. The Street railway journal . Pierce, Clifford D. Beebe, Albert and Frank C. Soule, of Syracuse. Street Railway Journal Vol. XVIII. NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, DECEMBER T, 1901 No. 23. THE SYSTEM OF THE MILFORD, HOLLISTON & FRAMINGHAM STREET RAILWAY COMPANY Probably the most remarkable street railway develop-ment which is going on at the present time in New Eng-land, if not in the country, is that of the roads aroundMilford, Mass. About a year and a half ago the Milford,Holliston & Framingham Street Railway Companychanged ownership, and E. W. Goss was elected generalmanager of the syste
. The Street railway journal . Pierce, Clifford D. Beebe, Albert and Frank C. Soule, of Syracuse. Street Railway Journal Vol. XVIII. NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, DECEMBER T, 1901 No. 23. THE SYSTEM OF THE MILFORD, HOLLISTON & FRAMINGHAM STREET RAILWAY COMPANY Probably the most remarkable street railway develop-ment which is going on at the present time in New Eng-land, if not in the country, is that of the roads aroundMilford, Mass. About a year and a half ago the Milford,Holliston & Framingham Street Railway Companychanged ownership, and E. W. Goss was elected generalmanager of the system. During the time Mr. Goss has ton on the northwest and Hopkinton on the north. These,when completed, will more than double the mileage ofthe companys system as operated a year ago. The branchfrom Hopedale to Uxbridge is to be operated by a sepa-rate company known as the Milford & Uxbridge StreetRailway Company, but is controlled J)y;44ie, same financialmanagement, and has practically the s^raie§S& At. VIEWS IN LAKE MENDON PARK held this position he has very materially improved theroad, and the system will shortly present one of the mostthoroughly up-to-date representations of interurban elec-tric railway engineering to be found in the East. When the new management assumed control the roadconsisted of a single-track line from Hopedale to SouthFramingham, a distance of 14J miles, and a branch fromMilford to Medway, a distance of about 7 miles. Theselines cover the territory lying northeast of Milford. Hope-dale, a distance of about 2 miles, but of considerable impor-tance from a traffic standpoint, is a large manufacturingtown, it being here that the works of the Draper Companyare located. During the past year extensions have been madefrom Hopedale to Uxbridge on the southwest, North Graf- present the branch to North Grafton, which is to be anelectrification of an old steam road, is operated by steam,and the branch to Uxbridge, which is all new construc-tion, is nearing
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