The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-03-21
,oNN. WEDNESDAY MARCH 81 1905 Vol 49, No 81

Mass, the last SnOrGsGOp, VINO playcS
with Stafford last year, has been en-
gagged as coach for the Boston Latin
school team.
There will be whist party at the
new rooms of Harmony Temple of
Honor in the Converse block this
evening. The committee in charge
is John Mahan, Ralph Lee and Wal
ter Parkhurst.
Maj James Mckay of Northamp-
ton, of the state police, has warned
Henry B. Avery. assistant treasurer
and field secretary of the Connecticut
valley home mission workers of 673
Main street, Springfield, against max
ing collections in Northampton and
surrounding places. One or two cases
of sharp dealing have been charged
against Avery in the way of getting
antique furniture, IN which he was
formerly a dealer. The society is
supposed to expend it's funds for the
benefit of waits, but evidence of its
work have not been readily found.
Maj. Mckay says that he is of the
| opinion that Henry B. Avery is prac-
tically all there is to the society.
Avery's credentials comprise a folder,
with much language of a touching
nature concerning the work of the
mission workers, and bearing list of
officers. The officers are the follow
ing: President, Rev. Egbert N. Nun.
ro; first vice e-president, Rev. B. J.
Rose; second vice president, Charles
f. Slater; secretary, Mrs. Charles
Dwight Glazier; assistant secretary,
Mrs Queenie L. Hillman; treasurer,
John McFethries; field secretary.
Henry B. Avery. Maj. Mckay has
learned that the alleged president is
pastor of church in West Stafford,
and that his name has been used on
the folder without his authority.
Rev. J. B. Rose is said to be resi-
dent of Southwick. The secretary is
a niece of Avery, who, Avery him
self says, was never elected to the
Office by vote of the society. Mrs.
Queenie Hillman of West Stafford,
assistant secretary. is a daughter of
Avery. John McFethries, the treas
urer, states that his name is on the
folder entirely without his wish. He
has known of it's being there, and has
requested Avery to remove it, and
| Avery has promised to do so. He has
never received a dollar, he says, of
the funds collected. Avery has been
following his present methods about
three years, and has operated of late
in Hadley, South Hadley, Granny,
Amherst and Greenfield. Springfield
Republican.
President MelIen Says the Trolley Road
Will Be Ruflt.
"A representatives of the Rockville
Leader interviewed @. s. Mellen,
president of the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford, last week, and
President Mellen is quoted with the
following statements in regard to the
trolley road from Rockville to Stat
ford
He could not definitely state as to
the time when work will actually be-
gin on the trolley road, but he want
ed it understood, however, that there
would be no unnecessary delays. The
company means to push the work
along as fast as possible. There are
many things to be considered in build
ing trolley road which necessarily
FOL be
sized the fact that the company was
not only desirous of pleasing the pub
lie, but that it is anxious to get
route which would be practical and
feasible. 1t has been impossible as
yet to get an absolutely satisfactory
survey. Previous surveys which had
been made contained flaws which it
was hoped to overcome. President
Mellen was at loss to know why the
impression prevailed that the road to
Stafford was not to be built. He
thought that it ought to be plain to
anyone that the company intended to
build the road. 1t was inconceivable
to him why anyone should question
the company's intentions. When the
Shaw people transferred the road to
the Consolidated Railway company
there was $4,000 bond in force,
which was to be forfeited if the road
was not built. In purchasing the
Shaw interests the Consolidated Rail
way company assumed this obligation,
and they intend to live up to it in
letter and in spirit. In other words,
they intend to stand by their agree
ment and build the road, and Presi-
dent Mellen thought the public should
have the same confidence in his COM
pany as they would have in an indi-
vidual under like circumstances and
conditions He said the road had
come into their hands in mid winter
while he was away. He frankly ad-
mitted that he didn't consider the
road from Rockville to Stafford de-
sirable investment, such an invest
ment as they would go searching for
They were morally obligated under
conditions to build the road, and they
intend to build it as quickly as posi-
BILE. 1t was true that the company
had asked for an extension of time on
the road, but this was not to get out
of building the road. The only rea-
son the company asked for an extern
sion of time, according to President
Mellen's statements, was because it
was physical impossibility to fulfill
the requirements of the bond to COM
plete three miles of road in Stafford
before May 1st. He thought the mere
fact that the company had asked for
an extension of time on the bond
ought to be pretty good proof that the
company intended to build the road.
He thought q road from Stafford to