Rail line talks on highway use and track upgrades
A letter from A P Russell Vice President discusses keeping a railroad track in a town street for five to twenty years, suggesting surface repairs or relaying with rails and treated ties. It covers cost sharing, possible relocation of the track, passenger facilities at Franklin street, and freight arrangements, with 1921 and 1922 operating figures for the Providence Warren and Bristol branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell
Thames Street
Hope Streets
Franklin Street
Lhames Street
Jewers
Poonak’ra Street
Bristol
Providence, Warren & Bristol
Citizens Protest Thames Street Train Service
A Bristol petition signed by 500 taxpayers appeals to the Town Council against New York New Haven Hartford Railroad costs for maintaining Thames street tracks. The letter warns cessation would harm commuters, devalue property, and urges the town to keep the railroad right of way without funding a new permanent highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames Street
Franklin Street
Constitution Street
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Bristol
Providence
Opimmion
Omniibus
Lach Moyott Wedding at St Marsh Church
Miss Laura Moyott and John Lach were married yesterday morning at St Marsh Church with about 40 guests from Providence Fall River Ocean Grove and the town. A wedding breakfast followed at the bride’s home. The couple will reside here after a Boston Cape Cod and New Bedford wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Marsh Church
Laura Moyott
John Lach
Thomas J Gillan
Providence
Fall River
Ocean Grove
Moss Leah Devol
Waltersworth
Warren
Boston
Cape Cod
New Bedford
Lach
McCaw Case Postponed In Superior Court
The murder and assault trials of Mrs Ruth A McCaw, widow of Samuel McCaw, were postponed in Judge Hahn’s Superior Court room by agreement of counsel. Assistant Attorney General Oscar I Hentzen led for the State with John J Fitzgerald defending Mrs McCaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth A. McCaw
Samuel McCaw
Elsie B McCaw
Leon McCaw
Hahn
Oscar I. Hentzen
John J Fitzgerald
McCaw
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P. S
W. A. A. Edmonds CO
Hove St
Ao Ames E. Duffy
State and Hope Streets
Page & Shaw
Apollo
Teay
ST. Rita’s Girls Club
Amy Hall
Martelly
Staples Coal Company
Keystone
Talbot & Hopkins Electrical Contractors
Bradford Street
Automobile
E. A. Skinner
Hope St
Arcola Hot
Arcola
THE
Waldron CO
Lach—Myott
F.T
F. T. Remieres
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Joseph Bruno
Prop
Hope Circle
Isabella
Pastime Theatre
Hamill
Easton’s
Boyd
Rhode Island
Prudence
Phillippe
Canaud
Elmwood Farms
Jamaica
Welch’s
Proctor and Gambal
Swift
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