A. Transportation Routes

The railroad remained as the primary route of north-south axis through Monson Center to Palmer with a branch opened to granite quarries in 1875 (now abandoned). An electric trolley route from Palmer in 1900 followed the north-south corridor to South Monson along Route 32 with a private way in North Monson around Chicopee Brook (now Monson Golf Course). The roadbed of the Southern New England Railroad was constructed along the Quaboag River (Benton Road) as an east-west route from Springfield to Providence,Rhode Island; it was abandoned as a result of the death of two major financial backers, who were killed in the Titanic disaster of 1912 (Harlow, p.335).

From: MHC Reconnaissance Survey Town Report - MONSON - page 10.
Correction '(Benton Road)' should read '(Fenton Road)'