The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-01
INSPECT THE
WIRE PLAN
Members Of the New England
Street Railway Club Visit
Worcester as Guests of the
American Steel & Wire Co.
TOUR MADE OF THE
QUINSIGAM0ND WORKS
Every Department of the Plant
Visited by the Men Who Are
Operating Over $3OO,oo0,000
of Invested Capital in Business
That Uses Much Wire

The New England Street Railway
Club of which H. e. Bradford of this
city is president, and which represents
nearly all the practical street railway
men of New England, was in Wor-
cester yesterday, the members being
the guests of the American Steel &
Wire Company, whose south plant at
Quinsigamond was the chief attraction
for the visitors. The men who make
up the club have to do with operating
over $30O,OO0,OO0 of invested capital
and their organization is for the pur-
pose Of educating the members in the
most advanced lines of street railway
work and to keep them posted on the
best appliances for their business.
During the past summer the club was
entertained by the Boston Elevated
Street Railway Company and made
tour of inspection of the new elevated
before it was opened to the public; by
Col. Heft of the third-rail system at
Nantasket, and by the Hampton,
Exeter e. Amesbury Street Railway
Company at Hampton Beach, N. II.
AS the men who operate the street
railway systems have to purchase a
great lot of wire, the American Steel
e. Wire Company invited the club to
inspect its Worcester plant, through
President Bradford, and the inspection
was made yesterday. The party In
cluded men engaged In every line of
street railway operation and the con-
Germs that supply the material.
In the party were: G. II. Dodge,
Lowell & Boston Street Railway, II. c.
DeCamp, Boston; C. F. Baker, Boston;
George w. Evans, Bloomfield, ILL.,; An
drew Lumsden, Boston; j. d. Stiles,
Boston; Robert Matthias Boston; M.
H. Sullivan, Boston; c. w. Copp, Rox-
bury; Herbert w. Smith, Boston; John
F. McCabe, Worcester; l.. II. McLain,
Newtonville; George c. Morse, Taun-
ton; A. Otis Smith, Woburn; Cornell
S. Hawley, New York; c. f. Earring
ton, Boston; Edgar w. Upton, Peabody;
James F. Wattles. Boston; John c.
Spring, Boston; N. L. Wood, Boston;
John P. Coghlin. Worcester; w. w.
Boston; Frank o. Nourse, Boston; F.
H. Henry, Wakefield; A. X. Hilton, st.
Louis; j. II. Pearson. Boston, Edward
F. Hughes, Boston; Howard A. Gaunt,
Springfield; r. j. Babcock, Boston; II.
N. Hammond, Maynard; Huntington
Lee, Boston; e. p. Mallinson, Boston;
A. d. Campbell, Boston; ]. B. Robin
son, Boston; G. e. Sherry, Boston;
Henry F. Kellogg, Boston; Charles F.
White, Boston; II. r. Luther, Cam
bridgeport Charles A. G. WHITTIER In
dian Orchard; F. G. L. Henderson,
West Newton; Fred F. Stockwell, Cam
bridge George A. Ober, Lynn; Philip
w. Davis, Boston; G. w. HILL Boston;
Frank Ridlon, Boston; w. S. Fernald,
Boston; Henry p. Thompson, Boston;
W. E. Maloney, Worcester; Edward c.
Spring, Newtonville; J. II. Neal, Bos-
ton; E. ]. Ranch, Cambello; ]. b. Whit
ter; c. F. Shepard, Reading. H. G..
Boston; Clifton r. Hayes
Worcester James r. Cochrane New
tonville; r. d. Hall, Boston; F. p
Quackenbush, Natick; G. A. Bodwell
Sanford; II. e. Bradford. Worcester;
George b. Larrabee. Thompsonville,
CT: George w. Rounds, Hyde Park;
Frank Miller, oxford; James H. sher-
man, Brockton; John w. ogden, May
nard; Percy Hodges. Boston, r. x.
Sheppard, Worcester; H. ]. Kenfeld,
New York; c. B. Fairchild, Jr., New
York; William c. Andrews, New York
J. T. Conway, Quincy; Tom Bibber
Boston.
The out of town men were met at
the Union Station on the arrival Of the
/ o'clock train by representatives Of
Ine w worcester GOnSOuQaLeQ street
Railway Company and were taken in
special electrics to the big south works
at Quinsigamond Here they were met
by superintendent ]. o. z. Trotz and
divided into five sections who were
taken through the plant by men de-
tailed for that duty. The inspection |
took up three hours and the members |
Of the party saw every department Of |
the works.
After the inspection OF the wire plant |
the party once more boarded the spec
ial and returned to the Bay state /
House for dinner at o'clock. After /
the dinner, there was an informal 1
program with President Bradford act /
ing as master Of ceremonies. until $50 /
when the visitors were taken to the
Union Station in time TO catch the e.5T
train for Boston.