Morning journal and courier., 1892-04-14
EAST sHonE RAILROAD.

Special Meeting in Reference to tho Morris Cove Road - The Hoard Unanimously in Favor of the Road | -One Hundred Thousand Dollars Capital Stock. The selectmen held special meeting last night to take action in reference to the report of their special committee on the proposed electric railroad to Morris Cove.
 Hon. James NJ. Townsend, president of the company for the proposed road, and Thomas J. McTighe of New York, the engineer, were present to forward the in- terests of the road, but found the select men unanimously in favor of the road and passed the following vote:
 New Haven and Morris Cove Railroad company to build and oPerMate at sa electric raiirSad % +ha in sese1n general assembly in isss, and the general Statistics of this state over the following high. | of Tomlinson's bridge, through Forbes SvS1of Way of woodward % avenue; then through said New Haven and East Haven in the road to street, to the Qainnipisc bridge: Whenever said company may extend its tracks westerly and | over said causeway, as provided by the charter
 The % construction of said road must commence at once upon the passage of vote by the dirsc. S nep copy of said vote. A T rail of not less then fifty pounds to the yard shall be used in the con str9cton of all tracks sw5enes n% ana established grade of the highways, and the said ie all oesher appliances % wherever ] directed by the | selectmen. All the poles shall be not less than twenty feet in height and their location shall be l pense of the company, within thirty days after l the removal or change of location shall be or dered by the seleotmen, whenever such change | shall be deemed necessary in connection with
 It is an express condition of his permission, the said company will idemnify and save harm; lawful claims and demands for injuries to per l sons or property occasioned by either any i or by the % transmssion of eiectrie % currents by | means thereof, or by excavation, grading, filling,
 of sa % hs maintenance of said road; and that the said company will perform all the reauiremen1ts of of 1S8s relative to horse railroads, and will indem- nifty and save the town of New Haven harmless and that if said company shall neglect to repair any track. highway or cross walk as required in said section 3597 for thirty days after the select | men shall have ordered such repairs to be made, then the selectmen shall make such repairs and the town of New Haven may collect the expense l from said company.
 The permission granted hereby shall not be construed as limiting the power of any board of l selectmen to excuse at any time hereafter any power as to street railways that may now or l hereafter be conferred upon them by law.
 MT. Townsend assured the selectmen that work would be begun early next week and expected that the road would be in running order by July 4.
 The road will be about three miles long and would have been completed before this but for the delay in getting the char ter from the legislature. MT. Townsend said he hoped in time to extend the road to Lake Saltonstall The capital stock ot the company is $100,000. Much of the material for the road has been ordered and the first consignment is expected Mon day