The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-09-17
OPENING OF DERBY LINE.
ExEENsToNW1LLBE READF FoE
 PUBLIC TOMORROW.
InsPseisa by state RalIroad oomm... slonsr. Yesterday and Declared On. CT the Best construeted and safest Pieces of Trolley Road In the stats-
Facts About It's Construction.

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 Facts About It's Construction.
 The Derby extension of the Fair Ha- ven and Westville road, the completion of which was delayed just about year owing to the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company being unable to push through it's end on the time agreed. was formally inspected by the state railroad commissioners yesterday and cordially declared by them to be one of the best constructed and safest pieces of trolley road in the state. Tomorrow the road will be opened to the public and a twen- ty-four- minute schedule will be put in operation from Yale field to Orange Heights. the Branford cars running through to provide 1t. The first car will leave State and Chapel streets at 5:4S a. m. and thereaftei every twenty four minutes until p. m. Orange Heights cars will run from SIS a. m. to 7:3O p. m.
 As an absolute fact, there are few pieces of trolley road in the country that can compare with the Derby ex- tension in construction and safety It is double-tracked all the way, and the rails used are similar to those used on some of the steam railroads, and conse- quently on the fine roadbed built give a perfectly smooth running line.
 The difficulty of the country along the Derby turnpike is well known to people of this section, and on account of this the road cost an unusually large sum, the sub-grading alone taking S60,000. This was done by the Blakeslees under contract, the rest of the work by the company's men.
 Some idea of the splendid construc- tion and safety of the line may be got from the fact that in all the three and a half miles of its length it crosses the main highway but once; 1t is on the left of the highway the entire distance, ex- cept for the foregoing instance; it is double tracked; 1t is enclosed all the way, and there isn't curve in it that needs guard rail.
 The ride will be one of the prettiest { afforded by any trolley system in New and, for that matter, the country. The natural beauty of the Derby hills is not excelled about here. The line, after slkirting the Yale { slg " < and St. Lawrence cemetery to Forest street, pushes on over the Derby turn pike and runs along the edge of the ghstening Maltby lakes that dot the vicinity. At the foot of Long Hill the. road leaves the highway and takes to the woods--a change that is even pleas ing in it's suddenness and contrast of scenery. From the top of the hill the view is one that will attract thousands of admirers of natural scenery. Off in the distance, but in plain view, is East Rock, topped with it's shaft of grey. stone in memory of the war veterans, while miles beyond lies the Sleeping Giant;;' in the west is West, Rock and at your feet the sparkling Maltby Lakes setting in the landscape like big dia- while in all directions is the wildness ok rustic rugged ness.
 Through the hills at various points the road goes through several deep cuts,. some of which are made through solid rock It goes under one bridge and over another in the Long Hill section, but despite several difficult engineering problems that had to be surmounted there is hardly g. curve to speak of.
 In building the line the roads en- gineer did all he could to improve the highway. cutting down grades here and filling up ho1lows there. From the Yale field to Forest street the turnpike has been nacadamized; at the top of A2ng Hill 1t has been strengthened and the grade lowered considerably very gratifying improvement to every one driving that way in either direction; and the Tyler City road road has been bridged overhead, to do which 8 cut through solid stone of eighteen feet had to be made, but crossing at grade was thus avoided.
 A short distance beyond is the Dog man road, and here a fork has been taken out and the highway trayersed by :. ,,,I,.,+ 7, :, +i., i,.n,, tractia