New Britain herald., 1926-02-27


 facts arc added comment, gucsses
 and suspicious, which in time aro acc. ptcd as facts,
 Thus in thn end, without dlsput- ing the fact that d man is not re-
 Quirrd to tell news if he does moi
 wish, the truth still remains that ! when iho public is not told jhe
 whole story 1t will imagine the
 facts, and when the public gucssts
 it usually gucsscs wrong,
 1 Occasionally one reads in the ,daiIy police reports that iitnty driver has been arrested for over loading his bus, The arrests and penalties imposed would seem 10 be iadoqulto enough to st0p the prae- ! tire. yet if one would stand on ccr- tain streets away from the center Ht
 noon and watch husscs pass the i factories it would be readily appar- lent that aycrcrowding has not been stopped hy any means,
 ! Last Monday WashinGt on's birth , day. when 'here was no business on | Main street, noon bus left tlr center fairly well filled, It stopped ISrVcral times 10 pick up other pass- |cngers and when more th2n com fortally filled, stopped again at q If4ctory office and took on enough persons 10 total practically double | il, carrying capacity,
 The bus, according 10 sign on | tho outside, had q seating capacity for 30 people, A passenger counted i9o more standing in the aisle, five on the doorstep, and at least three of these five supporting themselves Iby hanging on to the fender
 4 passenger remarked that it is nothing unusual for the bus on this "trip to carry 60 persons.
 Tho bus driver is not always 10 Ihumo. Passengers will crowd Iaboard in spite of protests and it's a icrurl bus driver who will deliber- atcly turn them out, especially if he knows they are on their way to din Incr or returning to their work in ] the factories.
 That the word service never enters Into the minds of the proprietor and drivers of the Jerome street bus line, has been apparent throughout Ithc winter. When the tranchiSe was , first granted, q schedule was made tout and promises of good service
 given the patrons. of late the ser |yicc has been so poor that the pub lie has been obliged to walk to and l from their places of employment. l On certain occasions recently III the. early morning the bus driver evidently starting out too late to get 1 10 tho center nt the appointed time 5chnrgrd his course and went down
 West Main street leaving q num-
 Ter of Hart street residents waiting
 in vain. This has also happened in
 thc afternoon. also later on i'll the
 morning tho huq which would ordin-
 arily leave Jerome street Ht A:l5, has been taken of entirely and no run Inadc until S:45,
 1 The occasions where such happen { ines have taken place are too num-
 orous to mention patrons say but
 they have become tired of this treatment and suggestion has been made that if the service cannot b"
 improved, tho franchise be taken .away from the present owners and
 given 10 someone who would really
 give the service promised.
 Allowances can be made for bad
 weather. freezing motors and other
 omorgcncios which might arise but
 people living on tho lin" say thcr" is no excuse for driver waiting so
 late 10 leave one terminal or the other that he has to skip q run and Ithon try to squeeze the passengers in
 like sar0incS.
 In very cold weather and rainy weather when the service is needed, | the public is the last thing that en-
 tors the minds of the drivers, accord
 ing to reports. The patrons have , been patient throughout the winter
 but now that the roads are in bet ter condition, they fccl something
 should be done. They arc not asking 1 for anything free they are paying i for service. Now it is up 10 the driv- #rrs or whoever is 10 blame, to give it Ito them, they declare,