The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-21
CROW DED.
All Spencer
CROWS
FOR MORE ROOM.
Suburban Cars Bring Many
to Worcester to Trade.

Spencer Dec 20--The Worcester and
Suburban Electric Railway Company is
being raked over the Goals on all sides
not only by people from Spencer, but
also some from Leicester For week
past the Spencer shoppers WHO have
been going to Worcester to buy their
Christmas presents have been crying
bitterly about the accommodation they
have been receiving at the hands of
the railroad authorities. Scarcely has
one of the Worcester and Suburban day
cars made a trip since the Christmas
trade began, between Spencer and Wor-
cester, that double headers have not
been needed.
The Warren, Brookfield and Spencer
cars bring in large loads of passengers
from Warren and the Brookfelds who
almost to person are out on shop
ping tour and board the Worcester car.
Nine chances out of ten the people from
Broollfield, as well as some from Spen-
Ger, are obliged to stand up, sometimes
clear through to Worcester, and al
ways into Leicester. Yesterday and
today the aisles of many. of the cars
have been crowded. Ihe Spencer peo-
pie claim that their patronage is the
most valuable to the road Of any along
the line. but still they receive the poor
est accommodation. Many Of Spencer's
men have become greatly disgusted
with the doings of The electric car COM
pany of late. and are thinking quite
strongly Of drawing ZIP a petition to
ask the Worcester and Suburban com
pany to grant to the people of Spencer
more privileges and better accommoda-
tons than they have ever received in
the past.
We have hoped, said one man to
The Spy man this afternoon, that
Spencer people We're to be considered
of more Importance by the company in
the future, but it seems to me the ac-
commodation is growing poorer and
poorer every day. It looks now as if it
is only a matter of time, if things are
carried on in the future as they have
been for the past lew days, when cars
won't reach Spencer at all, but instead
will stop in Leicester
Not only the Spencer end is after the
Worcester road, but also the Warren
faction (Which is so opposed to the new
scheme of shortening the road, is pin
ming them right down and want to have
company has made. The Warren fac
ton claim the planners of the new
road, asserted that by entering the
road near the Border farm, and run
ning it through Gleason Warren's large
pasture-land in a straight line to the
Dan Rice switch. five minutes in time
could easily be saved.
The Warren faction at the time
thought that this assertion was a lit
Ia TqT0f NENaalA No,
Gleason Warren thought Sunday ar
ternoon, that he would ascertain a few
facts He timed the different cars
from the Dan Rice switch to the Border
farm one Of which took minutes to
cover the distance, another ~, and the
last 21a, but this last car made three
stops going the distance They are
hot over the new plan of the state road
and electric car people, and are bound
II there is any such possible thing. to
beat them out.
4 large number of the members of
the Mems League and their friends as
Se'hpled this evening at the First Con
sftgauonal Church, to hear a debate
between some of the abest men Of
9pehcef upon one of the most vital
questions Of the day. The question
discussed was, Resolved, that the
United States is justified in adopting
the policy of colonial expansion " The
allrmative was ably brought forward
pE Dr. E. W. Norwood and e. s Tir-
reil' prime pal of the David Prouty high
school' Whlle the negative side was ar
gued equally as strongly by LAWYER
j, X Kane and Deacon Fields M.
Prouty.
Previous to the debate the following
3 2I1 e were elected: President, DR.. Il.
w, ": Norwood; vice president, Frank r.
wilson; secretary. C. w. Peryier.
treasurer, Charles e. Torrey.
The funeral of the late Patrick Saun-
cey took place at o'clock this mornine,
at the Church of the Holy Rosary
KEY. u a. Dolan OBLIGATED celebrating
nigh mass in honor of the deceased.
Inc funeral of the late Louis Bernard
VINO passed away Sunday morning al
the nome Of his son IN HillsvilIe, took
place this morning AT o'clock from
st. Mary's Church. Rev. A. A. Jamy
of1ciated
At the meeting Of the Fidelity Lodge.
4. of p, last evening, the following Of
1cers were elected: c. c.. Frank Il An
bolt; Y. S., Phelps L. Cutler; M. of a
W. G. Keith; p, Charles r. Noe: ]. q
charles y. Hancock; o. G., B. F. Eos
ter; M. A., Arthur Scott The second
degree was also worked on one candj-
date. The Concordia Lodge of North
Brookfield which was expected at the
meeting, was unable to be present.
The following men are the ones who
have rolled three strings of candle pins
each over 50, and who will be entitled to
roll Thursday evening in Bissonnette's
alleys for the announced prizes. G.
Smith, Il. Beers, w. Waters J Dris-
coll, a. West r. McGrath. ]. Millette
NJ Ratigan H. Rullard C. Vernon ana