Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners, Volume 19, Part 1888Wright & Potter, State Printers, 1888 - Railroads |
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accident Aggregate length authorized by charter Average number Average weight baggage car Balance Sheet Sept Boston & Albany Boston & Maine Cambridge Railroad Capital stock authorized cash assets cent COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS crossings of highways DIRECTORS LAST ELECTED End Street Railway engine equipment Fitchburg Fitchburg Railroad Company freight brakeman freight train Funded debt GEORGE G grade grade crossing heaters injured killed Land and buildings lease length of track lessee lessor line of road locomotives Main line Mass NAME AND RESIDENCE Number of crossings number of horses Number of stockholders Old Colony Old Colony Railroad Passenger-train passengers carried PERMANENT INVESTMENTS President PROPERTY ACCOUNTS Railroad Commissioners rate of fare RESIDENCE OF DIRECTORS RESIDENCE OF OFFICERS road operated SEPTEMBER 30 severally made oath single track South Boston Springfield steam Street Railway Company Superintendent Surplus TOTAL INCOME Total length Total number Treasurer Unfunded debt votes of company West End Street West Springfield Worcester yard
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Page 126 - 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 .... Height of lowest bridge above...
Page 182 - Mass, (single track) Total length of branches owned by company . Total length of branches owned by company in Massachusetts ....... Total...
Page 477 - Further to secure the lessee in the beneficial enjoyment of the property, rights, franchises, and privileges herein demised and specified, the lessor constitutes the lessee its attorney irrevocable with full right and power, at the lessee's expense, to use the name of the lessor in all legal proceedings and in all cases needful for obtaining, holding, and enjoying the premises herein demised and specified, and for all purposes consistent with the true intent of this instrument.
Page 481 - In case of any disagreement between the parties hereto as to the true intent and meaning of this lease or any part thereof, or as to anything done under and by virtue of it, or growing out of it, the matter in controversy shall be referred by written submission to the arbitration of referees to be chosen in the manner following : one shall be chosen by each of the parties hereto, or if either shall unreasonably fail or neglect to appoint...
Page 138 - ... 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 356 - 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 the company Rates of fare, 4 and 5 cents.
Page 471 - AD 1895, the said lessee keeping and performing the covenants herein contained on its part to be kept and performed, and yielding and paying rent for the said premises to the amount and in the manner following, to wit : 1.
Page 480 - ... inventory, description, and appraisal of all estate and property, real and personal, belonging to the lessor, and coming into the possession of the lessee by virtue of this lease, and to this, from time to time, shall be added such other estate and property as shall come into the possession of the lessee under the terms of this lease.
Page 108 - ... for the transportation of passengers, and to every car used for the transportation of freight, except four-wheeled freight cars used only for that purpose; and shall cause to be stationed on every passenger train trusty and skillful brakemen, equal in number at least to one for every two cars in the train...
Page 178 - Number of crossings of highways at grade * . Number of crossings of highways over railroad Number of highway bridges 18 feet above track Number of highway bridges less than 18 feet above track Number of crossings at which gates or flagmen are maintained ........ Number of crossings at which there are neither signals nor flagmen* Number of railroad crossings at grade : * Eastern RR at Portsmouth.