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J. E. FARWELL & Co., CITY PRINTERS,

No. 32 Congress Street, Boston.

CITY OF BOSTON.

In Board of Aldermen, Monday, July 8, 1861.

THE undersigned, from the Committee on Paving, to whom were recommitted the petition of the Broadway Railroad Company, asking for an additional location of track in either Summer and Winter, or Bedford and West Streets, for the purpose of forming a connection with the tracks of the Metropolitan Railroad in said Tremont Street, with the order of notice thereon, and the several remonstrances against the same, having duly considered the subject, would report the accompanying order of location, granting authority to construct a single track in the centre of Summer Street, across Washington Street, on the southerly side of the roadway of Winter Street to Tremont Street, leaving the sidewalks in Winter Street the same width as they have always been.

GEORGE W. PARMENTER,
E. T. WILSON.

CITY OF BOSTON.

In Board of Aldermen, Monday, July 8, 1861.

ORDERED: That in addition to the locations already 2 granted to the Broadway Railroad Company in the several 3 streets of the City of Boston, the said Company shall have 4 the right to lay down a single track in the centre of Summer 5 Street from the present termination of the track of said 6 Broadway Railroad in said Summer Street to Washington 7 Street; across Washington Street to Winter Street; thence 8 on the southerly side of the roadway in Winter Street, so as 9 to leave a space of nine feet between the outer rail and the 10 edgestone of the northerly sidewalk of said Winter Street, 11 to Tremont Street, there to connect with the track of the 12 Metropolitan Railroad; thence on the track of the said 13 Metropolitan Railroad in Tremont Street, Cornhill, and 14 Washington Street to Essex Street, there to connect with 15 the track of said Broadway Railroad as located in Essex 16 Street from Washington Street to Harrison Avenue; in 17 Harrison Avenue from Essex Street to Beach Street; in 18 Beach Street from Harrison Avenue to Federal Street, there 19 to connect with the present tracks of said Broadway Railroad 20 Company. Also a single track in Federal Street from 21 Kneeland Street to Beach Street, connecting at both points 22 with the track located by order of the Board of Aldermen, 23 December 30, 1859. The right to lay down the tracks in 24 Summer, Washington, and Winter Streets, as before men25 tioned, is under the express proviso and condition to the

26 location, that the roadways of said streets shall, at the time 27 the track is laid down, be repaved with "Trap Rock Blocks," 28 and the whole expense thereof shall be paid by the said 29 Broadway Railroad Company. Also that the whole of the 30 roadway or cartway of Beach Street, between Lincoln and 31 Federal Streets, shall be repaved at the time the rails are 32 laid down, with the same material which now constitutes the 33 pavement on said street, at the expense of the said Broad34 way Railroad Company. The whole to be done under the 35 supervision and direction of the Superintendent of Streets 36 and the approval of the Committee on Paving.

The right to lay down the track in Federal Street, between 2 Kneeland and Beach Streets, is under the further express 3 proviso and condition that said Broadway Railroad Company 4 agree to comply with the express provisions and conditions 5 contained in the order of location passed by the Board of 6 Aldermen, December 30, 1859, in relation to the construc7 tion of the track in Federal Street and across Federal-street 8 bridge, by said Company.

Also under the further express proviso and condition that 2 said Broadway Railroad Company shall, after the rails are 3 laid down, keep in good order and complete repair the whole 4 of the roadway or cartway of said Summer, Winter, and Fed5 eral Streets, also the said portions of Harrison Avenue, 6 Essex, and Beach Streets, at their own expense and to the 7 satisfaction of the Superintendent of Streets; and whenever 8 the Board of Aldermen shall from time to time determine 9 and order that any portion of the roadway or cartway of said 10 streets through and in which the track is located by the 11 terms of this 'order and under its authority, shall be repaved 12 with what they shall deem to be the best of stone material, 13 the whole expense of such repaving shall be paid by the said 14 Broadway Railroad Company - the work to be done by the 15 Superintendent of Streets, under the authority of the Board 16 of Aldermen.

Also under the further express proviso and condition that 2 in the construction of the track granted by this location, 3 granite blocks of such dimensions as the Superintendent of 4 Streets shall direct shall be laid down inside and outside of 5 each rail, if the Committee on Paving and Superintendent 6 of Streets shall so direct.

Also under the further express proviso and condition that 2 the whole work of laying down the track granted by this 3 order shall be done under the direction and to the satisfac4 tion of the Committee on Paving and the Superintendent of 5 Streets. Also that the form of rail to be used shall be 6 satisfactory to the Committee on Paving and Superintendent 7 of Streets, and shall be approved by them.

The right to lay down these additional tracks in Summer, 2 Washington, and Winter Streets is granted under the further 3 cxpress proviso and condition that the said Broadway Railroad 4 Company shall make a correct return to the Board of Alder5 men of the number of cars used upon the tracks of the said 6 Broadway Railroad Company, and run, and owned by them, 7 and shall pay into the City treasury for each successive six 8 months, ending with the months of December and June in 9 each year, the sum of twenty dollars for each car run over 10 the tracks of said Broadway Railroad, within ten days from 11 the day said return was due, provided, that said sum may be 12 at any time increased or decreased by the Board of Aldermen 13 whenever it may see fit; and provided further, that said Com14 pany shall acquire no right not otherwise granted to it by 15 the payment of said sum.

Also under the further express proviso and condition, that 2 the compensation to be paid by the Broadway Railroad Com3 pany to the Metropolitan Railroad Company for running 4 their cars over the track of the said Metropolitan Railroad, 5 shall be such as the Board of Aldermen for the time being

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