The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-21
Esteyville Property Owners
Want Street Railroad
Line Extended
COMMITTEE DESIRES
TO MEET OFFICIALS
New Line Would Have at Start Twice
the Inhabitants to Draw from that
Profitable South Main Street Exten-
sion Had

Following up the work that has already
been done on the proposition to secure an
electric road through Esteyville the com
mittee appointed by the residents of that
section yesterday gave to T.. NJ Adds.
manager of the local division of the Twin
State Gas X Electric company, a letter
urging him to use his influence with the
managers OF the corporation TO give the
matter immediate consideration. The let
ter was signed by T. b. Barrows, d. T.
Tasker and +. J Eddy. who compose the
committee, and it accompanied by
two petitions, one signed by 137 prop
erty holders in the Esteyvile section and
the other by the directors of the local
board of trade The first petition is ad-
dressed to the president and manager of
I the Twin State company and asks him to
look into the Esteyvile extension matter
as early as possible, the second endorses
the proposition on behalf of the board of
trade The letter to Mr. Adds is as fol-
lows =
Twin State Gas & Electric Co,
Gentlemen -
Accompanying this letter we preseft
the petition OF the residents, propert'
holders and interested citizens of Estrv
vile and vicinity, asking your eorporatio'
to extend the Brattleboro street railwa,
through this portion of the town this fal!
if possible.
The residents of this part of the town
at the present time patronize the road
but very little owing to the fact that
large proportion necessarily obliged TO
travel 50 far to reach the electric road
We understand that the recently con
structed extension to the cotton factory
is both profitable and satisfactory, and
the population to be served by the Es-
-rrvvfffe- extension would be af the start
more than twice that served by the cot
ton factory extension.
Esteyville and vicinity are rapidly
growing sections of the town, and will he
certain to increase still more rapidly II
the road is extended that way.
A large portion of the available build
ing lots to be obtained in Brattleboro are
in this vicinity, or near TO the proposed
extension, and with the present business
condition and outlook of the town. this
ought to be a very strong argument IN
favor Of extending the road this way
: The Austine Institution is another feat
ure to be considered by you as a source
Of patronage that is now of little account.
2 owing to the long distance from the insti-
tuition buildings to the nearest point OF
the road
The grades for the larger part of the
distance are comparatively easy and es
tablished, with but very few changes to
i be made.
e We especially invite your attention 10
: some of the parties who have attached
n their names to this petition. many oi
whom are personally interested. and near
" all of whom own property on the pro
posed road, viz: The Estey Organ com
pany. the Austine Institution, s b
Emerson. II. L. Emerson. f. b. Barrows
c. c. Fits. Judge F. b. Pier, H. G.
Clark the Brattleboro Memorial hospi
tai. c. F. Allen and H. r. Brown. All d
!. them are anxious that the road be ex
tended at an early date
The directors of the Brattleboro boar
of trade strongly endorse this extension
of the street railway, and we respectful,
l. ask YOU to consider their petition, ais
r presented by us.
o In view of all the facts as set forth b,
:, these petitions, and otherwise. the cit
IS zens' committee to whom this matter wa
d referred fully believe that your corpora
T tion managers should at least give thi
&c their early attention, and meet the cit
Y Zens or their representatives and thor
i'll oughly investigate the matter and deter
G, mine the most practical route. Can thi
not be done this month!
Awaiting an early reply, we are,
n Respectfully,
"a f. b. BARROWS.
W DENNIS +. TASKER,
- II EDDY