The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-25
Worcester and Blackstone Valley
Street Railway Tests Its Line
From MiIIbury to Rice Square
This City
ENTHUSIASTIC CITIZENS
ALL ALONG THE ROUTE
Officials and Others on Board
Highly Pleased With the Run
Road Bed in Excellent Shape
A Few Trees Had to be
Trimmed
Special to The Spy.

line of the Worcester and Blackstone
Valley Street Railway to enter the City
of Worcester district was run this after
noon. The car crossed the Millbury line
into worcester on AIillbury Avenue at 4D
o'clock p. m. and arrived within 100 yards
of Rice Square at 4.34 o clock with the Of
ficials OF the line and The Spy reporter
aboard.
The trip from the power station at Mill
bury to Rice Square was an eYentful one.
The rOadbed that was traVersed for the
first time was found TO be IN excellent
condition. 1t needs no repairing what
ever. The car which was one of the new
Watson box cars, No. 9. was run for the
first time, and found TO be in fine working
order. The run out was made IN Is min
utes, delays being caused by limbs OF
trees that hung over the rails and had 10
be cut by the passengers.
People along the line from Howe Ave
nue. TO Rice Square were out in full force,
and greeted the car with much pleasure
When the end of the run had been
reached and Mr.. Thomas informed by The
Spy reporter that il had taken 43 minutes
to cover the distance, he al once replied:
I'VE are going 90 make this same run
which is a little over i've miles, in less
than % minutes"
There were some on board who doubted
the statement. The run back TO Town
Hall at Millbury, however, proved that
Mr.. Thomas knew what he was talking
about. as it took just II minutes by six
watches that were held through the trip.
Mr.. Thomas stated that the run from
Worcester to- WhitinsVille when every
thing was completed, would take an hour
and 20 minutes. AS the distance is %
miles. this will be fast time.
The line is not connected with the Con-
solidated at Rice Square as yet but 1t
will be in the course of q week, and then
the valley cars will run to City Hall.
1t would not be at all surprising to see
f1- 90
day and passengers transferring TO the
Consolidated line, although the track con-
nections will not be completed at that
time.
Workmen were busy today completing
the switch above the Adams place at
Millbury Avenue. Another switch viii be
placed in position near Howe Grove at
Howe Avenue. The power today was all
that could be desired. and no trouble will
be experienced in that respect
1t had been rumored that a car was to
be run over the line in the afternoon A
call at the office Of the company at Proyi-
! dence Street proved this to be true At
! 4.47 O'Clock the new Watson car was run
| out with Fred St. John as nlotorman and
| Daniel Murray as conductor. Aboard the
| car were: Alfred Thomas, treasurer of the
| company Percival WhittaH, Superin-
tendent J w Anderson Directors Fred
w Moore T. Wilmarth and representa-
/ tives of the press. On Elm Street, Mill
/ bury, a crowd had gathered. As the car
| turned to the Town Hall switch a car Of
| the Consolidated line was passed. The
/ valley car swung into Canal Street, and
| thence took the sharp curve to Howe
! Avenue in neat shape Here is where the
| first test of the roadbed was made. The
I run across the avenue by the picturesque
| Howe Grove was made quickly and Mill
! bury Avenue was reached. Dority Pond
! was passed, and the first stop was made
| opposite the Adams place in order that
| limbs that overhung the track might be
Fr-l,- he'd e1raI shn
! city limits entered. 1t looked as though
1 every resident along the line was out to
| welcome the car. Men shouted and
/ women waved greetings. A number OF
| cows that We're quietly grazing in pas
4 lures along the route took fright and
/ raced around like mad The new switch
! was passed in clean shape without a
/ hitch. Here a number of residents got
/ aboard and had a ride on the first car. A
! place beyond this point will need fixing
! because the tracks come too near the
! barn of William Goddard. Probably the
| barn will be moved further back. At the
| house of Henry Wright a maple tree
| needed trimming Mrs. Goddard agreed
! to permit the limbs to be cut so as to let
| the car pass and furnished handsaw.
| Superintendent Anderson did a quick job
with the saw, and the car proceeded to
| within 80 yards of Rice Square. Here
there was sand covering the rails and the
/ trip ended.
After a four minute stop the home trip
| was begun. It was completed after a
! rousing reception all along the line. The
I car continued past the new power sta
ton. The first trip had proven successful
| in every sense of the word. The officials
aboard were all pleased, and well they
might be.
The entertainment and supper in
charge of the Ladies Aid Society at the
! First Congregational Church Thursday
! evening was attended by a large number.
l The drama in which o. W Mills was the
1 star was good one. The exhibitions Of
the different trades provoked much laugh
| ter. Charles II. Shaw, in his attempt to
mix dough keeping time to music, was
| funny.
A D. Windle and Westerly Kendall
the latter of Worcester. had a great hunt
Wednesday. They returned with IA birds
quail. partridges and ? woodcock. This
is the largest bag taken from Millbury
covers this season.
Lawyer H. W. Aiken. who resides in
Millbury and has an Office in Worcester
lost a pocketbook containing SIS in money
and papers TO the value of $50 on the So
o'clock car from AIillbury Wednesday
I morning. Conductor Fred Wainwright
found the pocketbook and took it TO the
office of the Consolidated road. Vain
wright received a check for $ from Mr.
Aiken as a reward for his honesty.
Another suit impends against the Con.
solidated Street Railway. Fred Sharon
! whose EXPRESS team was run into by Z
has retained T H. Sullivan az his coun-
sell Mr.. Sharon was injured, and is not
able to attend to his duties.
S0UTHBRIDGE
Thursday evening was "Our Friendly
Neighbors' evening" at St. Mary's parish