The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-03
WORCESTER SUBURBAN STREET
RAILWAY COMPANY,
once. 43 Park st,

DOWN BEFORE THE MIGHTY pow
Err OF ELECTRICITY, AND THERE IS
HARDLY a VILLAGE IN THE UNITED
STATES TO-DAY WHICH HAS NOT
ITS LITTLE RAILWAY STATION AND
ELECTRIC CARS. DEVELOPMENT
OF THIS GREAT INDUSTRY HAS
REACTED UPON THE TOWNS. DE-
VELOPING THEM IN ALMOST d.
RECT PROPORTION TO TIE EXTEN-
SION or THE RAILWAY SYSTEMS.
IT HAS PROVEN THE GREATEST
BOON FOR THE BUILDING UP OF
SUBURBS. THE WORKINGMAN AND
PROFESSIONAL MAN WE'RE NOT
SLOW TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF
THE OPPORTUNITY OF GETTING
SWIFTLY FROM THEIR PLACE OF
WORK OR BUSINESS IN THE CITY
TO THE MORE SALUBRIOUS OUT
SKIRTS, AND THE RESULT WAS A
GENERAL DEMAND FOR SUBURBAN
PROPERTY, HEALTHIER MORE
WHOLESOME SURROUNDINGS AND
THE LINE OF THE TROLLEY IS
MARKED NOT ALONE BY TWO
STEEL RAILS. BUT NUMEROUS
HOMES WHICH HAVE SPRUNG Up
ALONG THE ROUTE. ONCE THE
SUBURBS WERE TAKEN CARE OF,
THE QUESTION OF JOINING NEAR
BY TOWNS AT ONCE AROSE. IN
NUMEROUS INSTANCES As SOON AS
THE SMALLER CITIES HAD ORGAN
IzED COMPANIES, AND COMMENCED
THE OPERATION OF THEIR LINES,
OTHER COMPANIES STEPPED IN
AND By UNITING TOWN TO TOWN
EFFECTED A COMPLETE SYSTEM OR
A
STANCES EXTENDING OVER HUN
DREDS OF MILES. THE PEOPLE OF
NEW ENGLAND, HAVING VERY FAIR
STEAM RAILWAY SERVICE. HAVE
NOT GIVEN THE SUBJECT OF ELEC-
TRIO PROPULSION. THE CONSIDER
ALTON IT is ENTITLED TO, BUT
THEY ARE GRADUALLY HAVING
THE KNOWLEDGE THRUST UPON
THEM THROUGH THE ENERGY AND
ENTERPRISE OF THE COMPANIES
WHO HAVE MADE OF THIS INDUS
TRY A BUSINESS. THE WORCESTER
SUBURBAN STREET RAILWAY COM
PANY, WHOSE LINES EXTEND FROM
SPENCER TO WORCESTER, FROM
WORCESTER TO BRAMANVILLE.
AND FROM WORCESTER TO NORTH
BRIDGE, THE LATTER BEING
KNOWN AS THE BLACKSTONE VAL
LEY DIVISION, ARE RAPIDLY
PROVING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
1HE MANY ADVANTAGES OFFERED
BY THE UP-TO-DATE ELECTRIC
SUBURBAN STREET RAILWAY. AND
THAT THIS COMPANY IS up
TO-DATE AND SPLENDIDLY EQUIP
PED CANNOT BE QUESTIONED.
WORCESTER IS MOST GENEROUSLY
SUPPLIED WITH THE MEANS OF
URBAN AND INTER-URBAN TRANS
-PORTATION, FOR NOT ONLY is THE
CENTRAL SECTION OF THE CITY,
BUT THE SUBURBAN SECTIONS AS
WELL, FURNISHED WITH ROADS
PERMITTING CITIZENS TO VISIT
NEIGHBORING TOWNS AND CITIES.
QUICKLY AND CHEAPLY IN THE
HUNDREDS OF TROLLEY CARS
WHICH FIT IN EVERY DIRECTION.
