The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-19
ONLY SOLUTION
 OF FUEL PROBLEM
Is for New Haven to Arrange Way to Transport Coal by Repair
 ing Equipment.

adequate supply or at least sufficient tc
 meet the urgent demands of private
 families, hotels and hospitals or like
 institutions, but apparently their best
 efforts have so far gone for naught, as
 only recently the police of Hartford
 were called upon to guard the coal yards of that city to prevent the footing of
 the yards and cars of the much needed
 fuel.
 To assist in the solution of how best
 to secure fuel during this crisis the state
 has created the office of fuel admins trator and placed in charge MT. T. w. I Russell, and to take care of this city a
 local fuel administrator, MT. Frank
 Barnes has been appointed and these
 their best efforts to solve the problem
 and expedite the delivery of the much
 needed fuel. Bgt up to the present time
 their hard work will be in vain, as the
 only solution to the problem that can l possibly bring results is entirely up to the railroads and they are indifferent to
 the demands and suffering of the people
 residing in Connecticut or elsewhere
 along their system of railroads.
 The advise given to MT. Frank Barnes by the State Fuel Administrator T. w.. Russell to confer with J: O. Halliday. l the superintendent of transportation of the New Haven lines relative to that l road permitting the movement of soft | coal to New Haven from their May brook, N. Y., yards Is perpetrating an outrage upon the people of this com munity that should not be condoned in by any elected official of this state or government.
 This whole problem is not one of an insufficiency of fuel, but one of in adequate transportation and for this 11o ho l,afI r. the officials of the New Haven road and yet the suggestion is made that the re- pfesentative of the fuel suffering people of this state appeal to the superintendent of the broken down New Haven rail- road for permission to bring in the needed supply of coal, even though it be soft coal it can be used in emergency. This New Haven railroad has placed embargoes galore and this refusal to greater delivery of coal, as is evidenced by the fact that anthracite coal cars have been held at Cedar Hill yards for weeks and at other points on their lines for days at time, when confronted with these facts they meekly reply, lack of power, why should there be lack of power? For one reason only, due to the bull headedness of certain officials of the New Haven they have not yet seen fit
 
 they have locked out and who in the years gone by have maintained the motive power of the New Haven in such condition that embargoes did not become necessary. The solution lies in the en- ployment of skilled mechanics and not until this is accomplished can the people of New Haven or Connecticut hope for relief
 The Governor has been advised that the situation is getting critical And urging emergency legislation to aid the tative plans have been submitted but what these are has not yet been dis closed, true the problem will be solved, | perhaps by awaiting the spring sunshine l and then fuel will not be required.
 There are but two solutions possible l either bring the locked out work1nen back to their jobs and have them re- hibilitate the broken down motive power and rolling stock or let the people and Governor of this state and the entire nation say to the railroad officials, New Haven included,
 You are out of service, which means that you are out of the railroad busi ness. You have been inefficient for years. You broke down completely in the war, the public was compelled to run your roads. Once and for all you are Gut ot oei'leo' oo SeI oul.-N. l. Journal.
 A railroad is public thing, and be- ing public 1t is part of the machinery of government. Therefore it belongs what is called sovereign power. I1l a democracy sovereign power means tl1 l power of the government that the peopl have elected to represent them and d. their will. A railroad exists sonly tc serve and accommodate the public and we hope that our local fuel administra- tor and the powers of government be- hind him will not be hurnbled by re- questing the movement of coal trains from some inefficient New Haven rail road official, but will as representa- tive of democratic people demand that this public utility proceed in1nediatel, to move the coal trains. :;
 Another organization that loudly boasts of its interests in the communit has just announced the personnel of r. various committees and named MT. E c. Buckland, vice president of the New Haven railroad as a member of the Committee on Public Utilities. MT. Bucyland's services on this committed should prove about as valuable as they efficiency of operation or results oh i .ained. Another committee has the names of Mir. E. G. Buckland the sarof as previously mentioned and MT. A. I Pearson, president of the New Haven railroad. This committee on survey O ( freight transportation recommends itself to anyone who has been ( ,ornnelled to await the arrival of emnt' freight cars for loading, or for goods consigned to them via the N Y., N H. ! ( H. railroad Let this organizatio' ake its work in behalf of the state and ( community a little more seriously F appointing men to its committees whC ! oy their actions in their daily wc- : prove themselves to be competent.
 Again we say the fuel problem at thi,