The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-02
THE TROLLEY OPENED'

great future for the trolley anu tlio ."
tension of the system widely into sur
rounding territory.
President f. G. Crosby of the com
pany was next called upon, ana was
received with three hearty cheers. re
said the community was largely IN
debted to the late S. N. Herrlck ioi
the inception of the enterprise ana its
early pushing; ii was only on the fail-
ure of Mr.. Herrick's health that the
laboring oar had fallen to Crosby. Nor
would the road ever have been COM
pleted if it had not had united board
of directors. Sometimes they Thought
the selectmen looked after the inter
ests of the town little too sharply,
but on the whole they had no fault to
find, nor quarrel with any one. Ihey
felt friendly toward all that had hon
estly differed with them, and now only
asked that the company be treated on
its merits. They had been fortunate
in the contract; it was thoroughly
built. and he hoped, in the words OF
one of the ladies of the opposition,
that il would be "howling success. -
Hon. j. l.. Martin made the speech
of the evening, warmly congratulatlng
West Brattleboro upon the acquisition,
saving the old fear of the people up there
about being annexed" to the East vii
lage was now reversed, and projecting
tremendously the situation when what
is now the West Village would be the
center of a great city extending from
the banks of the Connecticut westward.
1t is wonderful age we live in and
chiefest of its wonders is electricity
which is to do the worlds work regard
less of the exhaustion OF its fields OF
coal He especially congratulated the
for it's president and the
evenness of temper he had shown IN all
the difficulties. This is only merited.
II can be easily seen now that he was the
one man in town fitted for the sltua-
ton. Mr.. Martin expressed the hope !
and belief that this line was to be but
the beginning of others that would |
reach to the centers so the town would
not be tied down to only one corpora
tion. There is no finer place on earth
to live in than Brattleboro and Yer
mont and all she asks or needs is an
,ven chance TO compete with others in
matters of business.
Contractor Coolidge III response to
.all. said he had enjoyed his visit to
very much, was glad to
zee the road in operation, didn't know
If town or city where one has been
,uilt where it didn't mean much for
,rowth and prosperity. and he believed
t would be profitable as he had shown
" taking SO large money interest In
Col. II. E. Taylor also made rat
ling good speech expressing the inter
st he felt as citizen in everything !
hat would conduce to the prosperity y
the town and his belief that the
pening of the road was the opening OF
new era. and bespeaking the best
upport eff all our people for it.
Rev. Lewis Circuit likened the elec !
-ic road to seven wonders of the world :
+ which he read when he was a boy, $
nd none of which or all of which to- :
ether could compare with the wonder G
lat had come to that village. He Il
'aced graphically the development in ! l.
eans of conveyance from the time of :
he OK sled century ago, and saw IN h
lis last development cementing of L
he different parts of the town, and he !,
elingly invoked Heavens blessings ii
pom the enterprise. l
DR. H. d. Holton wittily and with u !,
ealthof illustration also offered his h
congratulations that West Brattleboro 6
id now entered the electric age, and !, ~
, looked after their enterprise to see her =
'anch out and secure better connec
ons with the rest of the world. -
Col. Hooker as the concluding speak 8,
was introduced as the " first con
rt'' from the opposition, and of course al
did the act handsomely. He offered 10
s congratulations, hearty wished the B
terprise success and believed it was \
Nv the duty of every loyal citizen to \,
Ike hold and make il so, for we want "
thing in EBrattleboro that is not a "
ccess. What the village needs is n
There is no better place
+ it. He admitted that the arguments d
ainst the electric road had in part \,
en already exploded. and he looked
w to see everything with one voice an
d hand take hold. NJ
were served during the -
ening. w
There was an exciting runaway last OF
cning Stockwcll's, log team taking I'll
lash no High street from the Brooks
ouse corner. But no damage was an
ne, and it is worth mentioning that
ere was not a trolley car in sight.
J. Henry Pratt and Maj. F. W. 4
lids were the first men to pay fares, ~
d Miss Edith Stolte was the first ~
man TO ride.
Even b. ID. says he guesses it won't -,
so bad thing as they expected. ,oi
It was a grocery clerk and of various Vi
Ter employ that braced whip in hand. az
1 reins wound round his wrist. to =
ltrol his horse as the first. car APP Il
ired-and when the animal never 10
nked, exploded with, You dumb fool, W.
Mt you know that's trolley9" as he i
ought his whip down on its TANKS. sa
)ne out-oftown lady, leaped in 49,
ght from her buggy, striking her Il
I'd and shoulders on the curbing, as ia
/, saw the car approaching on the ..
per part of Main street yesterday mo
rning, and then as she picked her l
up she found the horse wasn't half ior
much frightened as she had been. ."-
band of Italians entertained quite
rowd with songs during the celebra
!. W. Childs Il Co. have sold all the nnl
'ertising space in the cars and had cut
nand for still more. !
he most serious case of frightened , low
Sc was that of L. H. Knapp of the vel
st Village Wednesday evening. The c
NAL jumped round lively and got are are
gled up in the harness. making quite mi,
Do to extricate things, but no Sc \
S harm was done. ane
he management proposes to trans II
t trunks in the front end of the cars AM
passengers from the depot and some sp,
angement will be made for trans . n
of the baggage from the depot to Is
Bratteboro house. Is /