Connecticut western news., 1910-11-17
PROGRESS OF TROLLEY
LARGE FORCE OF MEN
 GRADING EXTENSION

GRADING EXTENSION Work Expected to be Pushed Until
 Jan. 1, or till Frost is at Least 6
 Inches Deep-S satisfactory Progress
 Being Made. ...
 The great dirt fill for the bridge over the railroad tracks at Great Harrington for the Egremont trolley sxtention is completed. and according to the Courier the material for this bridge and the bridge over Green River will be shipped at once.
 About fifty teams have been em- ployed for nearly month on this fill, which is very expensive piece of work, the cost being estimated at between $30,- 900 and $40, ,000. A narrow gauge work train has also been engaged in filling on the west side, and the rapidity with which construction has been rushed has surprised even the most optimistic. The pay roll list of men employed on the Egremont and Canaan extensions num- bers about five hundred, and a force of one hundred additional men will be put at work this week grading in the village of Sheffield.
 Beginning this week large force of men have been set at work laying tracks for the entire length of the Egremont line. A feed wire has been run from the Housatonic sab-station to the end of the present line, ready to be carried to South Egremont when necessary. About one mile of track has been completed from South Egremont toward Great Bar rington. Ten steam drills on the rock work engaged night and day as well as four derricks. This last part of the rock removal is at the summit beyond the Baldwin cut. Besides the five hundred or more men employed on this line, ninety one teams are engaged. ...
 The Eyremont trolley extension is to cost approximately $1S0,00O without in- cluding cost of c trs and other equipment. This line Is less than four miles in length. The Canaan trolley extension is to be about twelve miles long and will not coss much more than the Egremont ex- tension, although three times as long ?
 The Canaan extension will also be completed more rapidly in comparison with the Egremont line. About one, hundred men have been employed work ing from the McGrath fill north, and at the end of this week the fill from the McGrath place to the point where the Canaan extension branches off the Egre- mont line will be completed. A ship ment of 10000 ties from the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad supply is expected at any time now. The num- Der will be sufficient to extend the line to Sheffield village and it will be followed by another large consignment. The rails have been distributed along the Ca- naan line nearly to the Blodgett place in Ashley Falls. The pile drivers have completed work at the Duuham bridge in Sheffield and concrete work on this bridge was started Tuesday. The pile drivers have moved south to prepare for the trestle to be constructed near the Blodgett place in Ashley Falls.
 It is stated by an officer of the Woron- oco Company that work on the line, coming this way will continue until the frost is at least six inches deep which means that in all likelihood operations will be pushed until the 1st of January It is expected that by Dec. 15 tracks will be laid from the branch line to the bridge over Sohnob brook in Sheffield, called the Dunham bridge. The work along the highway can be carried on much more easily during cold weather than the work in muddy sections, which is to be completed first.
 It has been rumored in Sheffield that the Sheffield line would probably be put in operation after the winter recess is taken, but such step is not anticipated by the construction company. Theil contract does not call for running cars to Sheffield this winter and they intend to put the finishing touches on the line during warm weather. It is probable, however. that most of the line right up to Sheffield village will be completed by January 1. Providing there is an early spring, it will take but a few more months after spring work is resumed to have the Canaan line ready for opera tion.
 New Telephones
 The Canaan telephone exchange has