Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-14
BY Grand Trunk to Make
New Haven Behave.
Latter Said to Be Building Some
New Freight Houses
just Whore II viii Block Formers
Rhode Island Entrance.

Woonsocket, r.. l., July 13.-The
Grand Trunk Railroad today appealed
To the courts and OF the officials of
this city TO prevent an alleged effort Of
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad TO block the entry of the new
road into this state. by acquiring the
land on which the Grand Trunk
pla nnad.. to- lay its tracks and con-
structing freight houses directly in the
proposed path OF the new southern
New England Railway the corporate
name of the Grand Trunks new
branch
Through its vice president and at
terney, John s. Murdoch of Providence,
The Southern New England today filed
in the superior court at Providence, a
petition asking the court to adjudge
rhe property on which the New Hav-
en- Road has begun 10 erect Its
freight houses as necessary 10 the
grand Trunk in its entry into Rhode
Island Mayor Mullen of this city was
also appealed to. and at the request
of Attorney Murdoch he ordered IN
spectnr OF Buildings John p. Joyce not
to Issue 10 the New Haven Road per
nit 10 construct freight houses on the
disputed plot OF lard. The mayor said
q hearing on the subject would be held
soon 1t is probable that the courts
viii have TO decide which railroad
needs the land the most.
II became known today that the
Massachusetts Railroad Commission
has approved the route of the Grahd
Trunk through Bridge and Blackstone
so that the road now has az approved
line from Palmer to the Rhode island
boundary. where il is blocked by the
land acquired by the New Haven TO go
around the New Ravens land. which
10 ON both sides of the state line, the
Grand Trunk would be compelled to
60 through a cemetery and a pond
and the Massachusetts Commission mas
declined to permit a crossing of these
places.
For the past two weeks. large
force of men have been working seven
DAYS a week. making preparations Tor
the erection of the new freight houses.
the largest of which viii be directly
an the line where the Grand Trunk
proposed 10 run its tracks
Boston. July l3-At the offices of the
Vow Haven Railroad in this city, the
following statement concerning the
Woonsocket freight house sight was
made late today:
"The new freight houses at Woon-
socket are to be erected on land, the
location OF which was decided ana
nurchase made without any knowledge
that the southern New England Rail
way Co. intended to locate across SAID
land.
eThe location is one which was he-
cided npon at least three years before
The southern New England Railway
co. was Incorporated"
George W Bishop. member OF siie
Railroad Commission. said:A
$50 far as Massachusetts, is con-
cerned the matter is amicably settled.
There was some complication in the
Grand Trunks petition when first SUD
mitted. inasrnuch as they proposed 60
ing orer certain property owned by the
New Haven and in other instances go
ing into graveyards: but they were
recsified and the matter settled.
According 10 the commission, the
BLACKSTONE petition of the Grand
Trunk has been acted upon and later
mans approved and sent out on July ~.