The Press., 1905-11-22

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 STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 J M. Leach has been in Boston on c business trip.
 Charles Mahan has taken position at the Springs House.
 Mrs. A. L. Howard and Miss Mary are in Hartford for brief visit.
 Rev. Francis J. Clark of Windsor, Vt, is visiting at Rev. MT. Tryie's.
 The W. R. O. have their first SUD- per Friday from 5 to .. Supper, 15 cents.
 MT. and Mrs. A. B. Patton and daughter of Ware were in town Sat urday.
 Mrs. Albert Kinney of Westford is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Willis H. Reed.
 John Panciera, who was injured at the Fabyan mill last week, is making good recovery,
 The cold nights have frozen over the ponds. and the young people are enjoying the skating.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter Nieber are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son last Wednesday.
 MT. and Mrs. Christopher Allen and MT. and Mrs. F. F. Patten are in New York for a few days.
 Miss Margaret Cunningham of Bel. lows Falls was the guest over Sunday of Miss Margaret Mullins.
 Galen Woodruff and P. H. Butler of Roxbury, Mass. are at the Foster homestead for hunting trip.
 wm. Foster. who has been at his home owing to illness, has recovered sufficiently to return to Palmer.
 A party of young people are plan ming to hold a dance at Memorial hall in Stafford Thanksgiving night.
 Seven members of the local Our rent Events club attended the meet ing of the state federation of woman's s clubs at Willimantio last week.
 George B. Mcclellan was before the borough court last Thursday, charged with an assault on John I. W. Conklin of Crystal Lake, Nov. 2d. Judge Heald gave the defendant four months and costs. The arrest was made by Sheriff Helm in Rock vile.
 Inquiry from the Shaw interests relative to the amount of frieght shipped and received by local manu- lecturers and others, has led to the belief that the trolley road that has been talked of between Worcester and Hartford is not yet dead issue. The controversy over the right of way in Brimfeld between the Shaw interests and the Consolidated is also oonsid- cred favorable indication that the Boston company intends to push the work through as planned. Up to the present the Shaw interests have re- tained their rights in Brimield. The mOrC6SbST 16AeSEhm ssys
 It transpires that when the Brim- field location was granted the Hart ford S Worcester it had two condi- tions, one that the road should be in operation within Is months, and the other that the company should put up a forfeit of $5OOO. This time limit would have expired last summer but for the forethought of the company in going to the legislature and getting a general extension. This was done in 1904, and appears to have been a very clever move to get the legisla- ture to extend grant made by local authorities without having to go to the different boards of selectmen. This act reads: "That the time with in which the Hartford & Worcester Street Railway Go. is required by law and by the terms of it's several loca- tions to build and put in operation some part of its road is hereby extend ed to the first day of November in the year 19O6." Petitions to extend the charter existence of roads not built are common in the legislature, but to extend the location grant made by a board of selectmen with an expiring time limit is something unusual, and it is doubtful if many members of the legislature understood that this was anything more than the ordinary charter extending that they were vot- ing upon when they passed it. How ever, it seems to hold, unless the Springfield 6 Eastern care to make a test case of it and carry it to the su- preme court. As the legislature is superior to boards of selectmen, it is exceedingly doubtful if the attorneys for the company would advise such a course.
 The Worcester Telegram of last Sunday gives much space to the matter, and says that the work of blasting rocks ard excavating for the big Charlton cuts may be com- menced this winter. It is evident that both the Consolidated and the Boston people are planning for a through trolley line from Boston to New York. As the Boston promo ters' line passes through here, the local feeling is with them in their fight In broader view, the block ing of the Shaw line will be still more unfortunate from the fact that it would be a competing line with the Consolidated. This competition would not be a bad thing for the public. It has been hinted that the Shaw in- terests are but bluffing in order to make e favorable sale of what they possess to the Consolidated. It is hoped that this is not true.