To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives,
We, the undersigned residents of the "Old Street" in this
town of Deerfield, hereby petition that the bill to in-
corporate the Greenfield and Deerfield Street Railway
Company be passed without the proposed amend-
ment prohibiting the building of said road upon
Deerfield Street.

1 Charles Jones

19 Arthur W. Ball

2 Charles H. Ashley

20 O. W. Cook

3 Theodore Childs

21 F. E. Everett

4 Edw. C. Cowles

22 A.W. Bartlett

5 David Henry

23 Arthur J. Hawks

6 John F. Carlile

24 Thomas Kennedy

7 William P Saxton

25 William [Mehan]

8 B. M. Wentworth

26 Geo. S. Everett

9 William M. Kelleen

27 Bert L. Brown

10 Frank A. Kenedy

28 George J Slocomb

11 J. E. Lamb

29 G. F. Everett

12 Edward Newton

30 William J. Taylor

13 H. L. Childs

31 Frank Nims

14 M. F. Childs

32 Geo. W. Fuller

15 H. E. Warron

33 [Miss] F. E. Stebbins

16 Edward J. Everett

34 [Mrs.] E. R. Stebbins

17 S. S. Graham

35 F. W. Stebbins

18 H. C. Wells

36 G. J. Arms

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For several years before the trolley started operating in Deerfield, Massachusetts, in December 1901, residents argued about what route it should take - down the town's history-laden main street or alongside the existing railroad tracks to the west. This petition to the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives voiced opposition to a proposed legislative amendment that would have prohibited the trolley from going down the main street. Curiously, the handwriting is all that of one person, who is not identified. Judging from two notations that say "illigible" [sic], the original petitioners signed a paper and then someone copied the names on a fresh sheet to send to Boston. The track was eventually laid down the main street.

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