New Britain herald., 1925-03-19

relieving the company, according to the dispatches, of the alleged neces- sity of connning itself between present terminals
 Chapter 2S7, Of the public acts of 1921, the effect of which would be changed by thepassage of the pres ent bill before the Legislature is as follows:
 Any street railway company may acquire own and operate motor vehicles running upon q regular route and carrying pas
 seugrrs between the tcrmini or
 over any intermediate portion Of such route at a regular slipu- lated individual or per capita fare. Any company which shall rXrrCisc the authority con
 tcrrcd by the provisions of this act shall be subject 10 the su- pprvision and control of the public utilities commission to
 the same extent and in the same manner us with respect to thr business of transporting passengers and property by
 means Of street railway cars. Under this law it is said that the trolley companies claim they have the right 10 operate busscs be- tween any points without obtaining the permission of the ?. L. c, The secretary of the P. |. C. told the Herald that the claim Of the trol- 1 Icy companies in this respect is dis puted, but that the r. U. C. has never had occasion to pass upon the matter nor to interpret this point of the law. The bill before the Legislature, he declared, is an attempt to clarify the present law upon this point. To the best of his i knowledge, he added, he did not know of the Connecticut company establishing bus lines between any points which the company had not already served with trolleys.
 | From this it would appear that l the present bill before the 1egis- lature in effect prosagos an expan- i sion of the trolley bus lines ' throughout the state, but it would result in such expansion upon equal terms with independent bus own CTS, as all bus enterprises would l have to come before the ?. L. c.
 for regulation. If the officials of the trolley companies and their lawyers already are certain they have ban- .ket rights everywhere in the state
 it is unlikely that they would favor the legislative bill, which as stated
 would entail gaining the permission
 of the commission.
 So far as the company is con- cprned in its wish 10 extend serF-
 ice. it is an entirely legitimate one
 and will not be objected to by the
 general public. Nothing that smacNs
 of better transportation service will
 receive the objection Of the public no matter whether it is provided
 bv trolley companies or independent
 bus owners. The main thing Is tc
 get the service.
 Taking New Britain and environ'
 as an example, while the Connec'i'
 cut company curtailed service
 within the city Independent bus
 owners came to the aid of the
 citv and placed transportation serV'
 ire at the disposal of people Whc
 were never served by the Connecti'
 cut company and are not to thi'
 ,lav. The Connecticut company hac
 inc privilege of extending service Il
 f had been inclined to do so; bu' instead of meeting the require ; n,ants 1t found itself in fnancla
 dificultios, could not lay sdditlona
 tracks, and for time refused t'
 believe that bus lines were Wor'I
 considering This being the sltua .ion. other bus owners stepped lnt' Inc breach. Now the company ha adontcd bus transportation as al i,nnortant part of it's service an( : i. finds that sections of the city l
 nerhaps would like to serve witt . husses arc already being served h' , ;ndenendcnts. and the policy Of th' . citv administration and the F. L srC is not to permit the Connecticu oonnanv to institute bus line l o,nich interfere with established l ,fros If the company had cart nranche rights to star, bus me anywhere it chose to do so it Won'' not feel restrained by the ?. L. | regarding competition with es'a b
 ushod lines. The last controversy O
 inc sort originated when the Ne'
 Britain n-Hartford bus line came Int
 contact with the indepondent Oa ? street line. and after con'eronc . al inc P. |. C. office it was mutual ] 1y agreed by residents, the city an = inc P. L. C. that the Hartford 0o s route remain as it was esta o'lSne and cxprcss service be discontinue \ so as to give local service ESpres n service along the line pre'i0u"' y hal been instituted by the Con $ n,r.tcu. company in order not r .;+r. tho Oak street llll'