Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-28
The Trial Trip
Tro,Iv Car Runs up rlain St. for
the First Time.

Only twice in the history of this Gree"
Mountain City have its inhabitants pee"
so completely carried away by as'onlSn-
mcnt wonder and excitement as theY
were Yesterday evening when the llrs'
olectrc car ever seen in Barre came
rolling through our principle street.
Those two exceptions were wheh
many years ago our older r'sloen'S
witnessed tho arrival OF the steam cars
and the other important event was chroh-
icalled when the first bicyclist coming
over the hill appeared before the aston
ished gaze of one of our forefatlefS
who leaving his pillow in the 1urrow
came wildly running through the VII
lace to warn the quiet people that "the
Devil was coming on wheel
Yesterday marked another epoch III
the advancement Of our booming city
and to those who happened to be SO
fortunate as to be occupants of the first
trolly car that ever run up Main street
if will be an event never to be forgotten
while many others will relate to their
grandchildren in future years how on
June 9th. 1898 they were present when
George b. Murch drove the first "frank-
lin Horse" that ever came to Barre.
Most of the invited guests from Barre
went to Montpelier on the $40 train
and as they reached the car house were
greeted by scene of busting excite
men as preparations for the start were
being made.
After the guests had looked over the
plant Mr.. Murch courteously passed
around the cigars and all hands got
aboard the open car waiting in the yard
Superintendent Murch grasped the lev
er called all aboard" and the party was
off on its ride to the Granite City.
Everything went smoothly and the trip
was d elightful one.
The first team to be met was the COW
cred wagon belonging to the Montpelier
Tea Company. The horse was some
what surprised at the sight of such Il
strange "anlmal' but was not badly
frightened. Two other teams were met
on the way but the horses all behaved
very nicely.
When the car reached the Barre Iron
Works it was just % minutes from the
start, some delay was caused after reach
ing the city on account Of the groves by
the tracks being filled with dirt which
had to be removed. This however
might have been afortunate circumstance
as it enabled the multitude of people
along the streets to gaze to their COM
plete satisfaction upon their strange
visitor.
The small boys were wild with cx-
element and some of them came neai
meeting with serious accident from the
teams but no casualty is recorded.
The men who rode on this trial trip
were George B. Murch, Charles f. Per-
rim, Levi II. Bixby, w. E, Laird, +. T..
Cutler, +. &. Rowland, w. II. Shay, F.
Fl. Andrus, Thomas Smith, II, A. Hoar,
J. NJ. llealey, 4. f. Proudman, II. G.
Whitaker, +. L. Langley, F. L. Howe,
E. A. Mutt, q. b. Durkee, B. III. Wells,
j. M. Boutwell,, Harry Patterson, j..
&. Brown, John Mcdonald, G. T..
Swasey, G. j. Bancroft, Fred Carlton
Daniel Worcester, M. w. Wheelock,
John Senter, Clarence Senter, G. f.
Lowe, Fred Blanchard, Robert Whelan,
W. L. Barney, l.. Il. THurston, G. B.
Mcfarland, Fred Sibley, O. Jangraw,
~ ~ iNoucltS, w uIIcu hltlldIuSOn, ".
ii. Richardson, W. E. Ellis, Harry
Iilden, Frank llamel, Oliver Martin,
Buel Lamb.
The return trip to Montpelier was
done in a little less than three quarters
OF an hour. The car run much better
and smoother on the return trip. They
had no trouble whatever in getting in
to Montpelier as they experienced in
this city. When they reached the city,
a small crowd greeted the car but no
such enthusiasm was manifested as in
Barre. The car was run as far as the
Pavilion. and was then taken to the car
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