New Britain herald., 1925-12-03
RAILROAD PLANS
 IMPROVED SERVICE
Hopes to Link Up Expresses
 With Bus Routes
PROPOSITION IS EXPLAINED
Hourly Bus Service Between New Haven And Hartford Contcmplat- ed-opposition To Corporations Plans Voiced at Hearing Today.

Plans Voiced at Hearing Today.
 Hartford, Dec. [P - Hearings were held today before the public utilities commission ou three appli- cations for bus routes.
 The Interstate Bus corporation ap. piled for route between Hartford and Worcester, va East Hartford, Warehouse Point and Springfield.
 The New England Transportation company, the New Haven railroads bus subsidiary, asked for q route be- tween New Haven and Hartford via, North Haven and Walllngford, the petition having been amended from one reading from New Haven to the Connecticut state line via. Thomp- sonville.
 The New Haven and Hartford Bus company also applied for the route from New Haven to Hartford. At the morning session arguments were made in favor of the various lines, the opposition being reserved for the afternoon session,
 The Interstate Bus corporation scl forth merely that they were a line already doing business on this route and they were giving adequate serv- ice were ready 10 put on additional service if the commission thought il necessary, and stated that they be lteVed they ought 10 be allowed to continue In the field.
 Benjamin I. Spock, general coun- | sel for the New Haven, represented both the New Haven road and the New England Transportation com pany. He said their reason for with drawing the portion Of their appli- cation between Hartford and the state line was because there had been objection on the part of the Hartford and Springfield Street Rail way company to the New Haven's applications generally, and he anti cipated such objection 10 this one.
 21 Trains Daily.
 we are not at all disposed 10 interfere with the door-to-door sery- ice of any established transportation company such as street railway" said MT. Spock. General Supt. E. E. Began of the New road stated that at the present time there are 2I passenger trains in each direction between Springfield and New Haven and some F of these trains continue through to New York.
 Better Steam Service.
 we are going to make a chang In our steam service" said Mir. Re gan, Ion the first of January, which will revamp the train service 50 as to improve the running time between Springfield and New York through the elimination of some stops at small stations, or stations where there is small patronage for the par ticular trains. We are also going to install some through service be tween Springfield and the Pennsyl- vania station in New York, via the Hell Gate Bridge route, so that travellers in this territory will be able to avail themselves of service they do not now have except through changing trains.
 Hourly Bus Service.
 "We plan, If this certificate is granted us to install In addition to that steam service hourly highway bus service between New Haven and Hartford In each direction, and by that method feed into the larger stations-Hartford Meriden, New Haven-by bus, travel which will connect not only with the trains enumerated but with the shore line trains.
 we do not Intend 10 eliminate stops at some of the smaller sta tons on the commuter trains. morn- ing and evening, but more so during the day when travel Is light"
 There was considerable sparriug back and forth between Harrison E. Freeman for the Hartford and ] Springfield Street Railway and MT, Spock as the intent of the New England Transportation Company to operate right through to Spring field interstate.
 MT. SpoCk declined to admit that the company intended 10 run right through without tine necessity for passengers changing.
 A number of business men from Meriden appeared In favor Of the transportation company's applica- ton, including A. c. Bliss. David H , Henne.sy. Charles NJ. Gehring, R, G ; Miller. w. H. SQuires and William H. Stannis.
 Thomas Reardon, real estate mar , of Hartford also favored the appli, cation. Vice President G. F. Shand. Ter appeared for the Connecticui Chamber of Commerce. and tht , Manufacturers association of Hart ford county was also represented.
 Doubts K. R.'s Faith
 Lieut.. Governor Brainard O Branford, appeared, stating that h' represented about five hundred wagt earners. He said the New HaveI road had in the past topped of trail service if it didn't pay. and the! would probably do the same thinl with bus service In the future, ant for that reason he objected to theii being granted the certificate. H, also made references to the Nev , Ravens past policy of buying u , trolleys and steamships. and said h 1. had no confidence in the road. , Ira N. Ornburn, of New Havel appeared in favor of the New Havel s aud Hartford Bus company, statini l he represented wage earners. H D said he noticed that these appearinl in favor of the application were al f manufacturers, interested in keepiu . freight rates as low as possible, bu Q he was interested iu the plain work Q Ing people of New Haven, walling 4 ford, Meriden and Berlin and tha these people wanted the New Have . and Hartford Bus company to hay