Lynn: its representative business men and points of interest . it does not pay to cart goods tothe railway by team, have them carried but a few miles in the cars and then have them loadedon teams again, and so it has been customary to send them by team all the way over the directhighway. But noA^ that these highways are covered by electric railways it will be much cheaper LYNN AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 15 to transport the goods by cars loaded at the door of one factory and unloaded at that of service will, of course, be much more prompt than that afforded by teaming, or by combi-
Lynn: its representative business men and points of interest . it does not pay to cart goods tothe railway by team, have them carried but a few miles in the cars and then have them loadedon teams again, and so it has been customary to send them by team all the way over the directhighway. But noA^ that these highways are covered by electric railways it will be much cheaper LYNN AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 15 to transport the goods by cars loaded at the door of one factory and unloaded at that of service will, of course, be much more prompt than that afforded by teaming, or by combi-nation of team and railway, and if established on a proper basis it will do much to permanentlyaid manufacturers throughout this section of the State. And it will also do much to improveroads and to greatly lessen the cost of keeping them in fit condition. The heavy teams whichare required for the carriage of express and freight matter are responsible for nearly all thewear and tear on our roadways excepting that due to the weather, and should these teams be. dun(;eon rock. superseded by electric cars the expense of road maintenance would be heavily reduced. Thepresent company will not provide the freight service, the idea being to organize a separate com-pany to run its own cars over the electric railway lines and pay mileage rates for the privilege. The service will not come into competition with the steam railways to any degree, but willsupplement their function in an important direction. Ultimately, however, it seems possiblethat the steam railways will experience a considerable competition from the electric lines infreight carrying, for the latter bid fair to soon spread a connected network all over the fares by the electric lines are much lower than b} the steam lines for correspondingdistances, and it is possible that in certain lines of freight transportation they will exert thewholesome influence that they are having in passenger traffic. Lynn will prof
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