Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-07-14
WESTERLY MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED
George E. Champlin Badly Crushed Under Cart Wheel
at Watch Hill-Car Colided With His Team hrs
tan EDdeavorers Against Fight ictures-Cars to
Pleasant Visw will Run Soon.

General Manager Sewell, who is in
| Westerly giving personal supervision
to the rebuilding of the Pawcatuck
Valley street railroad, said Wednes-
day, that barring unforeseen obstacles,
the large and new modern cars will be
in operation between Westerly and
Pleasant View by next Saturday or
Sunday. He said that the work of re-
building was progressing at the rate
of about eight hundred feet a day. and
yet he is frequently reminded that the
work is being done much slower than
when the original road was construct
ed. Syoh complaint amuses the ex-
perienced trolley road mana ger, who
knows the difference between the con-
struction at that time and the pres
ent.
Then. if the contractors encountered
a boulder on the line of the roadbed
it was simply a case of la~ing ties on
either side of the boulder, which &C
counts for the springly condition of
the rails and the jolting of passen-
gers.
Now the ties must be laid at reg
ular intervals and all distractions
must be removed and the rails laid
TO correct grade thus inSuring safety
and comfort TO passengers, and MAX
ing high speed possible without dan
ger
When completed the Pawcatuck VAL
ley street railroad will be one of the
best built and equipped trolley roads
thoroughneSs in construction Will~re-
tain its unsurpassed condition for at
least fifteen years without repairs Of
any consequence
MIR. SeweIl regrets that he was not
familiar with the town ordinance
which required that trolley poles
placed in the compact part of the town
should be of chestnut, of a specified
height, and be squared and finished,
as he fears there NAV be some delay
in procuring the poles. About twenty
of these poles must be placed in Main
street and the North Stonington firm
that supplies the poles now being used
along the road has none of the speci-
fed chestnut poles in stock. Efforts
were being made Wednesday to get
the poles from the Dawleys of Nor
wich These regulation poles will be
placed just as soon as they can be
procured. but the delay will not in
terfere with the early running of the
new cars
When the construction to Plea SAINT
View junction is completed the troll
ley company will ask the town coun-
ell to permit the continuance of the
work TO Watch Hill to connect with
the work already completed in the
Watch Hill section 1t is quite proba-
BILE that this permit will be granted.
as below the Pleasant View junction
the work can go forward without IN
Concentrating public traffic, with the
exception OF one SecJon- Wnefe the
road would necessarily be partially
blocked for one day.
This request accordinp to vote
of the Watch Hill fire district. will
be strongly opposed and there will be
insistence that all work be suspended
unNI September 20. The next regular
meeting of the town council VIII be
held the first Monday of August, and
by that time the section of the trolley
route that has been rebuilt Will be
in complete good order. and may re-
suit in a change in the antagonistic
stand taken by the summer residents
of Watch Hill.