Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-02-17
NEW ELECTRIC LINE.
Plans Being Made For
the L0nSdaIe Route.
WORK Will BEGIN SHORTLY.
Residents Of Valley Villages Will
Then Have Quick Service.

The plans for the new electric road b.
tween this city and Lonsdale have not
yet been completed, but II nothing un-
forseen happens work on the line will
begin early in the Spring to be In opera
tion by the early part OF July.
Visitors TO this city are outspokeB In
their admiration of our electric car
system, and with the Lonsdale route COM
pleted, the long standing desire OF the
residents of the Valley villages will be
gratified.
The cars and equipment for the new
line will be ordered at an early date, go
that there will be no delay In this respect.
At Mondays meeting OF the Lincoln
Town Council the Pawtucket Street Rail-
way Company was given permission to
lay rails for a double track in Broad
street from point south of jerks Park
to the Valley bridge.
The company has already been granted
permission by the City Council to operate
cars by electricity on Broad street in this
city and the time limit for changing from
narrow to standard guage expires June
2S, 1896. By that time all the lines of the
company will be of the standard guage.
The cost Of doing this work will be large,
but when completed Pawtucket will have
street car system second to none in this
section OF the country.
There is no doubt that the green line
of cars Is one Of the best paying routes
operated by the company and the trade
that 1t brings into the city is appreciated
by the merchants. While the accommo-
dations have been all that could be given
under the circumstances, the company
desires to give its patrons better service in
the matter of rapid transit.
There is one difficulty to overcome In the
plans for the line and that Is the Broad
street crossing. Electric cars will not be
allowed to pass over the tracks and 1t
looks as II the terminus of the route
would be the depot.
Broad street, from the depot to the
Lincoln line, Is hardly wide enough for
double rails and IL the corporation ap.
plies for the right the Council would
hardly grant 1t. Still, single track with
turnouts within sighting distance would
answer all purposes.
There Is a strong feeling already against
the Lincoln Town Council in denuncia-
tion OF the recent action whereby the
Pawtucket company was granted permis-
sion TO double track Broad street the
entire length without giving the abutters
huu II 10
While better service, of course, could be
given by double track the entire dis
tance, the company Is yet undecided as to
whether II would be feasible to lay
dou ole line on account of the width of
the thoroughfare One thing Is certain
and that Is IL better service is to be af.
forded, either double track or long turn.
out must be put In on Broad street be-
tween the points named in the resolution 4,
viz: jerks Park and the Valley bridge.
Ii has already been voted by the town
of Lincoln to expend $4,000 In paving
Broad street. The street is 81 feet wide
during the length that right has been
granted to double track, which is about
two-thirds Of the length Of the town.
During this length width OF II 12 feet
will be paved by the railroad, thus saving
the town about $4,000. IL two tracks are
laid here 1t would be absolutely unsafe
and quite impossible to leave teams stand
ing at any point along Broad street.
The Councils of Pawtucket and Cum
berland have not given the railway COM
pany permission to lay double rails with
In their respective limits, although pow er
has been given in each place 10 erect
poles and maintain wires for an electric
line.
1t is the intention to begin work in a
few months and by the Fourth OF July the
people OF the villages along the Blac kstone
will be able to ride to this city more com
fortably and arrive at their destination in
quicker time.