GRADE CROSSINGS.

Notices have been served upon this department of the filing of the following petitions for the appointment of special commissioners for the abolition of grade crossings:

Barnstable County.

Barnstable, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of County Road, Pond Village, crossing. Railroad Commissioners appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Arthur W. DeGoosh appointed auditor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending.

Bourne, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of Collins and Handy crossings. Louis A. Frothingham, Henry L. Parker, Jr., and Lyman P. Thomas, appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Arthur W. DeGoosh appointed auditor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending.

Berkshire County.

Adams. Hoosac Valley Street Railway Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Commercial Street crossing in Adams. George W. Wiggin, William W. McClench and Edmund K. Turner appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Frank H. Cande appointed auditor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending.

Great Barrington, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of a grade crossing in the village of Housatonic in said town. John J. Flaherty, Edmund K. Turner and Stephen S. Taft appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Frank N. Nay appointed auditor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending.

Lanesborough, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Valley Road crossing. Pending. Lee, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Langdon's crossing in Lee. Wade Keyes, Thomas W. Kennefick and Luther Dean appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Fred E. Jones appointed auditor. Auditor's second report filed. Pending.

Lenox, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of grade crossings in Lenox. Fred Joy, Louis A. Frothingham and Edmund K. Turner appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. J. Mott Hallowell appointed auditor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending.

North Adams, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Furnace Street crossing. Pending.

North Adams. Hoosac Valley Street Railway Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Main Street crossing, known as Braytonville crossing, in North Adams. Edmund K. Turner, William W. McClench and Joseph P. Magenis appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Frank H. Cande appointed auditor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending.

North Adams, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of State Street crossing. Edmund K. Turner, David F. Slade and William G. McKechnie appointed commissioners. Pending.

Pittsfield, Mayor and Aldermen of, and Directors of Boston & Albany Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of Hubbard and Gates avenues and Jason Street crossings in Pittsfield. Thomas W. Kennefick, William Sullivan and Charles M. Ludden appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Patrick J. Ashe appointed auditor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending.

Pittsfield, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Merrill crossing in Pittsfield. Thomas W. Kennefick, Frederick L. Green and Edmund K. Turner appointed commissioners. Pending.

Pittsfield, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Holmes Road crossing. William W. McClench, Charles N. Clark and Edmund K. Turner appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Fred E. Jones appointed auditor. Auditor's second report filed. Pending. Stockbridge, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of "River Road" crossing in Stockbridge. James B. Carroll, Edward B. Bishop and Luther Dean appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Wade Keyes appointed auditor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending. Stockbridge, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of South Street crossing. Railroad commissioners appointed commissioners.

Williamstown. Hoosac Valley Street Railway Company, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of a grade crossing in Williamstown, near the Fitchburg Railroad station. Edmund K. Turner, William W. McClench and Charles N. Clark appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Frank H. Cande appointed auditor. Auditor's second report filed. Pending.

Attleborough.

Bristol County.

Directors of Old Colony Railroad, petitioners. Petition for abolition of South Main Street crossing in Attleborough. George W. Wiggin, Augustus P. Martin and Charles A. Allen appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Clarence H. Cooper appointed auditor. Auditor's third report filed. Pending.

Attleborough, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of West Street, North Main Street and other crossings in Attleborough. James R. Dunbar, Henry L. Parker and William Jackson appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Chas. P. Searle appointed auditor. Auditor's sixth report filed. Pending.

Easton. Directors of New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of crossing at Eastondale. James E. Cotter, Wm. Rankin and Chas. D. Bray appointed commissioners. Fred Joy appointed auditor. Auditor's fourth report filed. Fall River, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Brownell Street crossing and other crossings in Fall River. John Q. A. Brackett, Samuel N. Aldrich and Charles A. Allen appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Fred E. Jones appointed auditor. Auditor's nineteenth report filed. Pending.

Mansfield. Directors of New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of grade crossing at North Main, Chauncey, Central, West, School and Elm streets in Mansfield. Samuel L. Powers, Stephen S. Taft and Wm. Jackson appointed commissioners. Pending.

New Bedford, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of certain grade crossings in New Bedford. George F. Richardson, Horatio G. Herrick and Wm. Wheeler appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Fred

E. Jones appointed auditor. Auditor's twelfth report filed. Pending. Taunton, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of grade crossings in Taunton. William B. French, A. C. Southworth and Edward B. Bishop appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Fred E. Jones appointed auditor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending.

Essex County.

Haverhill, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Washington Street and other crossings in Haverhill. George W. Wiggin, William B. French and Edmund K. Turner appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Fred E. Jones appointed auditor. Auditor's ninth report filed. Pending.

Ipswich. Boston & Maine Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Locust Street crossing in Ipswich. George W. Wiggin, Edmund K. Turner and William F. Dana appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Fred E. Jones appointed auditor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending. Ipswich, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of High Street crossing. Geo. W. Wiggin, Edmund K. Turner and William F. Dana appointed commissioners. Pending. Ipswich, Directors of Boston & Maine Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Underhill crossing in Ipswich. George W. Wiggin, Albert D. Bosson and Edmund K. Turner appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Fred E. Jones appointed auditor. Auditor's first report filed. Disposed of.

Lynn, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Summer Street and other crossings on Saugus branch of Boston & Maine Railroad and Market Street and other crossings on main line. George W. Wiggin, Edgar R. Champlin and Edmund K. Turner appointed commissioners. Pending.

Lynn, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of grade crossings at Pleasant and Shepard streets, Gas Wharf Road and Commercial Street, on the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad. Pending.

Manchester. Directors of Boston & Maine Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for the abolition of the Summer Street