G.T.R. betterments, construction, etc.

New England lines proposals.Location plans have been filed at Providence, R.I., on behalf of the Southern New England Rd., for its branch line to tidewater in Rhode Island. The plans show terminal facilities near Kinsey Ave., and a tunnel under Capitol Hill, Providence. The line enters the state on the Massachusetts boundary in Woonsocket, and passes through Lincoln, Cumberland, North Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Providence, and Cranston.

E. H. Fitzhugh, President of the S.N.E.R., and First Vice President G.T.R., was recently in Providence, discussing with the city authorities the question of wharfage facilities. New docks are under construction, both by the state and by the municipality, and the mayor stated that accommodation would be provided for the company at both of them.

An appeal is being made to the courts to declare that certain property in Woonsockett, Ri.I., on which the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rd. is building a freight shed, is necessary for the Southern New England Rd. It is alleged that as soon as the proposed route of the S.N.E.R. became known the N.Y., N.H. and H.R. Rd., expropriated the land in question and started building the freight shed.

The plans for the S.N.E.R. from Palmer, Mass., to the Rhode Island boundary, were approved by the Massachusetts Railroad Commissioners, July 12.

The courts issued an order July 17, directing the N.Y., N.H. and H.R. to suspend work on the freight shed at Woonsocket. Which was being built on the right-of-way on which it was planned to build the S.N.E.R.

Railways: G.T.Ry.

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