Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-10
PUTNAM

Even with iitney traffic eliminated, the Connecticut company is not getting the patronage on the Putnam lines that maintenance of the present hourly schedule of service demands There has been no statement from the com pany to this effect. but it is known 10 observers of the amount of traffic that the trolley company is handling that 1t IS not sufficient to make operation of the lines profitable with hourly cars and It will not be a very great surprise in some quarters if the company is forced. during the winter season to operate on what may be termed a tWo-hour basis From strictly business standpoint, no individual would continue a service that proved to be too frequent to be profit able and it is assumed that corpora tion will not be more willing to take a loss than the individual.
 EiiminatiOn of some handicaps under which the company is now operating in this territory-an the way from Cen traI Village to North Grosyenordale- would materially help the revenue of the trolley people. Among these handi- caps is a surreptitious jitney competi- tien felt at different points along the | line. This type of unlawful conpeti- | tion is said to be particularly strong ! between Central Village and AIoosup, but is felt at various points along the 1 line, even between Putnam and points to the north. It is difficult of detection. 1 but is known to exist, and each week I takes away from the trolley business | that would help the road maintain its present very satisfactory service.
 Then there is the man with the priv 1 ate car that goes out of his way to pickup. people who are waiting for tfolleys to get to their destinations I There. of course, can be no criticism of l the car owner who with all good will and kindliness gives a friend a lift. Ob- jection only is made in trolley circles l to the. car owner who practically can l vases for business that would go to the i trolleys, In giving these prospective II patrons free rides which he has a per. feet right to do, he Cuts down the troi. II ley revenue, and in one such instance the free ride man is costing the trolies
 company at least SIC per week in iost
 fares. Multiplied by any number Int
 becomes such drag on the trolIy econ.
 panyAs income as to amount to thous,
 ands of dollars year and helps create
 a situation under which trolley servict
 may have to be reduced, to the disad
 vantage of scores of osher people whe
 are not numbered among those who have
 friends with cars and generous na
 turs
 These facts are enumerated solely fol the purpose of pointing out the variet.
 of competition the trolley line is con tending with in it's effort to maintain ser
 vice through this section of the Quine baug valley. Stealtfy jitney competi
 tion may be overcome by legal means
 but there is no redress against the Ire,
 ride men, and none is sought, This dis
 eussion merely points out few reason
 why the trolley company may be force
 to curtail it's service, necessity tha ] would be very generally regretted D
 the public at large,
 FemOrroW's AFmistiee day parade i
 this city will form in Union square an
 will get underway, promptly at ? O clock This was the promise on Thurs day of Lieut.. Edward F. Perry, who i
 to be marshal of the parade. The lin
 of march will take the paraders fFor
 the square through Main to Fron
 street, then through South Main t
 Grove as far east as the soldiers nor
 ument, which the parade will eircl
 coming back through Ring to Groy land South Main, into Front street Main, to Bridge, to Woodstock ave : lnue, through Marshall stret to Prov Edence stret and to the high scha.
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