The Press., 1914-05-20
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Mary's, Manchester, on the Hyd'
 Park grounds next Saturday. Georg'
 Miller has consented to act as umpire
 The management reports that the
 nickles are appearing in the collec
 tions in larger numters than th'
 dimes. In order to give the public
 good hase ball the ante should be tel
 cents or more.
 Grace Church Notes: Services fol
 Sunday: Holy Communion at g.
 morning prayer and sermon at 10. 45
 As the rector is to deliver an address
 on Gladstone in All Saints church
 Springfield, there will be no evening service. Thursday, Ascension day
 Holy Communion at 9. The G. F.
 s. will hold their spring banquet or Thursday at $40. Miss Maraare Jackson. head of the G. F. s. in Connecticut, will speak.
 Following is the program for tho prize-speaking contest to be held al
 St. Edwards hall, Friday evening
 
 sacrifice, Mildred H. Webster; The aspiration of the American people, Cyril W. Dawson; Engineer COnnor' son, Zelma M. Cooper; Girls chorus. "The. oars are plashing lightly;" How the old horse won the bet, Her. bert O. Plumb; Grandma Keeler, Alma F. Cunningham; The traitor'G deathbed, Thomas l.. Cummiskey
 The fiddle told, Harriet A. Cooper Girls chorus, Nursery rhyme suite Toussaint l. L'overture, John l.. Fletch. CT; Not guilty, Irene E. Murray; The cruelty of Legree, Bernard L. Mul. lins; Girls chorus, "Meadow song;" Orchestra; Awarding of prizes; Or. chestra. Two medals will be award ed as prizes: the first, a gold medal with inscriptions on the reverse side. The second, a bronze medal with in scriptions on reverse side. These two medals will be displayed Thursday in the show window of H. B. Jones jewelry store. Admission, 15 cents to defray expenses.
 The following account of the meet ing of the incorporators of the pro- posed Putnam and Stafford Springs railway held at Putnam aon Wednes- day is from the Putnam Patriot: >
 "9we1ity five incorporators uf the pro- posed new railroad met Wednesday afternoon to talk over heasftuation. There was considerable enthusiasm. George l.. Baldwin, who is the pro- moter, acted as chairman. He told the meeting that he was surprised to find that one-fifth of the freight ton. mage received in Putnam goes into the section to be covered by the proposed road and large amount also goes in tffeFe from Southbridge. He spoke of the many possi Utilities of the rcad calling especial attention to mail con- tracts which might be as high as $5, 900. year; the great quantity of milk to be shipped; also fruit and lumber. He stated that an engineer who had made rough estimate of the cost of construction had figured it at $4, 7oO per mile with new rails, but as many railroads were discarding 60 pound rails which were suitable for such road, he believed that thou sand or twelve hundred dollars mile could be saved by using such rails. A track fol eman and one man could take care of the road by occasionally hiring help and as there were no poles, wires or power station, the cost is reduced to a minimum. There are quantities of lumber and cord wood for shipment throughout the section the road will invade, much of it not marketed on account of the present hauling ex- pense. The cost of transportation as based on what similar lines are doing would be about 24 cents per mile Freight rates based on miles to South Woodstock and 31 miles to Stafford Springs would make the rute to the former for lst class, 9 cents per hundred, I'd cents, 3d 7, 4th, 5th and 9th 5. To the latter IS, 16, 15. 13, 12, 10, with a minimum charge of 25 cents. There are at present 85 incOrporators. Several letters were read from some of those absent, all encouraging. It was stated that the cost of constructing and equipping the road would be about $25O, 900, and that if one. half of that could be raised by stock subscription the other half could easily be taken care of. J. F. Carpenter spoke of the road from Chepachet to Putnam and said that it was a certainty whether the proposed road is built or not. There is already charter in exist ence for this connecting link with Providence. The following perma- nent organization was perfected: ]: Chairman, Geo. l.. Baldwin; clerk. Geo W. Perry; committee to secure articles of incorporation, John O. Fox, J. F. Carpenter, G. E. Shaw, 0. M. Perrin and A. M. Bowen. A com- mittee of three from each town was appointed to look over the most feas- ible route in. their section and to ascertain the local feeling, as fol- lows: Union -G. M. Myers, Morgan Reed, H. R. Howard. Ashford-H. O. Barlow, R. B. Tiht, Wm. Armi- tage. Eastford -J. M. Tatem, G. A. Reach, A. M. Bowen. Woodstock L. H. Healey, Geo. M. Sampson, Oliver Hiscox. Stafford = E. O. Pin ney, T. M. Lyon, w. H. Reed. Putt nam-G. L. Baldwin, B. M. Wheaton, W. D. Wilson. The meeting ad- journed subject to the call of the chairman Tn tho meantime xooo+;ros