The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-23

iiies and II the present methods are main
tained IL will be fully three years before
the plaus can be carried ont
III the proposed extens ons are grouped
together il will be seen that the extern
sion out Charles street, out Smith street,
up Francis street, along Academy ave-
nue. aud out kinsley av nue. are manly
in the directioa OF that portion OF the
city lying between Olneyyille and w ans
kuck and Geneva. Tue
Rights just secured
Tor an extension ont Smith street to Cen
tredale and return by way of the river
road to Manton will oDen the way for
travel along the Woonasquatucket
section winch is undoubtedly destined to
become hive OF industry as populous as
The pawtuxet valley because its railroad
facilities Will enable manufacturers to
ship goods to tide water or to the West
by way OF the Springfield railroad.
Sit down with map covering the sec
tion within a radius OF tea miles from
Market square and lay out the rights and
franchises which the union railroad al
ready has secured, and under whica inn
provements and extensions may be eX-
pected as soon as they can be made. IL
is undoubtedly true that some of the
rights aud franchises have been secured
solely with the purpose of keeping other
connecting roads out OF the territory
which the Union railroad ultimately in
tends to cover, put most OF the right 5
will be utilized at an early day because
they extend through districts which Will
offer traffic enough TO pay for the out
lay.
Omit the city then and begin with the
extension of the East Providence line
down 10 Riverside. There is already
pending charter for an electric road
from Warren To Bristol, aud the distance
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great. The logical Conclusion Is that the
connection between Providence and Brs-
tol by complete line will ultimately
result.
The other extension in the city OF East
Providence will be that of line to Rum
ford, which Will run from the five cor
nera" thus bringing Rumford within
easy reach of the city by way OF Red
bridge.
The extensions to Pawtucket, and in-
cludi5g the Pawtucket 81 rect railway, TO
l,onsdale Will brIug tue Union Eailroad
AID It's branches within
A short Distance
of tie now contemplated extension OF the
woonsocket street railway to Manville.
The connection OF the two roads would
be a slight matter.
The proposed extension TO Centrelal le
has already been oted above. Swing still
further around the circle tue extension
10 Thornton ~ next IN line. Then comes
the extension through CraDston To
knightsville, and the extension fron
Elmwood avenue To Auburn.
IL Is probable that tue extension OF this
line down the Pontiac road will ulti
mately be made so as to connect with the
pawtuxet Valley street railway, tue
northern terminus OF which will be al
Pontiac near the line OF the town oI
Crauston. The charter for the East
Greenwich aud Warwick raj is alread
in hand, and the conn, ction of tht =;
three roads would bring East Greenwct
and Rocky Point within the limit of TIA,
Union railroad aid ITS branches. Their,
remains ouly the extension from Paw
tuxet TO Lakewood Tor which surveys ar,
now making TO complete the circle iron
the east shore of the bay around to tn,
west shore
beginning with East Providence, Paw.
tucket. Lincoln, Cumberland, North
Providence, Crauston aud Warwick are
parsiy included IN the ten-mile radius
And the Union railroad has cher right,
or exclusive franchises in all of them
There Is no avenue OF approach to th,
city from any point Of the compass
which will not b. reached by the com
pany's prop s ID, and ia many cases
already planned, extensions.
The Equipment
for some of these extensions has alread
arrived. Thirty closed cars for the Riv
erside and Pawtucket route are alread.
on hand and stored In the barns a
South Providence, waiting until toe rail
shall be laid aud the trolley lines run
The order for twenty more cars, To b
used on the ElmwoOd route, has ALREADY
been placed aud the cars for that lin
may arrive at any day. These are th
three lines which will be equipped first
The Elmwood line OF rails ale alread-
bonded with wires aud were iai,
when the avenue was widened so as [,
stand the weight Of tue trolley cars whei
the right 10 run the system there was sc
cured. so that the ouly construction
necessary along tue Eimwood line vii
be that Of erecting poles aud stringinl
the trolley wires.
The Pawtucket route is all bonded an,
new rails were laid on IL quite recentl,
IL was anticipated that this route wouf
be In operation by June ist, but the della
in construction will defer the time som,
what.
OR the present cars about forty can b
be transformed into trolley cars. aud fo
that purpose forty motors have bee
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