THE CARS OF THIS COMPANY Be
GAN RUNNING IN 1881, ALTHOUGH
THE COMPANY WAS NOT INCORPOR-
ATED UNTIL 1893. THE PRESENT CAP
ITAL BEING S542, 500. IT'S AFFAIRS
RAPIDLY GREW, NEW LINES WERE
ADDED AND EXTENDED UNTIL AT
THE PRESENT TIME IT HAS 30
MILES OF TRACK IN OPERATION.
POWER HOUSES BEING LOCATED AT
LEICESTER AND ONE IN AIILLBURY,
THESE BEING EQUIPPED WITH
EVERY KNOWN APPLIANCE AND
THE MOST POWERFUL ENGINES
AND DYNAMOS. GENERATORS, ETC,
THE LATTER OF WHICH THERE
ARE ELEVEN, BEING OF THE GEN
ERAL ELECTRIC AND FORT WAYNE
MAKES THE SERVICE IS FUR
NISHED BY "a CARS. 2s OPEN AND SO
CLOSED CARS, THE COMPANY. HAv
ING JUST ADDED CARS OF THE
VEsTIBULE VARIETY OF THE LAT
EST PATTERNS AND WHICH ARE
AMONG THE FINEST CARS MADE.
THESE HAVE CROSS SEATS, ELEC-
TRIO HEATERS UNDER SEATS, AND
PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM THE
WEATHER TO THE MOTORMEN
PROVING THE COMPANIES
THOUGHTFULNESS FOR THEIR EN-
PLOYEEs. CARS ARE EQUIPPED
WITH WESTINGHOUSE AND GEN
ERAL ELECTRIC MOTORS. WHILE
THE OVERHEAD AND ROAD-BED
CONSTRUCTION ARE OF THE BEST,
SNOW PLOWS KEEPING THE
TRACKS CLEAR IN WINTER. EN-
PLOYMENT IS FURNISHED TO IT'S
CONDUCTORS, MOTORMEN, POWER
HOUSE, TRACK AND REPAIR MEN.
EACH MAN BEING FULLY COAIPE-
TENT IN THEIR VARIOUS LINES.
CONDUCTORS BEING COMPELLED
TO BE POLITE AND ATTENTIVE TO
PASSENGERS AT ALL TIMES.
THE PROGRESS OF THE ELECTRIC
RAILWAY IN THIS ADVANCING
AGE WILL NOT SUBMIT TO ANY
LIMITATION IN EITHER CITY OK
SUBURBAN TRAFFIC. THE ELECTRIC
CAR, WHICH DOES NOT DEPEND
UPON A PORTABLE FURNACE AND
BOILER FOR ITS POWER, BUT
WHICH IS MADE IN THE MOST
ECONOMICAL MANNER POSSIBLE.
RUN BY THE FINEST CLASS OF EN-
GINES IN A CENTRAL POWER
HOUSE, WHERE EVERYTHING is
CONDUCTED ECONOMICALLY MAY
BE RUN AT MORE FREQUENT IN
TERVALS, EACH CAR RUNNING
LIGHT WHEN COMPARED WITH
THE LOADS CARRIED BY THE
STEAM CARS THE ELEMENT OF
ECONOMY ENTERS INTO THE PROB
LEM, AND THE SUBURBAN ROADS
CAN SUCCESSFULLY COMPETE
WITH THE STEAM ROADS, AND FUR
NISH BETTER AND OFTENER SER
VICE. 1T WILL THEREFORE, BE AT
ONCE SEEN BY THE INTELLIGENT
READER THE MANY ADVANTAGES
TO BE GAINED BY HAVING THE
MOST EXTENDED MEANS OF TRANS
FORMATION WITH ALL THE oUTLY-
ING SUBURBS, AND THIS COMPANY's
EFFORTS IN THIS DIRECTION
SHOULD BE ABLY SECONDED AND
ENCOURAGED. IT HAS BEEN AS
SERTED THAT ELECTRICITY Is
STILL IN IT'S INFANCY. BIT A COW