. Electric railway journal . ay Company. The entirelength of the line is miles. Thefirst section, 21/3 miles long, was builtby C. W. Blakeslee & Sons, New Haven,Conn., and the remainder by Wellington& McCarthy, Boston, Mass. Wm. Smith, C. E., Waterbury, Conn., laid outthe line and designed the bridges. The line is on private right of way,but along the highway from the Water-bury town line through Middlebury tothe lake, then across country to Wood-bury and over the main street of that town to North Woodbury, one-half mileWaterbury Extensions-Steel Girder Bridge Over Highway farther Fra
. Electric railway journal . ay Company. The entirelength of the line is miles. Thefirst section, 21/3 miles long, was builtby C. W. Blakeslee & Sons, New Haven,Conn., and the remainder by Wellington& McCarthy, Boston, Mass. Wm. Smith, C. E., Waterbury, Conn., laid outthe line and designed the bridges. The line is on private right of way,but along the highway from the Water-bury town line through Middlebury tothe lake, then across country to Wood-bury and over the main street of that town to North Woodbury, one-half mileWaterbury Extensions-Steel Girder Bridge Over Highway farther Franchise rights haye been ob_ tained also for a 2-mile extension to Hotchkissville. Thereare no steam crossings on the entire route and only twomain highway intersections. The maximum grade on theline is 8 per cent on one stretch of 400 ft. and a 4 per centto 5 per cent grade extends for 1 mile west of QuassapaugPark. The shortest radius of curvature is 170 ft. The natural difficulties encountered along different parts. completed on Oct. 20, 1908, runs in a westerly directionfrom Waterbury. It passes through a territory still ofgreat natural beauty and wildness despite the fact thatsome portions of it were settled over 200 years ago. Wood-bury with a prosperous population of 4500 is about 6miles from the nearest steam railroad. Middlebury, thelargest community along the line, has only 1000 inhabitants,while Southburys 1500 residents mustfirst go by carriage to Woodbury beforethey can get electric railway transporta-tion to Waterbury. The construction oi this line, ofcourse, has greatly stimulated travel be-tween these towns and Waterbury. Peo-ple in the latter town have already takenup the commuters life, but aside fromthis the Connecticut Company is devel-oping Quassapaug Park, which with itsfamous lake, a mile square, should bevery welcome to Waterburys 60,000 peo-ple. The park is located directly on theline, i}4 miles west of Middlebury andjY\ miles from Waterbury, from whence
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