Putnam patriot., 1910-04-08
An Old Citizen Rey.sits Putnam.

l An Uld IIfixea key,SItS futnam. l Mir. Horace \. Hassard and wife, of Newport, K. l., made a visit of a few days to this city the past week, he re-
 turning 10 Providence Tuesday morning
 To attend the Legislature, of which he
 is a member, and will return Saturday to complete his visit, and will return
 home next Tuesday with Mrs. Hassard,
 who remained here while her husband
 went 10 the Legislature.
 l Besides their many friends, MT. Has, sard has four sisters residing in this city-Mrs. Riley Smith. Mrs. Henry Covell, Mrs. N. I. Bartholomew, and
 Miss Ellen Hassard.
 1 MT. and Mrs. Hassard left Putnam
 in 1884, sixteen years ago, to make their
 home at Newport. For six or seven years he carried on his old business of builder and contractor, and then gave l it up, and started grocery business under the firm name of Hassard X Co.,, 1 his son being the other member, and who has charge of it, his father oeca- l sionaily assisting him.
 He gained prominence, but the peo- l ple of Newport had need of his services 1 in more important field, and seven
 years ago elected him tc the Legislature and have kept him there as member ever since. As the senior member from Newport, il devolves on him by law 10 1 call the House to order, whenever it
 meets, that it may be legally organized. i MT. Hassard Is chairman of the Cor poration committee, one Of the most i important of the regular committees,
 and reported bill to incorporate "The l Southern New England Railway Com-
 pany.n This company is 10 give the Canada Grand Trunk Railroad an en- trance into Providence. This is the plan that the Grand Trunk has been 1 striving to secure for some time. It will not touch Connecticut at any point on it's route, as some of our citizens and'those of Thompson hoped it might. | It enters Rhode Island on the Massa- chusetts line at the town of Burrillville, thence to Glocester, Smithfield, North Smithfield, Cumberland, Lincoln, into l North Providence, Central Falls, and into or through the cities of Woonsock- ct, Pawtucket and Providence. l MT. Hassard presented this bill. and l told us there was not a doubt but that
 it will be passed. It will prove of tm- portance to Providence, as it will be
 made the shipping port for the grain
 of western Canada
 The importance of this new railroad should arouse the attention of our en- terprising citizens, as 1t suggests new
 and direct line into Providence. A
 short trolley line of ten or twelve miles
 from this city will reach beyond the
 center of Glocester, and connection made there with the new line of rail-
 road to Providence It would bring a large amount of trade to this city be-
 sides getting to Providence easier and
 cheaper
 | MT. Hassard assisted in getting a trolley charter line from the Rhode Island and Connecticut boundary line 1 to Providence, for which some of our
 citizens own a connecting link charter
 to where the Rhode Island line reaches the Connecticut boundary.
 MraHassard takes interest in all that
 concerns our city, where he resided for twenty-eight years, and will no doubt
 give advice and legislative assistance,
 if ever required in any business to be
 acted upon by the Legislature of his | State.
 Newport is the most fashionable wa- tering-place in the United States. It
 is strictly summer resort of wealthy
 and distinguished people from all over
 the country. The only business done
 is retail trade to meet the needs of resi-
 dents, except there is government
 station and shipyard where the re-
 pairing is done on all the steamboats
 of the New England Navigation Com
 pany, which belong to the N. f., N
 and II. k. K. company.
 The fine, healthy appearance Of MT.
 Hassard proves that Newport is good place for him to live in.