The Press., 1906-01-31

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ton and was not especially dangerous.
There must have been at least one
hundred persons who went from this
borough last evening to Stafford Hol-
low to attend the lecture on Acres
of Diamonds. given by Russell H.
Conwell, D. D., of Philadelphia. In
DR.. Conwell's forty years on the lee
ture platform this was his first ap-
pearance in Stafford, and it is safe to
say no orator ever received such
general commentator from Stafford
audience.
The Consolidated Gets The Trolley.
The sale of the Hartford, Manches-
ter and Rockville street railway and
of the rights in the proposed Stafford
Springs line to the Consolidated has
been the most interesting topic of dis
oussion since it became known. At
the time of the manufacturers dinner
James f. Shaw sent word by Colonel
Dean that the road was surely COM
ing. There is feeling locally that
James is not AS truthful as could be
wished for. Mr.. Shaw has carried
the biblical injunction relative to not
letting his right hand know what his
left was doing to such an extent that
he will be termed gay old deceiver
eventually. While the people here
are naturally somewhat disappointed
over the turn the affair has taken, too
much blame should not be attached to
the Shaw interests. Mr.. Shaw and
his associates were up against the real
thing, and a fight to the finish was
bound to prove very costly. If they
have been able to sell their merchan-
disc at fair advance over what it
cost, let us congratulate aud forgive,
more especially as Shaw s. Co. do not
care how we take it. Marc S. Chap
man, president of the Hartford, Man.
chester and Rockville Tramway COM
pany, was not consulted relative to
the sale, and did not know a thing
about it until notified by mail Mr..
Shaw showed the same rare executive
ability in notifying Mr.. Chapman
that has characterized all his plans in
this vicinity. If he had sent mes
senger to Mr.. Chapman he would
have lost him, and if he had used the
telephone there would have been trou
BILE with the line for several days.
By using the mail it was broken gen.
tly, although Mr.. Chapman lost no
time in trying to resign as president
of the Hartford, Manchester and Rock
willie, as president of the Stafford
Springs Street Railway company and
as a director of the Boston and Wor-
cester, which is owned by Mr.. Shaw
and his associates. The only reasons
that Mr.. Chapman sold to the Shaws
instead of the Consolidated in the first
place was because the former agreed
to keep the old employees, and to re-
tain the barns, ETC., as headquarters
at Manchester. While we feel for
have the road left, and all that we
possess is a right of way and $50.
600 bond The posi- bility of this
right of way being utilized seems I'M
certain at present. The bond is a |
more tangible object than the right
Of way and will probably have to be
be paid. In connection with the sale
It is announced that Thomas O. Per-
kins has brought suit against the
Stafford Springs company for $780,
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done and material furnished; one of |
$40, 900 for services by A. NJ. Jaasted
of Boston, a civil engineer; and one
of $500 by Perkins & Perkins of Hart
ford for professional services Judge
Arthur Perkins said Saturday that it
seemed to be the desire of the Shaw
people to transfer their interests with
out settling their bills, and action
was brought at once in order to serve
the papers before the shift was made.
He added that attachments had been
made in Boston. If the Consolidated
does not build from Rockville to South
bridge, it would seem no more than or
binary Justice that they should ex-
tend the Springfield and Eastern from
Monson to this town, thus giving an
outlet to Springfield,
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Stafford Springs Street
Railway company and Of the Hart
ford, Manchester and Rockville Tram
way company was held at the office of
Attorney Freeman at Hartford Tues
day morning. The meeting of the
stockholders of both companies was
called to order by Marc S. Chapman.
The stockholders elected the follow
ing board of directors for each COM
pany: Charles S. Mellen, Timothy
E. Byrnes, Calvert Townley, Hiram
M. Kochersperger, John G. Parker,
Augustus s. May, Edward G. Buck
land, all of New Haven. This is an
entire new board of directors, and
represents the interest of the Consoli-
dated railroad company. The direc-
tors elected the following executive
officers for both companies: Presi-
dent, Charles S. Mellen; -presi-
dent, Calvert Townley; assistant to
president, Timothy E. Byrnes; secre-
tary, John G. Parker; treasurer, A.
s. May; assistant treasurer, T. F.
Paradise. Mr.. Townley will have
charge of the operating of the roads.
He has already begun his duties as
Operating vice president Z" Charles
E. Perkins and Arthur Perkins, the
members of the law firm of Perkins
s. Perkins, have brought another suit
against James F. Shaw of Manchester
and Edward P. Shaw of Newburyport,
doing business under the name of
James F. Shaw 8 Co., to recover the
sum of $4,000 for legal services. Civ
il Engineer Howard of Boston, who
has had three men at work survey