The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-13
GOTHAM TO BOSTON
A Novel Outing By
a Party Of Troll
leyists.
LEFT TUESDAY ON THE JOURNEY.
Registered at Bay State
Last Night and Will
Proceed Today.
LEFT TUESDAY ON THE JOURNEY.

From New York to Boston by trolley
is the novel outing of party which
arrived in this city at 1885 o'clock last
evening. after riding 81 hours in cleo
trio cars.
The trolleyists registered at the Bay
State House last evening, and will con-
tinue to Boston today. AL j. Prime, a
New York lawyer, his wife, and Mrs
M. S. Valentine and daughter, Edith
Valentine, are the participants in the
trip. Mr.. Prime talked with Spy man
last evening, and in the course of the
conversation referred to the trip as the
most enjoyable he has ever taken Mr..
Prime has visited Europe and toured
the United States, but for genuine
pleasure he says the trolley trip is be-
yond the conception of the average
mind as means of furnishing an ex-
cellent tour at this season of the year.
Nine O'Clock Tuesday morning was
the time of Inauguration of the novel
trip. A car was boarded near Mr.
Primes home in Yonkers. At New Ro-
chelle a IL mile ride to Stamford, CT,
in train over the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford railroad was neces-
STATED. The party was quartered at
SaVfn Rock, near New Haven, Tuesday
night, and yesterday morning a train
was taken for Wallingford, a distance
of II miles. At Wallingford an electric
car was the vehicle to Meriden, where
a train carried them seven miles to
Berlin. At this point the trolley party
was favored with excellent street rail-
way accommodations, and the journey
proceeded to New Britain
Trolley riding to Hartford and Wind
sor Hills, Mr.. Prime described as be-.
ing especially delightful because of the
scenery. At Ware House Point an cleo
trio car conveyed the party to Indian
Orchard, where the longest train ride
of the trip was necessitated, 16 miles to
West Warren.
After leaving West Warren the party
was treated to one Of the finest views
to be had of Massachusetts scenery.
Through the Brookf1elds Spencer,
Leicester and Cherry Valley electric
cars bowled along towards this city.
After dining at the Bay State house
the members of the party unanimously
announced that the trip could not be
excelled as source of recreation.
| When the party reaches Boston to-
! day, the trolleyists will have ridden
| 200 miles by trolley and 50 miles by
| train. Twenty-four different cars were
used in the trip to Worcester, and
fares were paid 80 times. The cost per
member of the trip from Yonkers to
this city was 1925. OF this, the fare for
I nearly 200 miles of electric car riding
| was $780, Half a dollar each was spent
for carriage hire, and the railroad fare
was $1.16
The cheapest ride in the trip was that
| from State Line, Conn, to Indian Or
chard, a distance of II miles. The fare
| was five cents In western Connecticut,
Mr. Prime said that he paid fares so
] often, and changed cars so much, that
| he had to hustle to make q record IN
his diary before the conductor got
around for another fare, or bawled out,
Change cars"
Fifty-1ve cents will be expended for
the ride to Boston, and unless railroads
are patronized. the total cost of trans
portation from Yonkers, adjoining New
York city, to Boston, will be 1891, in
Guiding 50 cents for sightseeing in a
! carriage near Hartford.
| Trolley lines are being constructed
in places where we used trains, and it
| will be matter of few months be-
fore the entire distance can be covered
| by electric cars, with the possible ex-
ception of 10 or II miles of road" said
Mr.. Prime.
Singular enough, the only part Of
the entire trip where we encountered
car employees who were disposed TO be
uneivil was in our own state, near our
| homes. The cars were generally com
Portable, and everything was done FOR
our comfort and enlightenment. The
trip was not tiresome, tedious, or I'M
pleasant in any respect. People who
have business troubles and are in a
hurry, have no excuse for using the
electric cars for long ride, but when
one has the time, nothing is more pro-
ductive of good nature, healthy recrea-
ton and good scenery, than a trip sim
liar to the one we are taking"
The party was seven hours ahead of
the schedule Mr.. Prime had prepared
when this city was reached. No one
so far as is known, ever attempted a
similar trip for pleasure. Last year
New York newspaper man made the
trip by trolley as much as possible
from New York to Boston in 33 hours
Mr.. Prime and his friends will heat
that record over six hours, provided
there are no accidents or delay in
reaching Boston, which proves conclu-
sively that New England is rapidly be-
ing circuited by electric car lines.