New Britain herald., 1927-11-17
prominent corners for parking pur- poses Is concerned.

prominent corners Tor parking pur- poses Is concerned.
 The city is not bound to furnish parking and street terminal space for the ruh,ic utility corporations. II is their business to have their own stations. and if the authorities oi this city had been wtdc-awako in the past the drrosation Of the Cen ter 10 the level of a general trolley and bus parking terminal would never have bn.u permitted.
 Ii may Lot be too late to bring abou' il change; but if would require more dot.ruuaIoo and backbone than ,hy osja authorities haze yet shown. There is little likelihood that th.y will change th,ir style, howaver and the trolley and bus nuisance at inc Center is likely to continue for some tune.
 Tho question may he asked: If d bus s'aron-not a street parking place station, but the genuine article --were to be established, who would pay Tor t and its maintenance? Nat"sally, the bus companies. This cost v-o.id be a legitimate part Of opcro;ng costs, just like the main tonance of a railroad station is part O the operating costs Of a railroad. r the bus lines claim they could not stand the cost, then there is some t1jDS wrong with the bus business,
 Another objection by inc mayor to the bus line being ptttjouud for ia that it would parallel another cN- istng bus route to some extent. We are not in a position 10 say whether such a development is wise or un- wise, but go SO far as to say il should not govern the city's attitude with relation to the new bus line be- ing projected. It is not the city's business 10 restrict competition and make monopolies possible; it doesn't adopt this principle in any other line of business and such mcddling W0ull not he tolerated
 Witness the record on tho question of gasoline stations. Objections to the construction of new gasoline stations have been met with from time 10 time, but in no instance have such objections been predicatcd upon the desire to prevent the dc velopment Of competition for an al- already established gasoline station. The objections usually are that pro- perty owners nearby don't want the gasoline station, and the public works board the other day juGt got through denying petition for q new one in response to such objections b. property owners nearby.
 Only in the transportation field does the city and the state presume 10 prevent the development of competitive lines on the score that such competition would injure existing lines Maybe it would, but whose business is it? Certainly not the business Of the city or the state, who would not sulf,r. If the people are ambitious enough--or misguided, in fact-to be willing to invest money in a transportation system that is their business. If they fail to make both ends meet that also is their business, such things would be better rcgulat- cd by the amount of trade secured than by oflicious mcddling by the authorities whose business it is to run a government and not mcddle with private initiative.
 And how often do we hear this very point brought up--the need of less Interference by the government in private initiative? Not merely in i the case of the federal government, but also in the case Of state and city governments. If it is a good prin- ciple in the case of the national gov ernmont, it also is a good principle to follow by the state and the city.