Annual Report

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Page 355 - State as to the manner in which they are operated, with reference to the security and accommodation of the public...
Page 356 - ... stations or station houses, or any change in its rates of fare for transporting freight or passengers, or any change in the mode of operating its road and conducting its business is reasonable and expedient in order to promote the security, convenience and accommodation of the public...
Page 358 - ... the actual working of the system of railroad transportation in its bearing upon the business and prosperity of the state...
Page 295 - MILES RUN, ETC. Total number of miles run during the year Total number of passengers carried in the cars Total number of round trips for the year Number of persons regularly employed by company Rates of fare: 6, 12, and 17 cents.
Page 357 - No request or advice of the railroad commissioners shall have the effect to impair in any manner or degree the legal duties and obligations of any railroad corporation or its legal liability for the consequence of its acts, or of the neglect or mismanagement of any of its agents or servants.
Page 344 - SECT. 2. The articles of the association shall state the name of the corporation, the termini of the railroad proposed to be built, its length as near as may be, and the name of each city, town, and county through or into which its route extends, its gauge, the amount of the capital stock of the corporation, which shall not be less than fifteen thousand dollars for each mile when the gauge is more than three feet, and not less than six thousand dollars for each mile when the gauge is three feet or...
Page 165 - Number of crossings on highways under railroad . Number of highway bridges 18 feet above track . Number of highway bridges less than 18 feet above track...
Page 184 - Mass, (single track) Total length of branches owned by company . Total length of branches owned by company in Massachusetts .......... Total...
Page 305 - RAILWAY. Length of railway owned by company, measured as a single track, exclusive of sidings .... Aggregate length of switches, sidings, etc. Total length of track, measured as single track . Total length of track paved Weight of rail per yard, and description of rail : Street 35 Ibs.
Page 344 - State, and shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties, and who shall record the doings of the directors and proceedings of the association.

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