Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-22


nectiQn to Portland, and possibly to Montreal.
don't see any prospect OF increase from the
Boston and Albany. We claim that nv the
completion Of the Hartford and Erie to Will
mantle and the Air Line to Mddclown, the line
from Worcester TO New Haven will lc sixteen
miles nearer than by the Boston and ALBANY,
1t seems to me inevitable for our road 10 com.
pete with the Boston and Albany for through
travel to New York, There is a line from Low
ell and Nashua through Framingham to SION
lngtoh that will compete with u.s. We shall
compete with the Boston and Albany hv water
and by an all rail route Frequent travellers
prefer all rail freight track to n water yontn
Last summer we began running one car through
from the White mountains, 1 hrpR,,- ed doinr
ms PRIOR to the agitation ar tins question. |
i InI9N we shall an n through train from Port
lahG, or al least from Nashua There is double
the demand for through train from the north
over our road that there is for one from Bos-
ION, and the difference will continue to increase,
Iue Grafton street plan would render n rear
rangemcnt of the trains ncccssary-not merely
turning the seats. think it would be inHdmls
sable to make up through train in the way
suggested by the other side, of baggage and OK
press cars intemiNcd with passenger train,
II is forbidden by law in New York aud some
other states,
Mr. Smith further explained the difficulties
attendant upon rearrangInT the trains and the
exchange of passengers. lie claimed that tho
north OF the Boston and Albany railroad The
NORWICH road must keep their freight stations
where they now are Substantially. II would be
a very severe injury to our business to be COM
pellCd to go TO the station nj Grafton street, and
lurtner than that the Green street station il
preferable rs station merely, straight line
IRON Lincoln square TO the Junction goes
through Foster street. and either location com.
pelS us to 20 from straight line
Mr.. Smith said that hc had no doubt that an
adequate station can he constructed on Green
street. The largest depot know OF is $50 bv igg
feet, containing twelve tracks. Anvtlppot should
provide for two tracks for cath road. | think
depot 10 leet Wide can be built on Green street
and would Nc Wide enough | don't know of
any expansion that would he required unless
new roads should be built, but it might be ncceS-
SaIY to lcngthen it. IL could be extended cast
indefinitely, if Grafton street were bridgcd,
Five hundred feet would probably be enough
lor the north and south lines for fifteen or twenty
years. The rectangular shape is the cheapest;
the plan for Green street is preferable for pas.
SengerS,
The commission here adjourned till 2:15P,
On re-assembling, the plan prepared by the late
Mayor Blakei was explained. 1t is shaped like
the letter ! the sitting room accessible by car
ila@es, and from them passengers 90 directly to
the cars Of two roads. | have here a plan CIV
ing each road two tracks, winch they ought to
have for outgoing aud incoming trains. NV
plan gives 200 feet in width at the west end 700
feet IN length and $50 feet in width at the cast
end. There is no difficulty in making Il station
on my plan at Green street, but Front street
must be crossed at Il higher grade. Mr.. Balls
plan provides for grade Clio feet higher than
the present grade of the Boston and Albany rail-
road but this eau be done, and ii helps about
the street crossing; it is a mere matter of wards
Of earth. If depot is made at Green street
Grafton street need not he bridgcd. There is no
difficulty in bridging Green street. | have eX.
mi p1 Wit 70 fl,ott
fundamentally. So far as relates to public CON
yenicnce OF getting to the depot and from il the
Green street plan is preferable The Green
street plan gives go feet diagonal front, nearly
parallel with Front street and 300 feet thcrefrou,
ami accessible from it and from Washington
square.
Front, Mechanic and Bridge streets afford
means Of access to it without crossing any
tracks. The front along which we propose TO
place the sitting room w"Ad lave nothing to
Brighten horses. In the Washington square
plan, in order TO get any room for horses to
stand they must cross at least three tracks. The
carriages will be exposed to trains if they stand
on the short side of the depot. Ii they 90 to
the long side the passengers must cross four
tracks inside and five outside the station. 1t is
proposed TO widen Park street from Trum-
bull, making Il good approach The
Green street location is most CENTRAL
and has best approaches. The land on
this location is now lower than the grade and
it is proposed TO bridge a portion some Thirty
feet wide to make an approach to the station.
| don't know that there are any such passages in
this county, but they use them in other cOun-
tries. The passage may add much to The adj
vanta@es of this location 1t might cost $4,000
more with such passage than without it. The
objections to the Springfield station are the
passage of freight trainS through it, and its
having two rcircshment rooms, and they
are between the tracks, with mar
row platforms, and this latter objection
applies to the Grafton street station. The neces-
sary crossing of tracks by passengers is Il great
objection to tue Springfield station which is
obviatcd in the Green street station. We can't
afford the time and expense necessary to
go to the Grafton street location. The obiec-
tons | urge against the Grafton street plan
would apply TO the Boston, Barre and Gardner
road il our plan was adopted, in their Boston
travel. The Green street station might cost
100000 more than the Grafton street one.
think Mr.. Ball suggested the I'M
derground passage. | don't think there is
such Il station in this country. From Green
street we propose to enter at the end. The
through car was put on our road the fore part
Of July, and when the White mountain travel
ceases will probably be taken off. Our plan Oc-
cupics about $50 feet of Green street. Bridging
is not necessary in my plan. Access at that
end could be had if Green street were NOT
bridgcd. My present opinion is rather in favor
of bridging. The switching in making up
Inc bridge would 20 from Temple street to
si,oot t 1t mUuiu w ngcVtSsay 10 cut Green
fifty feet each side depending mon Whether
the grade OF the Boston and Albany road is
tome't IL vi Iol' IL tlc Srauc DC lowered Two
would extend $50 feet from tho hridge' If no
law can be properly construed so as to give us a
suitable station, our road VIII not Try to yet an
in o art rho parties comtro ir ,I p,
Hartford and Erie road think il for their interest,"
to divert travel from Worcester. If our place is
,,'nIi ,no Doa,om 'au Alp"hS PASSENGERS
number of TRACKS Mt Green street wonld n0t in
crease the danger; in fact, it might be less
th "oI onin" tnvLG Wo9la DC any difference in
rancan massacre at Grafton .trcot .f,,in,,
Green street station, think, would accommo.
date thcaProvdenee road best. Every trouble to
travel One II IN" tle
Union station to us is the possibility Of runnin@
through ears. The Inconvenience of switching
+, one on tnt PrlnclPai objections to running
mept WV P'o''"' '''""se-
The hearing was here adjourned till this morn
Ing at nine O'Clock.