The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12

location to South Worcester and l don't |
think you will ever see it. done. Even if |
the commission should desire to do it, 1 |
don't believe the business men would |
allow them to do SO. The damage to |
property by @ separation of the gra les |
at the present locations would be half |
as much as to have the terminal re-
moved and located away out in South |
Worcester. l believe in the separation |
Of the grades by cutting down the |
streets at the present locations, that is,
the way this question will be settled;
you see if it isn't. If it isn't, I'll treat. |
A. s. Lowell.-'I am emphatically in
favor of the plan advanced by ex-Al- |
derman Potter, which consists in rails
ing the tracks to avoid crossings at
grade, and have sent him letter ex-
pressing my personal approval of his
scheme. l agree with him in thinking
that the present business interests of
The city should be preserved. A change
n the location of the union station
would result in the undue advantage of
the southern section of the city at the
expense of the central and northern
sections. On the other hand, the south
ern section will develop under the
present system or the elevated track
system in the regular process of evolu-
ton without injury to the other Sec
tions."
o. F. Rawson spoke as follows: eff
we are going to be a city, we might
is well do as cities do, and be pre-
pared for changes that other municipal
ties have to experience. If we are
going to be country town, let's refuse
to have anything new. I think the
round the city plan by far the best
hat has been submitted, and much SUI
oerior to that of elevating the tracks.
The latter scheme would, in my opin-
on, Injuries the value of real estate all
along the line of the tracks very much.
/ don't think that the removal of the
station to South Worcester would be
much of hardship to people in the cen
trail section of the city, for accomno-
dations for reaching the new site would
no doubt come with it's adoption. 1t
would be just the same as it was when
the station in New York city was NOV
ed to Forty-second street., Every one
prophesied that it would cause all sorts
Of inconvenience, but nobody thought
anything about it after it had been
there three months. 1t would be the
same way here
F. A. Easton-'I don't like it at ALL
The idea of putting the union station
at South Worcester is one that 1 am
opposed to entirely. The site in ques-
ton is altogether too far from the CEN
,er OF the city, and would be, in my
opinion. very inconvenient to reach.
No, l don't like the plan at all, as l
look at it now"
Thomas N. Rogers.-'I am afraid that
The outcome will be detrimental to the
city in almost any event. 1t nearly al
ways happens that the city does get
the small end of anything that the
railroads are concerned in. The pres
ent system of tracks should never have
been installed in the first place, but it
is too late to cry over that now. The
tunneling and other schemes for the
northern roads ought to have been
thought of when they were put in, and
hen the grade crossings could have
been avoided at Lincoln square and
other places by the use. of tunnels there
without interference with the sewers.
Whatever happens, I hope they will
not remove the union station, and 1
do believe they will not when the incon-
venience that such a step would cause
is considered"
Col. Fred d. Wellington: 81 think
the round the city plan" the only
feasible one. The constant tendency
nowadays is toward heavier locomo-
tives and heavier trains run at higher
speeds. In my estimation the tendency
must be toward lowering them nearer
the ground rather than to raise them
into the air, for reasons of public
safety. / believe that the idea of ele-
waiting the tracks for any purpose
whatever is a dangerous one on gem
eral principles. Especially is the over
head system a menace to the portion
of the travelling public that uses horses.
i Ill all
right, but most of them fear to go I'M
der one. l myself came very near to a
serious accident some time ago, on
Southbridge street. When attempting to
drive a horse under the long bridge just
as a train went over it.
Otis Putnam: 81 have not studied
the question very fully, and / don't
like to express an opinion, but I have
thought that the elevated track plan
was the better one, on the ground Of
less cost. | do not, however, believe
that the removal of the station to the
south end Would injure this section Of
the city. However you look at 1t, the
problem is a very serious one and
one that will require the greatest en-
cheering skill. We have got to have
some solution, and 1 trust it may be
that the best one that is selected
R. F. Taylor: 81 have very decided
views upon the subject, but do not care
to express them for publication. I am
unable to say whether the property
owners on Front street contemplate
any concerted action against the ex-
ecution of the proposition to remove
the terminal from its present loca-
ton"
Charles E. Squier-I believe that the
railroad tracks should be depressed.
The additional cost would be more than
counterbalanced by the increased val
uation to property. The question
should be settled and settled at once
The delay on the part of those con-
cerned in the settlement, meant a loss
of untold proportions to the industrial
and business prosperity of the city.
Col e. b. Glasgow am in favor of
the plan proposed by Alderman B. w.
Potter, for the raising of the tracks
throughout the city. This is practical
ly the same plan as that proposed by
the superior court commission and be-
comes law If the city takes no further
action in the matter This method is
the most simple and the most econom-
ical
John b. Ratigan-The tracks should
be lowered, even if tunnelling is nee
essary to escape the sewers, which are
unusually high in the railroad sections
of the city. The South Worcester sta
ton and terminal is not so convenient
to the business interests and should
not be adopted.
Charles j. O'Hara-The city should
act and act quickly, for the best in
terests of all concerned.
Frank l.. Dean-The report of the
superior court commission proposes a
good nlan. II should he adnntnd