The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-08
ALL FAVOR.
The River Road For
Valley Extension.
AN URGENT NEED
Is Trolley Line to the VII
lage Of Whitinsville.

nlllnSNille, Jan. THE officials of
the Worcester and Blackstone Valley
Street Railway Company will in few
days petition the town of Northbridge
for a franchise to grant them permis-
sion to extend their tracks from the
terminus of the line in Rochdale to the
village of Whitinsville by the way Of
the old river road. 1t is understood that
the town will grant the franchise, pro-
Viding the road comes into the village
over Northbridge Hill, but the Off
over this route, because the grades are
TOO steep. thus giving more of a
cnance Tor accidents to happen.
Inc company have made this their
maj statement and will not go to the
village unless the franchise is given
by the river road. 1t is the public SEN
tlment that the road come into the
village, and the way it should come is
the nearest route, which is by the river
road. The time required to enter the
village by the river road is 10 min
utes, while over the other route it re-
quires 81 minutes.
spy man interviewed many of the
residents of the different villages along
the proposed route today, and all want
ed the road to come to the village and
TO come by the river road in prefer
ence to the Northbridge Hill route.
Many OF the residents said there seemed
to be hitch somewhere, as every one
wanted the road but was afraid to ex-
press opinions openly.
the Australian ballot was to be
USED at the next election, all the citi-
zens claim that they would put in a.
man VINO would favor an electric road
by the river road. The people of the
dl1terent villages have sent in a petit
ton to the Worcester and Blackstone
Valley containing 275 names, asking
vile.
The petition as sent to the officials of
p the Worcester and Blackstone Valley
is as follows:
10 the Worcester and Blackstone Val
ley Street Railway Company
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned
residents of Whitinsville, Mass, re-
spectully request you to extend your
electric railroad into the village of
WhltinsVllle, thence to Whitins station
Signed:
Edward Ashworth, S. D. Brigham r
W. Fuller, ]. Asher Mulligan, Thomas
T. Fox, James Leary, George Benson
y +. Lonage, Peter F. Welsh, James
y. German, f. B. Johnston, D. J. Har
rington, John Watson, Michael Nc
CURE, Michael Harrington, ST.. James
Murphy, Joseph A Johnson. Lewis
Dickinson, Robert Scott, Charles q.
Gase' u M. Carr, j. T. Carter, p. II.
Ieoeau, Rev. P. S. O'Reilly, Rev. JOS
epn Daley, William E. Field George c.
Holbrook, James Rankin, w. r. Law
ford John McAnister. John Trimmer
JJohn Founihan, Walter Barnes, c. A,
aemenway, James Smith, Joseph j
SULLIVAN, William H. Gould, James Nc
Beatey, Dennie Morey, Augustus On
fault, John Deddall, Alfred ST. John
Robert j. Could F. B. Spencer. John
scout, Thomas Banson, Elmer e. AL
Grlch, Patrick Devine, e. L. Dean. r.
r. DaWley, John Donovan, Thomas F.
Gorman, F. G. Norton, Alexander
nniith, a. D. Monroe, Alfred Suther-
land, John s. Fisher. John r. Thurston
Daniel %. Hayes, Geo. E. Prest. BEN
lamIn Brines, E. A. Searles, w. J. Sole
=. w. BroWning, e. B. Beausau. G. w
copeland, w. o. Aldrich, R. Marshall
n a. Haselden, A. C. Ball. John A
tombstone, w H. Ashton.
waiter l.. Norcross, Smith Brown. G.
y: raft, William Balum, Henry MCGEE
lnomas Lunney, Patrick J. Baldwin.
Mlchael Feen, f. Booth, Robert Bugh-
W, Robert Stone, Thomas Skillen. James
Coulter, Robert Clark, L. l.. Remming-
ton, John c. Conner, Thomas j. Brooks
Jerald Jackmen, Timothy H. Kennedy
George Parker, Hiram l.. REYNOLDS
Fred Burroughs Robert Sproat, Chas
Z. Sisson, w. H. Searles. David Tom
George M. Barnes, George D. Edmans
William Dunckley, w. s. Burg, G. s.
Ferguson, George Mcclellan, Harry b.
Reeler, Arlon LETTERS, Edward L.
Brown, John Allen, w II. Dixon. w
A. Austin, H. B. Kenney Charles
Watzin. Oscar L. L. Owen, Frank S.
Dean, John e. Pharnes, w. T. Walsh,
John McSheehy, Bart. McSheehy. Ben
Jar1in T. Baker. Sydney W. White.
Robert Gordon, Robert j. Sheehy,
James Watson, David Rectu, Daniel
Driscoll, Charles A. Taft, William H.
Aldrich, M. H. Hayden, John Carroll,
Robert Houston, jeremiah Heggarty,
James Baldwin, Daniel E. Baldwin, e.
d. Long, John S. White, James March,
James Fox, M. j. Cotter, George NJ.
Blanchard, Albert j. Brown. Barnabas
Deane, William Crawford, Robert
Hamilton, Henry German, James II.
Richmond, G.. f. Blanchard, Charles
Mccarthy Frankie. Foster, George N.
Pollock, David Marshall, Charles l..
Pince, Elmer E. Chase, James M. Rem
mington, B. M. Callahan, John Walsh,
George M. Ames, Peter Tropp, P. F.
Monnehan, John Feen, F. S. Cose, A.
w. Fish, w. !. Sykes, Thomas Richie,
Fred j. Connolly, Arthur Aldrich.
Levi Rasco James Berth, Fl. II. Nc
Lean, Gregory Lawton, John w.
Searles. George A. Kidd. John H. Fitz-
simmons, Thomas H. d. Howden, l..
f. Metoalf, Henry G. Peck, w. f. Bur-
nap, Joseph r. Cahill, A. A. Avery,
bridge, William II. Baldwin, Fl. w.
Dolliver, George A. Armsby, George P.
Arsmby d. p. Gray, S. G. Graham,
George b. Scarle, Theodore Lawton, j.
A. Pansoons, G. II. Low, d. V. Brown
e. H. Hanny. Jeremiah Connors, Henry
Holland r. c. Callahan, d. II. Sullivan,
c. A. Pettegrove, Edward Baldwin, ST.,
d. 4. Roache, John Tanning, Edward
Anderson, George F. Gleason, M. j.
Cronin, II. r. Whipple, l.. II. DASH
John Leach, James r. Ferry, A. j.
Brown, j. j. Bankin, Thomas Cromp-
ton. ST.
"B. r. Sweet. A. NJ Smith, David
Leonard, F. g. Hopkins, w. A. Rollins
G.. II. Brown, M. j. Carrick, Henry A.
owen, Joseph Dryer, James McKaig
John Kershaw, William j. Romps
Louis Brothers, III. w. Barnes, j. *.
Spalding, f. p. Lane, G.. G. Wood, Rob-
ert Ferguson, w. G. Rean, David
Blakely, z. E. Mcguire, Hugh Fergu-
son, Daniel Dugan, Edward Hall, Mi
chael Harrington, William Dobson,
William j. Walker, Albert Berchall,
John Crompton, Samuel H. Pearson,
John +. Carroll John II. Blunt, Wal
ter Siddall, 4. w. Kelley David Clark,
w. H. Fuller, George Simpson, II. b.
Monroe, William Sullivan, Michael
Connors, Everett Il. Avery, George nj.
Gibbs, John Johnston, j. G. Smith,
John A. Wilkinson.
Ex-Postmaster Thomas +. German
said: 1.-THE electric road should come
to town around the river road If 1t
comes at all. because Il is the safest