Putnam patriot., 1914-05-15
INCORPORATORS
 HOLD MEETING
Discuss Matters Pertaining t0 sev Road
sseh Favorable Comment

Twenty age lneorpofaiofs Of tne pfo- posed new railroad from P0tnam through ths W0odstoezs, Eastiofd5 Ashford. to stafford springs, mst in Odd tFellows' hail Wednesday after noon to talk oVef tie situation. There uss considerable enthusiasm shown and eommlllees were appointed.
 George l.. Baldwin, who is the pfo- motsr of the road, aeied as chairman, lie told fbe meeting that be was saf- priced te and that eneshfth Of tbe freight tonnage received in Putnam goes into the section to be covered by the proposed fond and large amount elso go4s in there from =oHthbfldge. He spoke Of the many possibilities Of The road calling especial attention eo mali contracts which might be as hleh as s5,Oe0 year the great quantity Of milk to be shipped; also fruit aud idn- ter. He stated that an engineer who had made rough estimate Of the cost Of construction had figured Il atst4, ,70D per mile with new rails, but as many raiIroads were dlscsrding ee pound rails which were suitable for such road, he believed that thousand CT twelve hundred dollars q mile could be saved iby using such rails. A track foreman and one man could take care Of the road by occasionally hiring help and A there .were no poles, wires, Or power station, lbe cost is reduced to a minimum.
 There are quantities Of lumber and cord wood for shipment throughout the section the load wil inyade, much ofit not marketed on account Of the present hauling expense. 1he land would increase iu value from bD te 75 per cent. The cost Of transportation as based on what similar lines are doing would De about l 2 cents per mile, making a ten cent fnfc to south Wood stock and pfopoflIenateiy beyond.
 Freight rates bnsed on miles to South Woodstock and 3l miles te stnf. ford springs would make the rate to the former fof lst elass, 3 cents per hundred, 21 cents, sd ', ith, 6lh and 9th i. To the latter K, le, IL, l8, F, i0,with a minimum charge of Z6 cents.
 There are at present Nj incofporatofs Several letters were. .fend from some Of Those absent, ali encouraging. ilt was stated that the cost of constructing and egalpping the road would be about s250,0D0. and that If one-balf Of that could be raised by stock subbefiptio the other half could easily be taken care of.
 ]. IF Carpenter spoke Of the foad from Chepachet to Putnam and said that Iit wns certainty whether the proposed road is built or not. There Is already charter In existance for this connecting link with Providence.
 The following permanent organiza- ton was petieeea'
 Chairman, Geo. l.. Baldwin.
 Clerk, Geo, N Perry.
 Committee to secure articles Of in- corporation, John Q. Fox, chRlrman,J r. Carpenter, C. k. Shaw, C. NJ Per rim, and A NJ Bowen,
 A committee of three from each town was appointed to look over the most feasible route In their section and io ascertain the local feeling, as fol- lows
 union-0. NJ. Myers, Morgan Reed, Holly Howard.
 Ashfofd-~li, C. Barlow, R. r. Tilt, Wm Afmitage.
 Eastfofd -J NJ. Talem,0. A. Reach, A NJ. Bowen.
 Wuodsloek Il. II, iiealey, Geo. M Sampaon, Oliver iiiscox,
 stafford d- h.dward rinney, r. M.Ly- on, Willis l. Reed.
 putnam--Geo. l4 Baldwin, E. M. N hcaton, W. B. Wilson.
 Tho meeting adjourned subject to the call of the ehaitmau. In the mean time lmeetings will be held by sub committees.
 W. II. Seeley of Boston, of thosNew England Lines Industrial Bureau Will be In Putnam Friday and go over tho proposed route withlMr. Baldwin and City Engineer Geo. W, Perry.