Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-01-31
NEW ELECTRIC RAILROAD.
Mortified and Millers Falls Will Prob.
ably be Connected by a Line 10
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The first step towards the construction
of an electric road between Northheld
and Millers Falls was probably taken
Wednesday in the defeat of the conway
company in securing the desired leglsla-
ton toward granting them a tranchlse
TO extend their road from Greenfield TO
Mortified. The presentation OF their
case before the committee on street rail-
WAYS at the state house Wednesday
morning developed rather weak case,
this together with n determined oppos-
ition from the Greenfield & Turner's rails
Co. the towns of Greenfield and North
field through their representatives, VIII
probably result in their being alloWeu 10
withdraw their bill.
The Conway company was represented
nv s ID. Conant of Greenfield and was
ably supported by DR.. Laidley of Conway
but to no purpose. Their action in petit
ioning for franchise covering this route
has probably preciptated action on the
part of the Greenfield company. 1t is
understood from good authority that this
company is now ready to take up the
project of incorporating a company under
the general laws for the purpose of con-
structing road from Millers Fails to
Northfeld This they will do the coming
season provided they receive the material
announcement which is Indispensable
and to which they are entitled. They
already recognize the fact that 1T is i'm
practicable to build their road from
Greenfield through Bernardston, and also
recognize the importance of being hrst
in the field to secure the Northfield To-
cation
This company has established an en-
yiable reuptation as being of the most
thorough builders of street railways in the
state The railroad commissioners, un-
der whose jurisdiction street railways
now are. made special mention OF the
quality of their construction in the Green
field and Deerfed road just completed
and said there was no better road out
side the cities in the state 1t is est
mated that it will cost $4,000 to build
and equip the Mortified and MillerS
Falls Street Railway, $4,000 of this would
be in stock and the rest in bonds. OF
this amount Mortified would be expected
to buy $4,000 of stock, the company
could then care for the rest. As an in
vestment there can be no question bu
it would be paying one; and 1t certainly
ought not to be any burden to Northielt
people to raise this amount. The ben
eft that would result in the enhanced
value to property would be more an'
more apparent each year. sgniiican
fact in relation to the beneficial effect o
street railways is evidenced by the en-
actment of new laws making II possihl
for them to build without having to re
sort to the general court for the authorit,
in each case when a new charter is de
sired At the last session of our legis
lature there was more legislation oil
street railways than on any other matter
Mortified can look toward to furnish
ing one link in the railway that will tray
erse the Connecticut Valley from Brat
tleboro to New Haven. But few mile
remain to be built and If Mortified say
the word there will be 10 miles less I
build by August 1.-[Greentield Gazette.