The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-10

Charles Haggerty and Lyman R. Eddy
got their heads together, put on their
thinking caps, and tried to squeeze out
plan that would thwart Mr.. Hill.
Accordingly they got out a paper and
went the rounds of the stockholders,
securing their signatures on paper that
they wouldn't sell to Mr. Hill under any
circumstances
AS John Flint, Messrs. Haggerty and
Eddy hustled up and down the streets
with paper and pencil in hand, Webster
people commenced to think that there
had been a run on a bank. AS each
stakeholder was held up they were
strictly instructed not to breathe a sim
gle word of what was going on. Many
tried to get the tip but failed. The1cat
however, finally crawled out of the bag,
and Mr.. Hill was informed of what was
going on here, at his law Office in Bos-
ton. He was here on the next train.
Mr.. Hill, in a statement made today,
said that it was entirely false that the
Worcester & Webster road or any Wor-
cester capitalist was working to get
control of the Webster road. Every bit
of stock that Mr.. Hill bought is his
own, and he will not sell the same for
one cent less than 100 cents on a dollar
He bought it all honestly because he is
positively satisfied that the road is not
being properly run. Mr.. Hill has long
seen that the management of the line
was not up to the standard, but of late
1t has been growing worse, and finally
1t has become a question of decay or
act. He chose to act in preference to
seeing road of which he is president
literally rot and go to pieces.
Mr.. Hill has laid out barrels of mon
ey in identifying the lake, so to at
tract the people there, and in coming
they would ride over the road, but the
road itself has not raised even a finger
to help him. They acted greedy and
wanted it all themselves.
Mr.. Hill said it is a direct disgrace
that not even the ball players were
given passes on the road, when they
We're the means of getting thousands to
ride on the cars. Even when show COM
panies were playing at Beacon park
and Point Breeze they could get no
passes. He said it was narrow minded
ideas that stopped the management
from giving them passes.
Mr.. Hill has had band concerts at the
lake every Sunday afternoon, and out
of his own pocket he has had to pay
the fare of each and every one of the
players over the road, as the company
refused to do it. although it was only
tooQuick to grasp the nickels that
poured in to them by means of these
concerts. The road has never run to
accommodate either Beacon park or
Point Breeze. Mr.. Hill is fully satisfied
that the road could have done much
more business, Beacon park much
more and everybody else, had the man
agement been different
Mr.. Hill has bought a good deal of
stock lately with the intention of Sc
curing a controlling interest in the
road. His intentions are strictly hon
est, and there is no syndicate behind
him. He does not deny his intentions,
and wants the public to know the same.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Webster road Monday, Mr.. Hill offered
them all his stock, providing they
would give him per cent dividend and
he would get out of the corporation.
They refused; on the other hand, if
they would let him have control of the
road he would guarantee dividend of
S15 per cent.
Mr.. Hill says he Is perfectly justified
in buying all the stock he can get hold
of in order to have done what should be
done rightly. He says the plans that
are now proposed to run one car during
the winter months Is entirely improper
They have got TO run cars to get the
patronage, and if they don't run the
cars. people, of course, can't ride. The
will ride when they see fit. He says the
method of operation of the road is
slack.
Mr.. Hill stated that the local road
only wants to give the Worcester road
a contract for six months. which is
robustness on the face of it, and is a
childllke project. The Worcester road
will give a contract for or years,
What may surprise the readers is that
all terms have been agreed upon be-
tween the two roads, and the only
drawback now Is the duration of the
contract. The Worcester road has Of
fereG fair and reasonable duration
MIR Hill said that the only proper man
agement is a mileage basis, no matter
what the existing conditions are.
In buying Stock Mr.. Hill has given
M or above par and nobody has lost
anything.
Another matter that needs attention
is to remedy the now long and dusty
walk from the car station at Beacon