Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-08
NO GRADE CROSSING
Advantages of a Proposed Car
Line to Webster,
The Company Effects Temporary Organ
ization in This City-I. l.. Currier
its Promoter and Heaviest
Stockholder.

Another electric street railway COM
pany, whose object is to bring three of
Worcester's neighboring towns into
closer connection with the city, was or
ganized at the office of l. l.. Currier in
the State Mutual building. Monday af-
ternoon. 1t is the Worcester, Oxford
and Webster Street Railway Company,
and it's projectors intend to lay tracks
from this city through Auburn and OK
ford to Webster, where the terminus
will be at the railroad tracks in Main
street. The company will have a capi-
tai stock of $250,000 in $100 shares, and
the most of the stock has been sub
scribed by residents of the places named
as follows: /. l.. Currier of Worcester,
1714 shares; John A. Thayer of Wor-
cester, 20 shares; H. w. Aiken of Mill
bury, 20 shares; John T. Sheedy of Wor-
eester, rs shares; Leander f. Herrick of
Worcester, Is shares; Albert NJ. Phillips
of Auburn, 1 share; Fred Thayer of
North Oxford, 80 shares; Charles Hag-
gerty Of Webster, 25 shares; Oscar f
Chase of North Oxford, % shares; F.
j. Sinclair of Webster, 25 shares; o. F.
Joslin of Oxford, 25 shares; C. B. Sher-
man of Oxford, 10 shares; A. L. Rice of
Auburn, 20 shares; G. H. Sanborn of
Maiden, 100 shares; Michael P. McGratf
of Worcester 500 shares; and William
G. Pierce of Worcester, rs shares.
These stockholders in the company
met at Mr. Curriers' office, Monday af-
ternoon, and elected the following board
of directors: I. L. Currier of Worcester,
o. f. Joslin of Oxford, Albert M. Phil
ips of Auburn, William c. Pierce of
Worcester, Leander F. Herrick Of Wor-
ceSter, H. w. Aiken of Millbury and
Charles H. Sanborn of Maiden Mr.
CurTier was elected treasurer of the
company and Mr.. Aiken clerk The arti-
cles of association were signed and will
be published within a day or two
The proposed line of the company will
be 16 miles long and will start, accord
ing to the articles Of association, in
Worcester on Main street, opposite
Pleasant street, then run through Main
and Southbrdge streets to Stearns
square, the intention of the company
being to make an arrangement if pos
sible, with the Consolidated Street Rail
way Company for a joint Use of the lat
ter company's tracks in the two streets
mentioned
After leaving the tracks Of the Con-
solidated Company. the new company
viii ask for a location through South
bridge street to Malvern road, and
through Malvern road to the line of Au-
burn. In the latter town, location will
be asked for in Malvern road to Hamp-
ton street and through Hampton street
and a proposed new street to Elnwood
street, through Elmwood street and
proposed new street back on to the
main Southbridge road, then to Auburn
street, through Auburn street to Cen
trail street, through Central street to a
proposed new street near Bonzey brook.
so-called, through the new street to
Southbridge street, then through North
Oxford and Oxford Plains to the old
road to Webster, where, it will pass
through East Main street to South
Main street, and then to the railroad
crossing, where the terminus will be.
The proposed location does not have
to cross the New England railroad
tracks at grade in Oxford, and on this
account 1t seems to hold the key to the
situation, as no other company can get
such direct connection on account of
its having to cross the railroad. Those
acquainted with the situation know
tnat there is one section Of the road
which crosses the railroad tracks at
grade twice within a distance of about
quarter OF mile. This crossing at
grade was circumvented by Mr. Cur
rter who purchased some time ago the
old Batty farm, which has land on each
Side Of the railroad tracks at this point
He also purchased a strip of land to
the south of the Batty farm land, on
the east side Of the railroad track, and
1t is his intention to open a new street
through this land, so that the electric
road will have location on the east
side of the railroad tracks, which it
will parallel for about quarter of
mile The electric tracks will then re-
enter the main road again and have
clear sailing to Webster without any in
terference from the railroad tracks
1t is also proposed to locate the power
house and car barn on the Batty farm
land, and this will add about SIS, 900 to
$1OO0 worth Of taxable property to the
town of Oxford. This location is Sc
lected for the power house because it is
about midway between Worcester and
Webster.
The projectors of the new company
are enthusiastic over it's outlook, and
If the company gets its franchise 1t is
expected that the cars will be running
In the not very dista nt filfllre