. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. h isnot successful, whichdoes not make mone>for its stockholders, isnot an asset, but aliability to the com-munity which it issupposed to serve, ft)rthe reason that an un-successful corporationcannot render an ade-quate service. The early franchisesgranted by city govern-ments were very simpleand contained prac-tically no those early fran-chises were granted, tli<city desired the servi( iwhich the corporationswere to render, fully asmuch as the cor
. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. h isnot successful, whichdoes not make mone>for its stockholders, isnot an asset, but aliability to the com-munity which it issupposed to serve, ft)rthe reason that an un-successful corporationcannot render an ade-quate service. The early franchisesgranted by city govern-ments were very simpleand contained prac-tically no those early fran-chises were granted, tli<city desired the servi( iwhich the corporationswere to render, fully asmuch as the corpora-tions desired the fran-chises. The franchisewhich gives the presentConsolidated Street Railwavtheir rights in Main Street, Worcester,was originally granted to the Horse CarCompany, a corporation made up of afew public-spirited citizens who organizedthe company, not to exploit the city but torender a public service. No one thoughtmuch about conditions then; the interestwas local and they were dealing withneighbors, and the yiind of man could notat that time have framed conditions tocover a modern franchise for MAYOR LOGAN Company In those early days fraiicliises werevery loosely drawn. For example thereis the first street railway in the city of Worcester. It issimply the report of a connnittee on thepart of the Board of Aldermen, madeon October (5, 18()-2. This report recom-mends granting to the i)n)|)()sed horsecar line a location on Main Street, andour two next most inii)ortant .streets,but there is not one single conditionnamed in the fran-chise. The committee hav-ing signed the reportthen adds a i)ostscriptin the form of a blanketclause which says: Tiiecommittee will also re-port in favor of grant-ing to the corporationall necessary i)rivilegesfor constructing and op-erating the WorcesterHorse Rail Road, andthe record of the Boardof Aldermen says: Re-]) o r t accepted andrecommendations anillocations a(loj)ted. That was the con-tract entered int
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