The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-24
THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS
Want the Electric Road Extended to
Their Ancestral BurShS.
HEAVY TRAFFIC PROSPECTS.
h the Union Railroad Company Is
offered I'm the Line Of ~Philanthropic
Extensions to the Backwoods districts
Prospects OF Mountain Resorts.

The many offers which the Union rail
road company is receiving Of excellent
but undeveloped locations for electric
roads throughout the state are assuring
evidences OF the need OF the extension.
The fame of the electric railroad system
has spread abroad even TO the byways anu
woodland haunts Of the granger districts
of Scituate and Rshoboth. The leading
citizens OF every CROSSROADS who nave
listened To the music OF the locomotive
whistle only on state occas!ons, when he
has made his annual visit 10 the city, has
become convinced that his Is "A great
and pre- missing suburb; that the traffic
which IL will furnish To the great metro
politan system OF electric cars would be
some shucks." Visions OF town sites
on their own native heath fit before
them. and they prospectiyely. see u new
road SO burdened with traffic that in
winter two snow plows to each car will
he required TO keep the track clear--
Their. is another class II people fro m
Greenville. North Scitulte and Georgia
Vile who are believers in the theory OF
mountain resorts. "Here's the Union
railroad" said a farmer Yesterday To the
News S udent of ma ure in her various
forms, here's the Union railroad ex-
tenoing its lines like M octopus down
the bay on either side, and developing
the shore resorts. Now what's the mat
ter with the mountain resorts Here's
"A great country from Burrillvilie 10 the
Pawtuxet Valley. and all through the
distric.s of Gloucester, Foster and Scit-
uate. You can stand on Acote's
hill, valuable for its historic recol-
lections, and Carbuncle hill. valuable
for its lack of history, and breathe the
pure ozone of na,ure's n, rests at first
hand; no smoke of dirty coal or ust OF
usy travel will interfere. As a noun
tain resort 1t will be easy OF access and
attractive. Once YOU get here you will
never leave. Why. some OF our Oldest
inhabitants are 20 attracted by the stu
alton and the view that they have never
once left the to w."
Every few days the representative OF
my town appears in the Office OF the
Union Railroad company and dilates on
the beauties OF bis village and tue
sple did business opportunities tina 1t
offers. Then lie sits down and reads a
list of the great enterprises located
within three miles of mis- farm. Two
grocery stores, one blacksmith shop. IA
boarding house, accommodating seven
guests at the first table, "a livery stable,
with a complete outfit OF n buggy. "A
.carryall and .two horses, all OF which are
kept constantly in use by the over
whelming demand OF traffic 10 and from
the city. a beer saloon, n bank only eight
miles distant, twelve opuleut citizeus.
-,r+to HIVE on the frvcstm mt of thvfr cupi'
tai, VINO now discuss politics AT the post
office, but who would doubtless transfer
their headquar ers to the cars of the
electric roau aud kteD the line well sup
piled with traffic i'm times OF dull trade.
Then there's the mail to carry; the new
road could Let that. There's the milk
business. Ii the road would only run a
freight car it could haul at least twenty
cans OF milk a day and twenty-five when
the COWS are not dry. L. the spring
time there IS ould be tn seeds TO Dring
W. for the farmers n in certain seasons
the ladies of the village would keep one
or two erraud boys busy doing chores in
town, while about Easter time the
freight rates on bonnets MoLld be highly
RENT nerative.
All these subjects are gle wingly de.
scribed by the grangers then they
withdraw TO the district neal the Con-
necticut line expecting daily to See the
surveyors OF the new road laying out the
line aud estimating the grading.