The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-08

for the welfare and safety of the town.
An electric road to Whitinsville is
Just what the people of this town want
and 80 per cent Of us want it to come
by the old River road and down
Church street.
THE railroad facilities here are ex-
ceedingly poor and if we want to go
out of town we have to Take stage
and go to the depot, whereas if the
electric cars were running, we could
get on at one door and go any where
we wished ait cheaper rates than we
do at the present time. All the people
of this town are interested in this
movement because they want to be up
to the level of their nelghDors."
Mr.. German continued: Here is a
notice which the selectmen put up and
nobody seems to know anything about
1t. by request of the Worcester and
Blackstone Valley Street Railway Co,
the hearing which was advertised for
June p, 1898, is postponed until fur
Their notice. F. E. Taft, chairman of
the board of selectmen: "NoW [ don't
see why the hearing was postponed I'M
less the officials of the road were cog
infant of the fact that they We're to be
turned down by the present board Of
selectmen."
Rev. P. S. O'Reilly said: '"The senti-
ment of the people of this town seems
to indicate that they should remain no
longer land-locked. 1t matters little to
the people as whole how the rad
comes in, all we want is an electric
road binding together the different viii
lagos of the town.
such an electric road being connected
with the various railroad stations in
the town and passing through most of
our villages, would save money for the
people who are obliged to travel to or
from Worcester, and would also ac-
commodate the school children of the
town, which indeed would be very
pleasing to the citizens eyes at this
critical moment
The line would also connect the viii
lagos together so that municipal as
well as church requirements would be
fulfilled with the least possible ex-
pense and trouble. Put me down there
fore as being absolutely and decidedly
in favor of an electric road connect
ing our village in some way, and that
in the very near future" FIR. O'Reilly
said further: "The children from the
villages are obliged to come to Whit
insville to the high school and all citi-
zens must come here to vote, besides
the evil acting whenever arrested in
the different villages of this town must
be brought to Whitinsville day or night
to be locked up. A large majority of
the people of Riverdale and Rockdale
must be served from Whitinsville.
DR.. w. A. Bacon said: Il recommend
that a road built to town by the way of
the river road would be very bene-
fetal to the town and would bring bust
ness from the outskirts to the centre
and in this way aid the business men
of this section. Another advantage is
the accommodations given. to the chill
dren of this section in travelling to and
from school, and also to the church
people who come from all sections of the
village to church to Whitinsville.
Charles Trowbridge is also in favor
of the road and wants it to come to
Whitinsville this season at all costs.
Town Clerk Joseph A. Johnston of
Whitinsville, said: eff there is any
place in this section of the country that
needs an electric trolley system, it is
Whitinsville because it is divided into
so many sections that its villages are
entirely out of the way of railroad con-
nections and it would be of great com
vsnlence to have a trolley system over
the river road and down Church street
to the depot. Now some of the people
are of the opinion that the road will
take more trade out of the town than it
will bring in, but do not agree with
Them, and even though it is true,
think that if any movement is to be a
public benefit, individual interest
should have nothing to do with it. Now
If this town wants to keep pace with
it's neighbors let us have the Worcester
and Blackstone Valley road extend it's
tracks here. If the railroad is construct
ed along the river road the possibilities
are that that section of this village will
be built up and that is what 1 consider
grand public Improvement"
A. f. Proctor Of the firm of McGlynn
~ Proctor says that the road should
come to Whitinsvlle by the river road
because 1t is the quickest Mr.. Proctor
also stated that the Northbridge hill
district would accommodate those who
Tive in that district because they are
locked in without any accommodations
at all.
George p. futile wants the road to
come from the river road and down
Church street, because it,is q question
of quicker time better accommodations
and win insure safety to the passengers
Mr.. futile says: TT is d question of
money that is keeping the electric line
out Of this town, and because some
people who have money want the troll
ley line to come over Northbridge hill
or not at all; we have to go without
the benefit of trolley system. Now
it will cost double money to build the
road over the hill, and it will take ~
minutes longer to go to Rochdale. The
distance by the way of the hill is 4.072
miles, while the distance by the other
route is 3.S9 miles.
Now, if the cars go over the hill, the
first thing we know there win be an
accident going over these grades like
the one which occurred in Leicester re-
Gently; then we will all join in saying
that we made big mistake in grant
ing a franchise to a company to go over
that route"
only one way for the electric road to
come and that is via the river road
and down Church street.
DIR. F. b. johnson wants the electric
road to come by the river road but if
it cannot come in that way, he will be
satisfied to have it come in from any
direction. as long as it runs in.
James Kelly told a Spy man that the
river road was the better of the two
for the electric road to enter the town
and hoped that it would come that
way.
w. o. Benson said: "An electric road
is what the greater part of the people
of this town have been looking for for
the past ten years, because this town
is so mapped out with different villages
as to make it a great inconvenience
to get from place to place without some
motive power"
Deputy Sheriff Hamilton Boyle Of
Northbridge wants the road extended
to Whitinsville by the way OF the river
road.
p. C. Paradis claims that the river
road is the best, and that the road
should be put in as soon as possible.
M. r. Flaherty, Esq, said: MY hum
BILE opinion wholly favors the entrance
of the electric road into Whitinsvile