The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-26
JoIIification Ceremonies Have
Been Planned in Several of the
Towns Through Which New
Line Will Pass
ELECTRICS WILL LOOP
FAMOUS UPTON LOOP
Many Improvements Planned by
the Officials OF the Road In
Guiding a Recreation Park at
Lake Mendon-HiStory of Fa-
nous Fight

Special to The Spy
Hopedale, Mass, Dec. 25.-With the
opening to the public of the newly
constructed Milford & Uxbridge Street
Railway Company's line, another link
to the big chain of street railway lines
will be added to this section. There
has been slight delay in receiving
from the office of the railroad COM
missioners the required legal permis-
sion to operate the line as a public
conveyance, but this was due to no
fault Of the officials of the company
Even at the present time. the officials
Of the Milford & Uxbridge have no
definite information as to the date
when a car will make its first trip,
but they are certain that Che notifica-
ton will be received early this week.
Although the initial trip will be made
with the officials Of the company and
a few invited guests on board, there
will be nothing for a particular DEM
onstration as far as the street railway
people are concerned. In the town Of
Mendon there is apt to be a general
observance. however, as the first car
goes rolling through the famous hams
let of the Nipmuck Indians. Promi-
kind of a Jollification ceremony in
process of arrangement
The biggest celebration Of any kind
in tubilatiOn over the extensive street
railway operations will take place in
Upton, when the famous Upton loop
is declared completed and when the
folks who make straw hats know for
an absolute certainty that they have
| a trolley connection with the rest OF
the world
1t is in Upton where the biggest
! street railway fight Of the present era
| is just now being brought to a close
and the sight Of trolley car run
| ming through the streets of that COM
munity will almost set the people wild
with joy. The Upton loop will be
ready for the inspector Of the state
railroad commission early next year,
and when the news finally reaches
Upton that the road is opened accord
ing to the law Of the state, The Spy
believes a banner local celebration Of
| the present century will be carried
out. The various Issues involved I'M
the fight Of the people Of Upton to
get a street railway line. with five
years Of str. among street railway
| brokers' syndicates without dollar,
promoters who resembled capitalists
and others who were only buffers, are
familiar to hundreds Of people.
The Milford & Uxbridge line was
built without anything which resem-
| bled a rumpus, but the efforts Of visit
| ing capitalists to build the linton line
attracted attention in street railway
circles and in all parts of the earth
where Upton people live. The closing
| chapter, where the Diapers Of Hope
| die came in and agreed to build the
| road for Upton, by the electrical
equipment Of the Grafton & Upton
| Railroad and the construction Of
| loop through the main street in the
straw town, is decidedly fresh in the
minds Of every newspaper reader For
| even with the ability Of the profess
sional there has been no subject,
| hardly one Of national Importance,
which has been given such space in
the press. The Spy has endeavored to
keep its readers informed on the vari-
! Gus details Of the fight, and certainly
the journalists Of the section have
coined money as a result Of the long
| drawn-Out controversy
The development Of the Milford, Hoi-
| liston q FramiHgham Street Railway
system is regarded in street railway
| circles as the most remarkable in a
great many respects now going on in
the New England states, and it is GER
| tain that no system in this vicinity pre-
sents a more thoroughly modern repre-
| sentatiOn Of inter-urban electric rail-
way engineering. The existing condi-
J lions have been very largely brought
/ about in the past two years, since the
ownership Of the system has been as Il
| is at present. When the new manage
ment assumed control Of the road there
were in operation. merely the single
| track line which now runs from Hope
dale to South birmingham and a short
| branch line which was operated be-
| tween Milford and Midway. The main
| line Is about 1ilk miles long and the