Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-29
PUTNAM

AZ 1nca I6SuIL Ol lllS dCllN4ly CI l1AC | Webster, Mass, Chamber of Commerce, | and of residents and manufacturing in- tereBts in North GrosvenordSle, trolley 1 service between Putnam and Webster will probably be resumed within a few i week. General Manager H. c. Page of the Worcester Consolidated railroad, which corporation operates the line from Webster to North GroSvenordale, has promised Lewis Gilbert of the Webster Dudley chamber, to do all in his power to start the cars running over this section of the company's holdings. The line has ! been discontinued for more than two years When, as the result of labor diff ficulties, the cars of the Shore Line cleo | tric railway were manned by non-union crews, the employees of the Worcester Consolidated refused to run their cars to connect with the Connecticut cars, thus | a gap was left between Putnam and Webster. Merchants of Webster have been anxious for the resumption of ser vice, as they stated it hurt their busi- ness and that people from the Grosvenor- dales, who ordinarily went to Webster to | do shopping. were forced to come to Put nam, to which city the Connecticut com pany cars were running. Buses have | served as the only transportation between Grosvenordaie ard points north of Web ster. TowI- officials of Webster have l stopred oper&tion tie tracks oI. School street, leading into Webster, have been uncared for. and at some points the rails are four inches over the street level. This, l they stated, has caused a large number i of automobile accidents when wheels have caught in the rails. The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, also the l Webster selectmen, have been in com munication with the Consolidated officials | set aI ft,of tl,a to be run by that company to the Con necticut line, the tracks be removed. The reply to this request brought the state nent from General Manager Page, who
 Friday at his office in Worcester met of ficials of the town of Webster, that the
 matter of track repairs would be taken
 up at once; and he put the matter in
 charge of the company construction en- gineer. He also stated that he would
 try to have service resumed and would
 arrange .. schedule that would make his l cars connect at the Connecticut line so
 that passengers might transfer from car to car, thus make through trips from
 Putnam to Webster, and not be obliged
 to transfer to buses.
 According to a statement of J. F. Rear don, superintendent of the GroSvenordale
 company, the majority of people in that town, which is on the Putnam W Webster | llnep nave Deen urging IlHl to OO Wudl
 he could to bring the Consolidated off
 said his employees were inconyenienced by lack of trolley service to Webster
 Through travellers from Central Village , Danielson and Putnam to Webster and Worcester would like to see the trolleys
 running again from Webster to the state line, and connections made with the cars
 of the Connecticut company, for in this
 case it would not be necessary to change : to the buses and then at Webster change
 again to the trolley cars for Oxford ol = Worcester
 Miss Gladys Card, Mill street, left Put. | nam Saturday for two weeks vacation al New London and StoninEton
 ii Capt. John Buiger began his vacation z at noon Sunday. In the middle of the !, week he and his family leave by automo.
 bile for Vermont During his absenct
 the department will be in charge of Ser
 geant George Laird, who returned to the : force Saturday. after two weeks vacation Sergeant Laird will do day duty, and hii night beat will be covered by Special Of fcer Eugene Gibney.
 Mrs Frederick w Seward and daugh ' ter, Mrs. Nelson Lown. were recent Wor ' cester visitors
 Dr. Harold A. Foster of New York helC 7 a clinic at the Day Kimball hospital Sat d urday for the removal of tonsil5 and ade 0 holds.
 n Miss Mary Wheaton has been the gues q of Mr and Mrs. William Maertens il y Providence for a few days.
 Homisdas Ayotte of woonsoeket, E. | D was before Judge Mahlon H. Geissler il the Putnam city court Saturday morninI
 charged with the reckless driving of al S automobile on the highway within th : city limits of Putnam. As he was onl . IS, he was placed in charge of Probation
 Officer Peter A. Gardner and through hir : he pleaded guilty to the charge Ayott 8 hcer Eugene Gibney. The officer was O
 his way to the station house and as Ii
 crossed the Bridge street bridge he sal l the headlights of Ayotte's machine com
 up over the top of Wagner Hill, whic
 runs from the foot of Bridge street. I
 court Officer Gibney testified that tn
 machine came down the grade at the rat
 of 40 miles an hour and shot acros
 Church street. In court Ayotte said h
 was going more than 50 miles an hou
 The car he was driving belonged to
 friend, Albert Mercier. of Woodsocke
 who was with him When asked to pro
 duce his drivers certificate it was foun
 by the police that a notation on it state
 that Ayotte was arrested for speeding
 Woonsocket within the past year and WE E found guilty. When asked about h
 driving Friday night. Ayotte said he ha
 nothing to say to the court. It was
 the foot of Wagner Hill that the Di:
 m0nd- -Morrarty accident happened tH
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