pleas before the commissioners in favor of eliminating the bus lines in favor of the trolley road. Mir Sharpe also insist ing that some definite statement should be obtained from the trolley officials rel ative to the amount of service this city might expect from the road for It's sup port of the line in preference to the buses
 Manager Samuel Anderson of Norwich of the eastern Connecticut lines of the Connecticut company, called as a wit ness, said that the Central Villa age-Moo- sup and Danielson-East Killingly lines had been discontinued, as to operation last October, because of loss of revenue T A chart showing the amount of riding on the line between Danielson and points ! north to North Grosvenordale was laid
 in as an exhibit. This chart showed zone after zone through which cars were op- erated without solitary passenger
 aboard. MT. Anderson said his company had adequate facilities for furnishing ample service and felt that his super.
 iors would furnish such a service a.
 would be required to meet the needs ot the communities along the line. "Tht
 road is not paying operating expense.
 nowr' he declared.
 Thomas J. MeGreevy, assistant comp
 troller of the Connecticut company, gay, figures showing that the lines north O Central Village had lost S37,2o6 in Z years operation, this being loss of 1s.