The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-10
Suburban Vestibule
Cars Scheduled
To Go.
EIGHT WHEEL TRUCKS COMING.
Girder Rails to Be Laid on
Various Parts of the
Spencer End.

Leicester, July 9.-It is extremely
probable that patrons of the Worcester
and Suburban next winter will not
ride in the heavy vestibule cars built
especially for the company by the
Wason Car Company of Springfield
but in larger eight-wheel vehicles.
Eight of the vestibule cars were or
dered by Superintendent John B. Cor
man and arrived last fall They were
made to order. and it was said they
would prove the equal Of any car rur
on a Massachusetts electric railway
The vehicles have proved satisfactory
enough to the general public, but the
company has had lots Of bother from
the tact that the vehicles have proved
rather too heavy for the four-wheel
trucks. Before they had been in use
very long, 1t was found that the new
cars could not be stopped in such a
snort space as the old box cars. Many
nat wheels We're caused before mo-
tormen realized this fact, and the very
pest brake shoes in the market had to
be used because the shoes were worn
so fast
The management realizes that larger
cars would be boon to the travelling
pubic and that larger cars on the
same sized trucks would prove dan
eerous. According to the plan outlined
to The Spy reporter by man familiar
with the workings of the road, it is in
tended to sell the present vestibuIe
cars to some road where the conditions
are more favorable and purchase larger
vestibule cars.
IF piphf
present light rails on Winslow avenue
and on part of the Spencer end will
nave to be replaced with girder rails.
AR brakes similar to those in use on
the Grafton line will have to be mt
on 70 hold the heavy cars on steep
grades. S'eep
The w. c. T. u met on Friday af-
ternoon. Mrs. NJ. e. Thurston was in
charge, The memorial service to Mrs
Ellen D. Holman proved very interest
ing Miss Jennie Mann read a paper
ana many friends present related rnary
incidents in her life, or traits of char
dcter' winch revealed many lessons
from her life. 1t was decided to send
the proceeds of the silver-gray medal
contest to the fund for the state con.
Vention at Worcester, after much dis
cussion.
The secretary was instructed to send
message of sympathy to Mrs. Marx
A. Livermore on account of the death
OF her husband, Rev. D. F. Livernore
native of Leicester. Mrs. Grout made
remarks upon "Anti-narcotics, ant
Mrs. John Allen of Duluth, Mimi, told
Of work in that state.
William Snow and Charles Mann
who disappeared from home on Wed
nesday In company with Arthur Baker
returned home at IL o'clock last night
They reported walking to Boston anC
then coming back to Worcester b,
train.
One of the big vestibule cars left thu
track opposite Melville w. Smith!
barn on the Spencer end, this morning
The car was in charge of motormaI
Peter j. Boulger and Conductor Chas
flanagan, and left Spencer at 7.40
The accident was supposed to be caused
by spreading rails. The accident
caused some delay. The from: wheels
went into the mud and had to he
lacked up.
Rev. w. c. Hartipger preached at the
Sanderson M. E. church today. This
evening his topic was Grit, green
backs, and grace" The choir sung
soft the twilight is stealing" and the
ladies' quartet sang Save the girls"
Last night a heavily loaded furniture
team blocked one of the double tracks
on Front street for some time. The
Suburban cars ran to Salem square
only while the track was blocked, and
some would-be passengers waited al
Union station an hour or more.