New Britain herald., 1925-12-17

HON tue ItNuSS SNuIlUi Nucu NtW Workers were busy on plans that eventually brought about the New York Central. But in that year - In 1892 memorial was pre- scntcd to the Connecticut legisla- turo in opposition to tho incorpora- ton Of q railroad between Hart ford and New Haven, which claimed the railroad 'woull pro- duce more harm than good and may result In great injury 10 pri- yate property" The memorial went on 10 say railroad Is a nat ural monopoly, while on canal or turnpike everyone has q right to use his own vchiot>. The owner ship would be vcsyed in the same men who had already established such n monopoly between New York and Philadelphia, and event ualIy if the line reached Boston, person travelling between Wash ington and Boston would have to pay such charges as the owners cared to levy. And the memorial concluded with these words:
 By the grant now contem-
 plated, four turnpike compan-
 ics between New Haven and Hartford in which many wid-
 ows, orphans and persons in | moderate circumstances have
 invested their property, the
 steam navigation between Hartford and New York, and
 steamboats between the latter
 city and New Haven, and many
 other of the vested interests
 of our citizens would be utter ly destroyed"
 This sounds something like tho argument heard ever and anon to. day regarding the contemplated destruction of the Interests ol \ kwidows, orphans and persons 1T , moderate circumstances" in tho railroad lines by the great develop. ment of highway busses and truck lines.
 In the old days the interests oi these persons eventually were de. stroycd by the construction ot railroads, municipalities throughout the state aiding in their construc. ton by issuing bonds for that pur- pose. Now we find people who hold railroad stock arc uneasy over what may happen in the future If the people continue to return to high way travel in their own vehicles ol in busses, or by shipping freight by truck.
 The Hartford Times printed al article showing that numerous Connecticut towns were still paying interest on municipal bonds whicl were iSsuc1 prior to 1877 - whcl ! a law vas passed preventing th' i$sU1ncr of any more such bond -- for the benefit of railroad con struction. In most of the towns th, interest and payments on the principal so far has been thrc, times the original total of tho bonds. Happily New Britain is no among the nu.tbe The towns who went in for this species of frcn2iet financing did so with the cXpeCta ton that the construction of rail roads tapping them would caus' them 10 blossom out as great cen tors of commercial activity. Mid dlctown was ona of them. How i'm portant the towns became aftc they wore tapped by railroad built with the money from tn towns is indicated hy the fact Una most of them are still what i commonly termed "country towns.
 Now Iri'ain, which in the frs place took no stock in yuprcmac based upon railroads and apparent ly did not care whether or not was on an important railroad lint $ TOW the fifth city in the stat and growing faster than most c the others.
 And another peculiar thing connection with the experience ( Now Britain is that if has bccom ,hu largest producer Of freight tor uagc in the state; while the coul try towns which went into the jeans 10 provide railroads so as 1 become great manufacturing an commercial cuntrrs are still rclS lively no further advanced Una they TO whom tEoy furnished tf mon,y 10 rite into this kind ( glory.
 Slowly but surely tho polite . pot in this city is beginning to ta} - on thn aspects of boiling The a
 tack of Aldrman John r. Marr ] nnmnc.atic NuA-r in thc Commt