The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-02
THE TROLLEY'S OPENING.
UNABLE TO HANDLE THE RUSH Oh
BUSINESS.

Everybody astOnisied at the Crowds
Riding-Over 5000 Profit In the First
Two Days-Enthusiastic Celebration
and Fine speech Making at the West
village.
| The Brattleboro Street Railway. after
all it's difficulties and delays to which
everything seemed to have conspired,
is at last fixed fact and though in a
money sense the trouble of different
kinds through which the enterprise
has gone was unfortunate, it is a lmost
compensated for by the heartiness of
the send off which the people have
given it and which is almost without
parallel in our local annals. Contract
or Coolidge says that in all his ex-
perience he never saw a more auspi-
cious opening. The most enthusiastic
predictions of the friends of the enter
prise have been surpassed by the bust
ness thus far and every one of the
prophecies of the enemies has been
confounded. Wednesday from the time
of the opening at 20 p M, over 5000
fares were taken. OF these 1900 were
taken in the evening for the celebration
at West Brattleboro and not half of the
pe9p'' w " i'A'oI " so 'ouiu SI, "a
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sion "lea i: o.le u ~ 'h.ni e.ou a. slio
loui "a nav ing ia.' ~ ,hoto I. 9:ii
pua y Is ~" o.ident 'ua! wa. ~,
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,iot '.'o'e' nv Inning VOC Ia'
uoie 70 a'oiu Any cnahce oi accieieiits'
's 'ilo I'M ui.n u"iJ " hd'o I'M
lila''e III the pes ilinihe' ai'iiougii e'gi. gi.
lhIhs appeaieu " y. an ilsiir ne
Iul ~ Was onIs RON ,iiS Iai iiouse uii
me street 10 the west mag puI 'iie
l.ach iay ing was Gonipietcu 70 leaIi
stiect ias' nisnt ail'i coiiiu'eneihS Nun
'oelas 1iie ioli ienRui oi 'ie iiiie III oe
co.ered
iestgtua! llie uro"I's on 'ile caI "eiV
enis nun sniaiier 'hail tile hlsht pe
iorc anu from earl! hiofhihs uptli lhte
at hiehl every s, car gong ah'i returning
Was wen i,lied' ana the whole NUMBER
oI Iares taken was between zioo ana
2d", althoush TWO cars We're started III
tne fihe street corner py one gettihg
on the track Tor "a hours' ana nun
dreds OF people VINO wished 10 rae We're
uhapie 10 get room on lhe one car re
niainin Ioday the cars seem 10 DE
as iuii as ever, As thls MEANS
something like s9oo above the costs Oh
operation III 'Ie ilrst TWO uass' OF one
teuti, oi enough W pa! siA pc. cent
uiVluehu ON 'he capitai stock' III pe
gins 10 pe suspected that those people
VINO preaictea that IL "ouiu pe eoou
lnNess,i'eht ~ "eie hot 80 iun! diuei
All. 80 thought fiaVernlii' Mass,
man VINO happeIeo 10 see Tue slart On
anu ashe1' slna Iir. orosoy iot cnahce "
tahe eooo Vi stoch' ol witch tnerc rs
sun soihe uhsoiu, Anu there was sun
ahothsr new st9cknoiuer VINO was con
ny the Gay events thousii iof
d IT,, tcss amount
>. Inc ilfsl ear was run over the track
luesday afternoon az f;fo CLOCK IN
charge OF the Westinghouse speciai eiec-
triclah Swltzer, gong as iat as me ne"
IRON bridge al West brattlepofo' re pro
nounceu everything an rlght ana Meu-
day afternoon the directors ana oi
hcials of the ROAD win contractor
Iooiedge ana Win the seiect'hen'
ballltis ana local dlgnltarles, hlatie
tour OF inspection OF the
whole llne, Whlch had then been mace
ready by the completion oi the west
Brattleboro bridge. lhey made the
run from the car mouse 10 the west
village IN cars gaily decked WIN hags,
IN Just 10 minutes, lncludlhg seVeral
stops. After few moments inspection
Of the car house, and taking on mum
Der of prominent West Brdttleboro citi-
zens, the run was made back TO Pine
street, and thence 10 the point OF start
ing on Nam street, Ihen the line
was thrown open TO the publlc and the
rush began, to continue until nearly
O'Clock the next morning, as IT was
Il. 70 when the last ear left West Brat
tleboro, and large part OF the cele
orators had to walk back from there for
lack of conveyance.
1t was day of great rejoicing with
the West Village. In anticipation OF
the event the people began earl in the
day to decorate their homes and places
Of business and in the evening the
whole village was ablaze with japanese
lanterns and the national colors waved
in the breeze. The ladies' are especial
" deserving of credit for rendering the |