New Britain herald., 1923-02-01

! the men in tho shops.
 Mir. Bardo denied that there wer
 thousands of cars of coal al the May
 brook gateway. He told Mir. Dunhan
 that there were only 800 cars ther and Of these i25 were consigned {, Connecticut points. Questions wer, mostly asked by Chairman De Fey ster who read them from sheets ,o paper as if they had been handed 1T 10 the committee. The chairman several times. remarked that the com. mittee had been asked to put these questions.
 All Facilities Necessary. Mir Bardo said that the power of the road was now in a more favor able condition than it was last July and that the road as whole was in better shape. He said: We have all the facilities necessary to carry traf- fic for several years to come" He told of sending away 100 loco- motives to be repaired. He said when they were returned the road would have no trouble in handling traffic
 
 Mir. Buckland. replying to MT. Dun ham, said that prior to government control the road never failed to earn it's interest. Under normal conditions, he saw no reason why the New Ha- ven road should not show surplus in earnings the coming year.
 Chairman Higgins spoke for the public utilities commission, making only a general statement but offering to submit any data requested. He said what the road needed was the spirit of cooperation from the public, loy- alty on the part of the employees to the road and the spirit to give an hon. est days work for an honest days pay.
 Com. ElwelI's Opinion.
 Commissioner Elwell spoke briefly, mainly about the organization of the railroad from the operating stand point. He believed that it was best to have division superintendent in close touch with the men under him as we'll as the patrons as formerly and did not agree with MT. Bardo in the policy of having few but large divi- sions.
 H. II. Wells, Hartford, asked Mir. Bardo why the road did not put all it's effort now into the problem of in coal. Mir. Wells spoke more about suffering from lack of coal than any one did at the coal hearing yesterday. Mir. Bardo said that the | road was handling coal and food in | preference to all other freight. Mir. Wells then said that the road had had 1 he opportunity to win the friendship ,f everyone In Hartford if it had brought in coal. He thought it sin ,ular that within the last A hours 5000 tons of coal had been brought nto this city.
 Coal Traffic Questions.
 Senator Pierson asked Mir. Bardo lumber of questions about the coal raffic and why the New Haven road ut on an embargo against connecting ines. Mir Bardo explained that con- ecting roads did not deliver merely oal but all classes of freight and it tas the latter that choked the lines then the New Haven road was trying 9 get coal to New England.
 George Soule of New York read tatement dealing with the shopmcn's rike claiming where other roads had ettled their troubles there were no difficulties. He said lat if the New Haven had settled ith its shopment there would have cen no such situation as exists to- ay. Mir. Soule was questioned about bor unions on other roads by J. s. ovens of Hartford, J. C. Ready. lairman of the system federation, so read a statement dealing with e shopmen's strike. This statement, ith that of Mir. Soule's was given to e committee.
 Reason For Question. Several men were on their feet to eak when Chairman De Peyster opped his gayel. After the hearing r. Ornburn, in an interview. said he ked the question in regard to the licemen because he wanted to find t if the committee thought that the liking shopmen and the labor union an present were thugs" and that yone was in danger of being hurt d needed protection.
 Senator Brooks said that he replied Mir. Ornburn because state police icers had been out in railroad yards yging in the snow on cars to find [ if they contained coal. what kind coal it was and where the cars re headed for. The officers had tz L-