. The Street railway journal . built to Islington and Norwood on the south, and in May,1899, the Norfolk Western Street Railway Company, thesubject of this present article, opened its line from Ded-ham through Westwood to Medfield. Construction isnow going on from Medfield through Millis to Medway(see map herewith), and these lines will eventually connectwith the Milford, Attleborough & Woonsocket Street Rail- September, 1899.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 555 way, to be built by the same parties in interest. FromMedfield also will be built the Medfield, Sherborn & SouthFraming-ham Street Railway a
. The Street railway journal . built to Islington and Norwood on the south, and in May,1899, the Norfolk Western Street Railway Company, thesubject of this present article, opened its line from Ded-ham through Westwood to Medfield. Construction isnow going on from Medfield through Millis to Medway(see map herewith), and these lines will eventually connectwith the Milford, Attleborough & Woonsocket Street Rail- September, 1899.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 555 way, to be built by the same parties in interest. FromMedfield also will be built the Medfield, Sherborn & SouthFraming-ham Street Railway and the Medfield & Need-ham Railway, both owned also by parties interested in theNorfolk Western Street Railway Company. At Milfordand Dedham the Norfolk Western system joins the line ofthe Massachusetts Electric Companies, thereby obtainingBoston connections. By the last Massachusetts census, in 1895, the popula-tion of Dedham was 7211, of the town of Dover 668, ofWestwood 1800, of Medfield 2872, a total population. f . -•; ] TRANSFORMER STATION AT WESTWOOD reached by the portion of the line so far built, of 12, to this population that of Millis and Medway weobtain a total population for the present and projected linesof the Norfolk Western system alone of about 34,551. Thefare from Dedham to Westwood is 5 cents, from Dedham
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