The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-26

| steam traffic, and the results have
been most satisfactory. A specially
| equipped train of four cars, with an
engine, was used for this purpose,
four wires being strung at one time.
The workmen, in one single Sunday
succeeded in stringing "a miles of wire
without interfering with the regular
/ traffic, a feat which is regarded as a
record in that line Of work.
Since the new management assumed
control of the road, the entire trackage
| between Milford and South Framing
ham, has been practically rebuilt, its
| previous construction being inadequate
| for the high-speed service which was
required. Considerable work was also
done under the new management to
bring the curves and switches along
/ the line up to the standard practice.
The trackage on the main line is made
| up of 50-pound It rails, and through the
centre of Milford, the cars run over a
! double trackage of girder rails, nine
| inches wide at the bottom, with a
weight of 80 pounds to the yard. This
half mile of roadbed is paved with
granite blocks. AIT the territory in
! Cluded within Lincoln Square in Mil
| ford, the entire roadbed is entirely new
construction, the old tuTnOuts being en-
tirely insufficient to provide the neces-
sary conVeniences for the traffic at this
point.
The construction between Hopedale
and Uxbridge is made with 60-pound
IT, rails, the distance for about a
mile and half, where the lines runs
through the companys own right of
way, is Of rock ballasting and con-
struCtion is according to the most i'm
proved railroad practice. The company
has a modern rock-crushing plant
built alongside this line The regular
roadbed is the one to be used on the
branch line to Grafton, the rails being
50 pounds to the yard and already
bonded. In Upton, over the line of
the now famous Upton loop, there are
three miles of rails, on one of the most
thoroughly constructed roadbeds in the
state, this being the street railway con-
stTuctiOn which has created so much
interest in trolley circles. The work has
been done under the personal direction
Of Guy L. Fairbrother, one Of the most
experienced street railway builders in
this section, and with the line now
nearly completed the people of Upton
see that they are to have a trolley line
equal to that of any system hereabouts.
Supt Fairbrother, who has labOred to
entirely satisfy not only his employers,
but the citizens of Upton and West
Upton, is New Haven man and a
brother of Mrs. Israel A. Kelsey, whose
husband, previous to his death, was
president Of the Milford, HollistOn &
birmingham system. Mrs. Kelsey. it is
understood, retains the interests finan-
cially in the trolley prospects of this
| section, which her husband had She
has herself personally inspected the
work on the Upton line this summer
and has kept well informed on the gen
eral development of the various lines.
| On the Midway branch, the rails are
Sc pounds to the yard, those on the line
| in Upton being four pounds heavier.
All of the branches are single-tracked.
but have turnOuts from three to four
miles apart. The overhead construc-
ton on the Milford & Uxbridge line is
of double trolley wire, and it is ex-
pected that in the near future, the lines
Of the other branches will be similarly
| equipped. This will greatly improve
| the advantage of things as it will do
| away with the overhead switches at
turnouts.
The company has already a number
of open cars, but the expected addi-
! tional business which the opening of
summer parks will bring, has result
ed in the placing of orders for several
more. Five 15-bench double truck
| cars. built in West Troy, N. Y, have
! but recently been received for use on
the Milford & Uxbridge line and there
are Is tenbench open cars which have
! been in commission for some time.
! These cars accommodate the general
summer traffic Five new cars, built
| in Worcester each having a seating
capacity of A. and others are among
| the recent additions to the company's
| transportation facilities. All are
| modernly equipped, they are of the
standard type with the interior fin
ished in mahogany and the seats up
| holstered in carpeting. There are 10
slde-seat cars, with fOur-wheeled
| trucks, and two cross seat cars, SINH
! larly fitted, most all being furnished
from the American Car & Foundry
! Company which has also supplied
| three dOubletruck closed cars. A
| seating capacity of 80 can be easily
| accommodated in each of these cars.
which are Of the straight-sided type,
with cross seats.
/ The company has - its plant five
! big snow plows and two more have
| been contracted for. Three of the
| present five are four wheel, small
nose plows, one was made in Taunton
| and the other is a large double truck,
! double-rOtary pillow which has been in
| commission during one winter All
| the large cars of the company are
! equipped with air brakes which have
| axle-driven compressOrs. Whistles are
| used where compressed air is available
Single-type registers and trolley catch
| erS made in New Haven are used
About 10 acres of beautifully wooded
| territory on the line of the Milford &
| Uxbridge Street Railway have been
purchased and this is TO be fitted up
as a summer park. The company has
named it Lake Mendon Park It is
expected that this will be the popular
place for pleasure seekers next sum
i mer. a bOathouse having been erected
and other building operations planned.
including a large pavilion, several
smaller ones and a theatre. These will
| be constructed in time for the early
| opening OF Lake Mendon Park in the
| spring. Boats and launches are to be
| placed in commission on the lake,
| which is a beautiful sheet of water
covering nearly 100 acres. Waiting
stations for the convenience Of the
patrons have been built at different
! sections along the line and there is a
! large one. which has just been COM
I pleted at the entrance to the park
| Waushacum Park in South Framing
! ham is another pleasure ground sup
| ported by the company, this park be-
I ing located about a mile up the line,
on the South birmingham end. These
! two parks are some 16 miles apart.
and the railway officials do not think
l that the attractions of one will take
away from the interest in the other