The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-19
WhitinsviIIe Citizens Expect to
Hear That the Blackstone VAL
ley Street Railway Company
Has Applied for Franchise
IT is BELIEVED THAT
AN EXTENSION IS PLANNED
Officials Themselves Are silent
Yet People Talk of the Build
ing Of Tracks to Complete
Connections from Worcester
to Providence

Special to The Spy.
Whitinsville, Nov 1S.-All are wait
ing to hear Of a petition for a fran
chise from the officials of the Black
stone Valley road, for the location of
general opinion is that the Valley
company intends to build further down
the river and make connections with
the Uxbridge & Blackstone road at
Uxbridge The officials are mum on
the subject, but something is in the
wind. 1t is supposed that if the extern
sion is built that it will go down
Church Street from the end of the
present line to Hill Street, thence to
Fletcher Street and on to the hamlet
of Rivulet. thence continuing the line
would strike the main road to Tx
bridge and make connections with the
other lines down the Valley. This
would form the much talked of con-
Meeting link between Worcester and
Providence.
Two more mails were added to the
local service Monday They are as fol-
lows: North bound mail will be closed
at the post office at $50 o'clock a. M,
and will be placed or the $40 train; a
south bound mail will arrive at Whit
ms Station at SOC o'clock p. m. and
viii be distributed at the post office
at $50 o'clock D. m.
The funeral of Mrs. H. A. Childs
took place at II o'clock Monday.
Prayers were said at the house by
Rev. ]. r. Thurston. The burial was at
Upton.
The work of repairing the dam at
the Whitins cotton mill is completed.
The dam was built more than a hun
dred years ago. 1t has been patched at
different times. 1t is now in as good
condition as when first built, and is
equal to another hundred years of ser
vice.
A delegation from Granite Lodge,
A F. & A. M. attended the installation
of officers at Douglas, Monday even
ing. The scene of the exercises was the
new Masonic Hall.
A delegation from the local Ep-
worth League attended the convention
at Douglas Monday evening
john D. Leonard is in Boston on
business.
The w. B. A. Club will meet.
Thanksgiving eve in Mumford Hall for
whist, dancing and a general good
time. The committee of arrangements
is Thomas Garner, F. P. McGlynn and
John F. Houlihan.
Frank Tanner has returned to his
duties in A. M. Proctor's store after
a short Illness.
There is a great deal of interest in
basketball. The Woonsocket team at
tracts attention, and there are many
who would like to see team in town.
The line of the team that Manager
Darcy win have at Worcester Tues
day evening in the league game
against the FIR. Mathew team of that
city is as follows: Green If, Cuddy rf,
Wren c, Aherns lb, Barry RIB, Burlin-
game sub The opening game at Woon-
socket will be Thursday night with the
Websters.
Michael T. Flaherty, Esq, who had
last week his continued case for dis
turbance of the peace against Rev.
Peter S. O'Reily. placed on file against
him by Judge Putnam of UXbridge, on
his promise to offer no further moles-
tation whatever. made, at his own re-
quest in the office of J. J. Brady Esq,
of UXbridge, and in the presence of
the necessary witness in writing, an
agreement for non-suit, to settle at the
last possible moment his jury waived
case in Superior Court of Worcester
county. Father O'Reilly stood always
ready to defend his reputation. This
Thursday in the Superior Court, Wor-
cester, thus ending all further litiga-
ton in the premises.