Connecticut western news., 1910-10-13
FROM SHEFFIELD
 BY THE TROLLEY
Route Laid Out Between . Sheffield and Ashley Falls
 as Predicted by the News.


 road commissioners-WiII Follow
 the Railroad to the Connecticut Line
 Description of the Route.
 According to special to the Pittsfield Berkshire County Eagle, the route of the Canaan trolley line will follow along practically the same course that the NEWS stated some weeks ago, through Sheffield to Ashley Falls, plans of which have been filed with the railroad oom- missioners and upon which 8 hearing was given by the commission on Monday, practically follows the line of the New Haven tracks and the middle road south from Great Harrington. ---
 Commencing at the line dividing the town of Sheffield and Great Harrington, the new trolley line is to be on the east side of the railroad tracks crossing land of James McGfath and Thomas Rooney, There is slight ascending grade on the McGrath land and even then the tracks will be located in a deep cut On the Rooney land there is a descending grade of three per cent. on "feet."
 This descending grade is continued across land of Frank Kellogg and high way and private farm road are crossed on bridges. ......-..
 On reaching the land of Sarah E. Schneider, the grade changes to level and 80 continues across land of Edward Haskins and Elias T Clark.
 Through practically all the property the road will run on filled embankment. On reaching the land of Sybil Daley however, it strikes higher ground and runs into ''cut." Here 1t continues to follow the New Haven railroad tracks and makes two degree curve to the east
 On lot next south, owned by Michael Dailey, the grade changes to an ascent of 21-2 per cent. Just before reaching the middle Sheffield road, however, it changes to a descent and crosses over to the east side of this highway at grade just north of the point where the high way from South Egremont enters the middle road. The trolley line at this point will make an eight degree curve to get over from beside the railroad tracks to the east side of the highway. ...-
 It will climb the hill just south of this point on two per cent. grade. It will go under the entering highway aud several of the drivsways before reaching the cemetery just before going down the south side of this hill. ..-
 This descent is made on three per cent. grade which quickly changes to a level grade and on crossing Schenop brook on an indepehdent bridge, changes again to one per cent. descending grade. This is increased to 1 IA per cent. and little further on to a grade of one sixth per cent. At the cemetery however, this has changed to a one per cent. descending grade and short distance further south runs out to level grade again.
 Then there is a descending grade of one and one-half per cent. quickly follow. ed by an ascending grade of nearly one per cent. The trolley line then crosses over to the west side of the highway and continues along to the point where the New Haven railroad tracks follows the Ashley Falls highways.
 Here it runs in between the railroad and the highway on descending grade of over five per cent. passing over land of the George F. Sweet estate and George H. Blodgett. It then runs in beside the highway again keeping the highway and the railroad and crosses the Housatonic river on an addition to the present. rail road bridge.
 It continues along across the Ryder estate property between the railroad and highway about opposite the road leading to Norfolk and since leaving the Blodgstt property has been ascending on an eight per cent. grade.
 1t continues straight across the Ashley Falls highway at grade at the point where this highway makes a reverse curve in the form of the letter IS, and it practically the same point where the railroad crosses.
 The grade now changes to an ascent of little more than two per cent. and the line crosses land of the James Van Deusen estate and the Ashley Falls Mar ble Co.,, continues on past the Ashley Falls railroad station and across land of evi Van Deusen and Louise O. Wood. l
 On the latter property the grade changes to five per cent. descent. It continued on across land of H. Smith 6 Co.,, and B. A. Pierce and W. Durham and crosses the Konapot river. The grade has been changed to an ascent of almost two per cent. and the line crosses | the land of Ralph Hurlburt, making a three degree curve to the west following the railroad tracks and comes to an end n the property of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company at