The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-08
People Of Millbury
Asked to Give
Opinions.
WILL MEET RAILROAD OFFICIALS.
Little Interest Manifested
in the Local
Elections.

--Millbury, Nov!57.-The people of SUIT
ton, rNfillbury and Douglas interested in
the building of an electric railway from
Minbury to Douglas, or the location of
the same If built, are requested to meet
Messrs. Coolidge. Styles and others for
a conference as to route between SUIT
ton center and Manchaug at town hall,
sutton, Friday, Nov. 10, at II a. m, and
hold a conversation with President j.
w. Stockwell of the Millbury, Sutton &
Douglas Street Railway company,
Tt is said they want to see the public
expression of opinion from the people
Of the town. The Douglas and Sutton
people want the road, for it will be
great benefit to them. The company has
a special charter from the legislature.
The charter gives them permission to
carry freight and express matter as we'll
as passengers from the Manchaug mills
in Sutton to and from the railroad in
Douglas. The route as now surveyed is
from west end of the Worcester & Sub
urban Street Railway company at Mill
bury through Sutton center and the vii
lage of Manchaug to East Douglas, a
distance Of about - miles.
The estimated cost for building the
line is $1,000
The polls for the state election
opened In town at a. m. Charles B..
Perry was first to line up with his bal
lot He was closely followed by 5. e.
King.-and several others employed in
Worcester, who took the first train for
tf4e-eity But little interest was mani
tested and a light vote of $50 votes was
cast This year Millbury cast the small
est number of votes for many years. In
81, 294 votes We're cast, and in 50, 42S
votes.
Many were very glad to see Samuel
T. Hull get POI votes, while Wolfe got
S0.-l The votes We're counted al $50
O'Clock D. m, and DR.. Robert Booth
read the result, saying that SS8 votes
were cast The tellers We're (republi-
CAM. Henry Sweetser, Thomas A.
Dowd. Clarence Fenner and demo
cratic Robert Brown, John f. Gro
min, John f. OLeary. John Clifford
and 0. w. Cunningham, were put on
the check list.
Peter Jacques, aged "a years, resid-
ing on Main street, gave due notice of
his application for naturalization, filed
in the central district court at Wor-
cester.
The Sons Of. Temperance heid reg
ular meeting at Eagle hall tonight.
--Fhe Millbury basket ball team will
play the C. Y. M. L. of Fitchburg at
Fitcl1burg, Thursday evening.
The steamer company No. held a
regular meeting at its rooms tonight,
at the west side.
The Christian EndeaVor Society of the
Second Congregational church held a
social at the yestry tonight "An Eve
ming with Boston" was the special at
traction. The entertainment was COM
posed of a graphophone selection and
a piano solo.
A notice has been served on c. T.
Aldrieh relative to the accident that
happened on Hernon Young few
weeks ago. Thomas S. Brown has the
case in his hands
A quilting bee was the attraction at
the residence of A. p. Morton and wife.
The evening was passed with banjo and
graphophone selections. A salad sup
Per was served. A great many people
We're present from Springfield, Worces-
ter and Millbury.
A regular convocation of the Tyrian
r. A. chapter was held at Masonic hall