The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . great northern and eastern outlet forpassengers and freight. The Fitchburg & Worcester railroad was built from Fitchburg toSterling Junction, where it connected with the Worcester & Nashuaroad. It was opened to travel in 1850. It is now the northern divisionof the New York, New Haven & Hartf(.)rd railroad, which has absorbedand operates the Old Colony system. Owing to its position as a bondof union between the northern and southern parts of the county, thisrailroad is especially valuable, and annually attracts to this city
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . great northern and eastern outlet forpassengers and freight. The Fitchburg & Worcester railroad was built from Fitchburg toSterling Junction, where it connected with the Worcester & Nashuaroad. It was opened to travel in 1850. It is now the northern divisionof the New York, New Haven & Hartf(.)rd railroad, which has absorbedand operates the Old Colony system. Owing to its position as a bondof union between the northern and southern parts of the county, thisrailroad is especially valuable, and annually attracts to this city manythousands of tons of freight that would otherwise go to Boston orSpringfield. The Fitchburg & Worcester branch of the Old Colony railroad hasaided materially in establishing a sharp competition for Westernbusiness. The Boston, Barre & Gardner Railroad was incorporated in 1847 asthe Barre & Worcester Railroad. It was opened to traffic in 1871, andwas designed to open another route to the West. While it had a fair 392 The Worcester of OF G. HENRY WHITCOMB, 51 HARVARD STREET. local business, and was a gTcat accommodation to shippers along theline, it was never a paying undertaking. It was dependent upon theFiteliburg Railroad for its through traffic, and in 1886 it was sold tothat corporation. The change of management marked the beginningof a new era for the road, and to-day it undoubtedly contributes ahandsome sum to the Fitchburg roads net profits. It will be seen by the above summary that all the roads enteringWorcester are operated by four large railroad corporations — the Boston& Albany, the Boston & ]\Iaine, the New York, New Haven & Hartford,and the Fitchburg. The switching-yards of all the roads are ample, the city having allthat could be desired in what are called terminal facilities. Thefreight-houses are capacious and convenient, and, in the main, theapproaches are equally advantageous. It will be seen that every pointof the compass is reached by the railro
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