The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-15
Beacon Park Crossing
Again Closed.
VIGOROUS ACTION.
Consolidated Road Dig Two
Deep Trenches.

w eDSlGT hldItu lit w DIS SeLIlGu TO-
day without the least bit of doubt that
the determination of the officials of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad in closing the Beacon Park
crossing was no idle threat, and it was
further settled that there is no child's
play in the matter, either. The railroad
people are exact in their statements
that the crossing shall be closed to the
town of Webster and her citizens, and
they mean every word they say, too.
The short respite that Contractor Geo.
S. Corbin and other land owners in the
vicinity of the crossing have had for
the past couple of weeks was today cut
short, and all communication has been
quashed from this side of the town to
Beacon Park.
/ Early this morning a gang of section
men arrived at the crossing and COM
/ menced operations. They worked with a
vim all day, and tonight at o'clock
when they ended their days labor, their
work had not been completed, and 1t
will take at the least another day to
finish it.
IllC GCNl4Oli sans Alelt Will llGIn
shovels, picks and a number of COM
mon wooden wheelbarrows.
The local correspondent of The Spy
was on the scene a few minutes later
and watched the astonishing rapidity
! that the earth was thrown out, and the
outlines of deep trench was soon in
| evidence.
The Spy man talked with several of
| the bosses of the gang. They said they
To gstu hot. 11,3
/ to trench both sides of the crossing so
that travelling would be impossible to
| the land owners on the Beacon Park
side of the crossing. They said it was by
the orders of the railroad company to
do the job well.
Tonight as the men quit work at sup
per time the appearance of the crossing
had undergone quite a change For
| twelve feet each side Of the track the
ground had been broken and the earth
removed.
The trenches have been sunk two or
three feet on each side and tomorrow
they will be lowered much more 1t is
the orders Of the corporation to sink the
trenches eight feet, and for twelve feet
on each side of the crossing. That is all
the land that the company owns The
trenches extend on the Beacon Park
side of the crossing as far as the land
as far as the land belonging to the town
of Webster.
Most people thought that when the
last barricade was torn down by Con-
tractor Corbin, that the railroad people
would not make another move in the
) matter. They thought that the COM
pany only erected the row of ties ia
cover the law, and that when they
were taken down thought that would
i end the flair hJt 81 HOY 1Nyer
, mistaken.
Mr.. Corbin was seen by the Webster
representative of The Spy, and the
matter was talked over. Mr.. Corbir
says that he is not going to make an
other move in the matter at the pres
ent at least. He said he took the re-
: sponsibility a couple of weeks ago. and
removed the barricade, but that die
| not require much money, only a sharI
: axe and pair of strong, powerful
: horses.
Now, however. the situation i:
! changed. With the completion of this
} trench it would take days of hare
: work and some $50 to open the roat
again for travel That is more thar
: Mr.. Corbin is bargaining for. He says
t however, if others who own land on
the other side of the crossing will LEND
helping hand he will go into the af
fair and make an attempt to fill up the
trenches.
The citizens think now that Mr.. Hill
will show his hand in the game,
game which is at the present time {
losing one to the land owners on thu
other side of the crossing. 1t is though
that the prosecuted ones will now bant
together, and with the help of tn
town of Webster fight the road to {
finish. 1t is now a case of die or win
with the local people. The only way i
seems to settle the matter now is t
take 1t into the courts and fight it out
Chairman Maurice P Clare, of tn
board of selectmen, said today that n
would favor the citizens of the tow
in any reasonable opposition to tn
railroad. He said that the town viii
: have a chance at the coming tow
1 meeting to vote whether they will &C
cept the road leading to Beacon park
which is now the bone of contention, a
a public highway or not. Civil En-
gineer B. A. Wakefield is at work sur
veying the land relative to that re
solve. The matter of the town bulld
ng a bridge over the crossing is ia
off" said Mr.. Glare, land it will no
come UP for five years yet. The tow
will not have a bridge over that cross
ing in that time" he said.
Mr. Clare estimates the cost of sue
a bridge at about $4,000, and he doe
not think 1t could be built for muc
less, and be substantially suitable 10
all purposes it would be put to.
Local people are all worked up Owe
the action of the New York, New H5
ven and Hartford, and they patient
await further developments in the II
teresting case.
Contractor Corbin' had just tin
nnough to get his teams out Of h
Sand-pit this morning when the wor
Of shutting off the passage was con
menced. He has now orders for
loads of sand for George Hall, 10 f.
Joseph Snow for the Webster al
Dudley Electric Street Railway Con
pany and four loads for Emery Towne
He cannot supply them, and thus is
oser.
While Corbin is a steady and hal
oser by the railroads action, the lo
Mr.. Hill will sustain next summer Z
proprietor Of Beacon Park and POil
Breeze, pleasure resorts at the big lal
with that big name of 36 letters, is har
" able to estimate. The loss is all
a big item to the electric road if Il
= 2rossing is to be kept closed, for du
ng the summer months. four-fifths
the travel is to the lake on the car
If access to Beacon Park is not ope
then the traffic over the line will
cut down to large extent.
James Griffin, 81 years of age, hailii
a rom Stafford Springs, Ct. saw his fl
sh when he tackled William Schaeffe
the gate-tender at the wooden mills
H. N. Slater, at South Village II
other afternoon Griffin came to h
works and told Schaeffer he wanted
S. 20 into the mill and see some of Il
~ weavers. He said he was weav
himself by trade and Lnayv oil IF n