The Press., 1902-12-04
E1entrin Road.

The electric road heartngs last Friday were both well attended. Judge Arthur Perkins of Hartford, attorney for the road, Thomas 0. Perkins, and an engi- neer were present at both meetings to explain the layout of the road. At the town meeting, after the plans were fully explained, the maps looked over, and some suggestions made by citizens pres ent discussed, the meeting, without a dissenting voice, voted in favor of the franchise being granted. The seleotmen immediately signed the came. At the borough meeting in the evening there were but few questions asked, and a unanimous vote was cast in favor of hav- ing the court of burgesses grant the fran chise asked for In the borough. The court of burgesses at a special meeting Tuesday afternoon signed the franchise. With the exception of the Rockville end the company now has all the franchises desired. The suggestion of the electric road uniting with the town and Central Vermont railroad In building a bridge Faulkner mlll, so as to abolish the grade
 
 spoken of Mir. Perkins said that the electric road would be willing to pay It's portion If 1t could be accomplished right away. but would not want to delay the building of the road, as 1t would probably take some time before the matter could be arranged with the Central Vermont and all the premiminary work accom- plished. Mir. Perkins Is having very good success in securing the rights of-way over private property. Samuel Rock we'll who owns land near Holland avenue, over which the survey runs, offers to &C., cept $100 for the same, and when the cars begin running will return the $100 to the company. MT. Perkins stated that work would begin In the spring. and that 1t would probably take about one year to build the road. The survey runs about 200 feet south of Crystal Lake. across land of Daniel Curtis and Christopher Hanson, goes through the Devils Hop Yard, acroes land of Jarvis Cady. and for 315 feet across the corner of the Julia Bugbee Cross wood lot to the highway, which 1t crosses over to land the owner of which Is placed on the map as un- known. From there the line crosses A D. Charters land to the Samuel Rock well lot. then crosses West street and I xLs land. across land of Tobbiono Pollank to Park street. which 1t crosses about 200 feet northwest from the junction of Tol- land avenue, going north of the J. J. Roach house. Then 1t goes just south of sand bank hill and crosses the pond and railroad on trestle about 600 feet long and about 25 feet above the water to the high point of land about 400 feet north of where the highway crosses the Central Vermont railway. From there the line goes straight between the houses of Wm. Lee and the boarding house of the Faulk- ner mill, through the three-oornered park to Main street.. It follows the middle of Main street to the junction of East Main street. From this point there are two surveys for short distance under con. sideration. One goes up Furnace avenue as far as the L. D. Gary lot, where 1t crosses the river to point about 100 feet below the Central mill dam. The other survey Is from Main street. through East Main street. across the bridge, and then follows the east bank up the stream. The line keeps close to the east side oi the ponds and stream, passing through lands of Cyril Johnson, Miss K. c. Bliss, J s. Smiledge. Adelbert Needham .and W. H. Black, 10 the Hiram Cady lot be- fore it bears very much towards the mac- adam road. The line takes the road about 100 feet south of Blacks hotel, going across land offEdgar St.Mary, Au- gustus St Mary. Mrs. Jane Lavery, and corner of Jacob Gloyer's lot. After reaching the road 1t keeps on the west side of the road to Hydeville, then cross yond the north boundary of Miner Fair 1on nd fr fho lrf ly bought and cleared of wood by Ellis & Eaton, and for a distance keeps about 100 feet from the highway. It passes just back of the Amadon machine shop, crossing the stream twice near sthet high bank south of the machine shop The line again goes on to the highway just above the bridge below the mill of the Staffordville Woolen company, and fol lows on the east side of highway as far as the Congregational church, then on through the street past the E. A. Con. verse house to the reservoir, following the line of the old road across the reser. voir by trestle nearly 400 feet long and seven feet over the water, with fill al each end of 300 feet The line then goes between the road and reservoir until i crosses the highway about 400 feet soutl from the roadthat crosses near the nortf end of the reservoir, and then to thu Wales lin passing about 400 feet south
 east of the Newell Delphia house. Int charter gives the road right-of-way from Main street through West Main ant Center streets to the Fox mill, then b! West street to the last survey near Tol
 land avenue, but this, line will probabl. not be used. The court of burgesses, il granting the franchise, made the follow | ing provisions First-there shall be nt | turnout or switch in the tracks of sai6
 railway between the south end of Churcl street, through Main street to East Mair street, or to Furnace avenue; second Standard Metropolitan rails, or simila
 safety or groved rails shall be laid in al streets occupied or used by said railway | third-the railway shall comply with al the ordinances of the borough in the mat
 ter of the removal of snow from tn streets used or occupied by said railwa. | company; fourth-on all streets in tn
 borough of 24 feet or less between tn curbs or sidewalk lines, the railwa, | tracks shall be laid at one side, instea' l of in the middle of the street. The las | clause relates to Center street, If the com pany should decide to use that street.
 A notice of application to the next gen
 eral assembly is printed in another col
 umn for amendments to the electric roa
 charter, allowing increase of the capita
 stock to $1 800 900, changing the name c
 the company to the Worcester and Hart
 ford Street Railway company, changin the location of the corporate office fror
 this borough to Hartford, asking pernais
 sion to build the road in locations covere
 by the recent survey and not covered i
 the present charter, also from junction t Holland avenue ard Park street to Yves Stafford, and from Main street to Eas street to the road to Wales.
 Another notice will be found in Tn
 Press of a petition to the legislature ash
 ing for the incorporation of a street raj
 way, starting in the town of Ellington
 south of Crystal Lake. connecting wit
 the road from Stafford to Rockville, an