New-York tribune., 1903-07-19
TO BOSTON BY TROLLEY,
Hon Trip Can Easily Be Made
Fares To Be Paid.

erhfa~atfug metnOo OF lOcOuOUOn, anC to-
a. tbe ambitious possibilities Of such journey
eos @ -,o.,csIIv be realized But for a gap OF six
. half miles in Connecticut there IS
~otsn stretch Of electric railway traversing the
-, picturesque and delightful route between the
o+-,noI,s and The Hub" Before summer days
=. ~, m autumn this small open link Will be
g. - IN another year. so rapid is trolley
..+to, An this part OF the country the two great
:. .,+ses Of New-York and New-England VIII be
,.c,ed py practically two distinct electric lines.
10 second road starting in Connecticut and ma
.--..1I, shortening the present trolley route to
Boston
r.. crescent all but complete interurban road is
-. =, air line By any means. but for the greater
-. :, the way it closely parallels the Hartford
11t,s,or ~ the New-York New-Haven and Hart
- rs,.l-oad the most traversed Of the three
,,-as from New-York TO Boston. The dis
80 nv this steam road is 2S5 miles by trolley it
: os7 niles The is made in six hours by the
- roads passenger express trains, while
80 tou-s are required by the electrically i'm
- .ors The fare for the quicker transit is IS;
80 p,, a ts SOS OF course. the trolley traveller
- ~ rtding as continuously as possible, would
=. :. shle 10 make the journey in twenty hours.
- ,h. mad IS not through one. being made up OF
-, -,rr,ber OF separate, though merging
q '@-e o,necting lines. He would be detained
,., tor cars and by other inevitable delays
yxI,.Iv "a urolong the duration Of the most eK-
s..Io,s trir possible 10 about twenty-eight hours
I. r.cessa-y consideration, If one wishes TO make
in
che route except IN the principal cities, run only
until midnight
T2I,, such continual travelling is necessary to
ccou,plsh the journey within two days defeats the
e-v objects OF trolleying. and pleasure bent and
recreation seeking persons would Go well 10 take
,b-ee four or even ave days for the trip. In COM
,,,ine the fare as g S. every advantage has been
taken Of transfer tickets, which are obtainable on
most lines Only when he uses all these transfers
nd s1iabts and boards cars al terminal points can
-@G,,r
imp7actica5e in journeying for pleasure. But, even
with frequent stops. If they are judiciousy made,
me cost Of transportation need not exceed So so.
The distance Of 81 miles is from Third-ave and
Forty-secoad-st Manhattan, to the subway station
AZ Park-st- Boston. This starting point in New
York is two blocks east OF the Grand Central Sta
ton but the journey may be begun in the Third
ave surface cars anywhere between Forty-second-
ST. and the City Hall
No part OF the East better repays trolley ex-
rIoration than the country traversed between New
York and Boston. II is rich and varied, and the
scenery most Of the way is surprisingly fine The
sights Of scenic beauty comprise the rugged noun
tain the smiling valley. The sequestered forest the
daisy sprnkled field the broad. CLASSY Sound the
swiftly rushing river ard the murnuring brook
Now the horizon is marked with the outline of the
Long Island shore or the Taghanic Mountains; now
me broad and fertile valley Of the Housatonic or
the Connecticut Is spread before the delighted be-
holGer with the river stretching away in the dis
tanee like silver band Birds Of divers plumage
and varied song are 10 be seen and heard on every
side. and the squirrel and the chipmunk often
scamper across the track
Tie majority OF trolley travellers from New-York
to Boston viii make the trip in three, four or five
days. Few viii care 10 shorten the time, and a
similarly limited number viii be able TO spend
more than five days going one way. The best di-
visions for such journeys are:
Three days-First dag-, New York to New Haven:
second DAY, New-Haven TO Springfield; third day
Springfield 10 Boston
-Four days-First day. New-Yor5 TO Bridgeport
second day Bridgeport TO Hartford: third day
Hartford TO Ware fourth day. Ware Boston
rive dAys-tlrSt day. Nen-fork 70 South Nor
wax; second day, South Norwalk to Southngton;
third day. Southington 10 Springfield; fourth day.
spTi1gheld 10 Worcester; fifth day, Worcester 10
Starting from Third-aye and Fortysecondst
@ tls!l one can Tlde for five cents 10 One-hun
ne distance being five miles and the running time
tes from the City Han for the sane 9 fre aoi ban @
ing at the Harlem River the trolley traveller takes
Mount NernGn. nine miles away. He passes West
@ @FaTIns 5ne Ioological Park; the Morris Park
Mount Vernon in an hour. The fare to Mount Yer
transfer for Rocbele to Wo e css ne rf, sys a
tg.s-1 nv t-oteS ana cover the four miles in about
which cars, running every eight minutes each in
an an gel a car every twenty minutes and ride fif-
teen to miles miles for Is cents into Greenwich the first
G,92@n over the Connecticut line He passes through
,Ie-dI ] oLec Harrison, Rye and Port Chester and
fiAt5 me ue Journey IN rifle over an hour. Thus
a,,,iH Ht route 3 2. been through The Bronx and
IONS and legendary lore. During the first part of
PTorIy BE- away from the city the gently owing
Tii-as tbs, - f; Iad oi Long Island Sound and the
,,i1h ION GTeenWlch 10 Stamford is a run of six
49, .I,oslhs ~ cents. which is made IN half an
being over newly completed line The tpsveIJer
riTe e Slanse cars at Stamford and take run
olsIance being two miles, the time fifteen minutes
every twenty rjgntss u ers It ne can get car
, aunt oi ten miles taking an hour and ten min
4Ie Noroton. where the State Soldiers Home is:
[Ea[Iehi Epii, hoWayton and Rotan Point. From South
port the distance being fourteen miles the lin
ming time hour and tWentv minutes te agd the
@.e 1. - cents The intermediate points are West
~ osGgateck, Southport and Fairfield. Chang
a transfer for the New-Haven car which leaves
!GTt across the steam roads tracks
ne run OF tWenty-three miles from RrfdRenOrt
b,s ~ ~ tiayen @ IS made without change in two
route passes tbTdg neng ransfer and % cents The
Yrorr for rsek 2anlh ROCK ana West Haven All the way
picnic resorts tbe pST1lg eI lnhuTneraoe summer and
Workers and +be sumner homes of wealthy New
tween s-j5 eRes them TO the metropolis daily Be
ne tracIs ~ f epoIt and NewHaven near Milford.
tba eeoge; the surf of the Sound dashing upon
Nh hara clean. sandy beach beneath the Very
tine ~ - Ihs car and making trolleying for the
pictrresni's eAcltng sport. The historic and
be are numerous. and considerable time could
places 3s I'm t @Lo nstructvey spent in viewing the
soma Ne; en- Haven the trolley traveller leaves the
lnost d au speeds inland for sxty-eight miles al
~ 49, 80 iortI 10 Springfield the first city over
Cst a. A4sSachusetts line He starts from the Elm
ussautiu! green whence the cars leave every
a. No., -aour minutes. and makes the first change
Poci o-a5 IN ,ITarnel after passing between East
ke4I ,5-.i grT west Rock. the towering crags that
rnIIsgs '.sN over New-Haven. The distance is six
n- sS me time forty-five minutes and the fare If
,tops ne stops at New-Haven. 10 cents Otherwise a
Slstel ana cents From Mount Carmel
f--eIe d change has be made cars run every
1bt Ste4sht minutes to Cheshire. the six miles 10
& &@meh are covered in twenty-five minutes Tor 10
re, S-.ts mere is the only open link in the whole