Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-17
GRAF TOMS VIEW.
1T Differs From Millbury's as to
State Highway Location.
Moreover tits Backed Up by Interests Of
Citizens in Upton, Milford, CordavilIe,
Ashland, Westboro and Franz
ingham.

Grafton, Feb, 16.-The citizens OF
Grafton cannot conscientiously view the
matter Of a state highway across the
triangular portion of Milbury, known
as the Grafton and Worcester road, as
1t is viewed by the town officials OF
Millbury. 1t il the plan of the state
highway commission to build roads from
the city line Of whatever city they may
be building near; and, Of course, for this
reason, the commission desires to join
Grafton's new piece of macadamized
road with the section leading out of
Worcester. And in this connection the
misnterpretation of a statement re-
Gently made by a Grafton official to
the effect that the commissioners would
not grant Millbury a section of state
road until this trip was asked for, has
very little weight, as the state road
commissioners have not achieved much
notoriety by asserting to the requests
of the selectmen of small suburban
towns. Even though the officials OF
Grafton should attempt to prevent MIL
bury from securing piece Of state
road until Millbury has petitioned for
any certain section which might afford
Grafton better facilities for traffic to
and from Worcester, it is not likely that
their efforts would be noticed In the
beast.
OF course, Grafton would be glad to see
an improvement in the section of road
under discussion, but what are the in
terests of Grafton as compared with the
combined interests Of Upton, Milford,
Cordaville Ashland, Westboro and
Framingflam? This Is the road most
generally used by the travelling public
of those towns in travelling to and from
Worcester, and they would be much
more justified in attempting to prevent
MiMbury from securing any other sec
ton of state road until they petitioned
for this piece, than would the citizens
Of Grafton; but, as 1t is, no such attempt
is being made, and would have no effect
it it were.
A Grafton official said last night that
it appears as though the officials OF
Millbury were antagonizing the ideas
which the state commission intends TO
carry out, and that if Millbury should
petition for the triangular section and
also for a strip Joining the Worcester
city line, both would probably be grant
ed to them. Millbury people would have
1t believed that q piece OF state road
between Grafton and Worcester would
be about as valuable to the residents OF
Millbury as Worcester's new city hall
clock is to the residents of that city af-
ter sunset, and, looking at immediate
results this is undoubtedly true; but
when the cost of maintaining this tri-
angular section for twenty years Is Ia
ken into consideration and compared
with the comparatively slight cost OF
having the route surveyed for a state
road, together with the increased ad-'
vantages a first-class road would offer
to prospective builders in the neighbor-
hood of Millbury Junction, and the adj
ditions which would thus be made to
Millbury's taxable property 1t is read
lily seen that by refusing to give con-
troll of this strip of road to the state,
and by so doing be freed from all fur
Their expense OF maintenance, Millbury
| is working to its own disadvantage.
NM. USHER'S LECTURES.
The second of the series of lectures
by Messrs Simmons and Usher, under
the auspices of the Grafton Farmers
Club, was given in Grange Hall last eve
ming by Mr.. F.. p Usher. Mr.. Usher
takes as his subject, History" the pc
Rod from 1850 to the present being the
time covered. Last nights discussion
was the preliminary lecture Of the
course, and reviewed briefly the rela-
tons Of the eastern nations to the
American colonies and to one another.
The next lecture by Mr.. Usher which
will be given two weeks later, will COM
mence with the period of 1850 and deal
with the conditions of the colonies and
their relations which terminated in the
revolution.
FUNERAL OF MRS. MARONEY.
The funeral of Mrs. Thomas Maroney.
who died at her home yesterday morn
ing from the results Of poison accident
ally taken week ago. will be held at
st. Philips Church tomorrow morning
with interment at Millbury. Mrs. Ma
roney's maiden name was Amy l..
Bashaw. She was born in Sutton in
1875, and lived there nearly all her life.
She was married to Thomas w. Marc
ney, Dec. 26, 1896.