1,503 feet being in the highway and about 695 feet being within the limits of the Andrew station and its approaches), and that the railway appears to be in a safe condition for operation. Attest: ANDREW A. HIGHLANDS, JUNE 28, 1918. [P. S. C. 2174] Secretary. Petition of the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands for certificate preliminary to the operation of street railway tracks on the viaduct and ramp at the Commonwealth piers in the South Boston district of Boston. Examination having been made of a section of street railway on the viaduct and ramp leading from Summer street to the Commonwealth piers in the South Boston district of Boston, for which a certificate preliminary to operation is asked by the Commission on Waterways and Public Lands, as provided in an agreement between said Commission and the Boston Elevated Railway Company, under the provisions of chapter 363 of the Special Acts of 1915, it is Ordered, That the Commission hereby certify that said section of street railway, consisting of double track extending from a connection with the Boston Elevated railway tracks on Summer street extension over the viaduct and ramp leading to the Commonwealth piers, the total length of said track, measured as single track, being about 1,973 feet, is in a safe condition for operation, and that said viaduct is of sufficient strength to carry 50-ton street railway cars. Attest: FEBRUARY 16, 1918. [P. S. C. 2028] CHARLES E. MANN, Petition of the Boston and Maine Railroad relative to the elimination of ball signals and the installation of interlocking plant at Winchendon. After consideration, — It is Ordered, That the approval of the Commission be hereby given to the elimination of ball signals at the junction of the main track of the Cheshire branch of the Fitchburg division of the Boston and Maine railroad and the main track of the Ware River branch of the Boston and Albany railroad in Winchendon, and the substitution therefor of interlocking signals as shown upon a plan dated February 28, 1918, numbered 0.745, a copy of which plan is on file in this office. Attest: MARCH 7, 1918. [P. S. C. 1696-C] CHARLES E. MANN, Petition of the Boston and Maine Railroad for further extension of time for the replacing of ball signals at certain points on its railroad. After consideration, good cause having been shown, It is Ordered, That the time for replacing the so-called "ball signals" at Ayer (east of station), at Winchendon, and upon the Mystic Branch and at Mystic Wharf in Charlestown, be hereby extended to July 1, 1919, and that the approval of the Commission be hereby given to the operation of such signals at the above-named points until said date. ANDREW A. HIGHLANDS, Attest: MAY 15, 1918. [P. S. C. 570] Secretary. SPEED OF CARS STREET RAILWAY. Petition of the City Council of Salem for approval of regulations governing the speed of street railway cars in that city. After notice and hearing, a conference between the mayor of Salem and representatives of the Bay State Street Railway Company and this Commission, and after further consideration, It is Ordered, That the regulations relative to speed of cars upon street railways in the city of Salem, adopted by the City Council of said city, as revised and approved, be as follows: Twenty miles an hour is established as the maximum speed for cars of street railway companies in the city of Salem, excepting in such portions of said city as are noted below: North street from junction of Mason street to Peabody town line. Boston street from junction of Essex street to Peabody town line. Highland avenue from junction of Essex street to Lynn line. Loring avenue from junction of Lafayette street to Swampscott town line. Fort avenue from Boston and Maine railroad crossing to Salem Willows. Attest: ANDREW A. HIGHLANDS, JULY 23, 1918. [P. S. C. 1856] Secretary. SUNDAY TRAINS AND BOATS. Petition of the Boston and Yarmouth Steamship Company, Ltd., for authority to run steamboats on the Lord's day. It appearing, after consideration, that the public necessity, convenience, health and welfare may reasonably require, within the meaning and intent of the statute, the running of the steamboats of the petitioner within the waters of the commonwealth on the Lord's day, It is Ordered, That authority be hereby given to the Boston and Yarmouth Steamship Company, Ltd., to run steamboats within the waters of the commonwealth on the Lord's day during the year ending June 1, 1919, as set forth in the petition, with the understanding that the petitioner shall perform, in connection therewith, as a consequence of the authority herein granted, only such work as may prove to be necessarily incident to the running of said steamboats as aforesaid, subject, however, to the following conditions: 1. Within the jurisdiction covered by this order no intoxicating liquors shall be sold or furnished, and no disorderly conduct, gaming or other sport be permitted, either upon said steamboats or upon the premises owned or controlled by said petitioner. 2. The Commission reserves the right to revoke the authority hereby given at any time in its discretion without previous notice to said petitioner. JULY 22, 1918. ANDREW A. HIGHLANDS, Attest: Secretary. By similar orders, other schedules of regular Sunday boats, deemed to be necessary for the public accommodation, have been authorized as follows: Eastern Steamship Company, Merchants and Miners Transportation Company, Nantasket Beach Steamboat Company. Petition of the Boston and Maine Railroad for authority to operate Sunday trains. After consideration, It is Ordered, That the Boston and Maine Railroad be hereby authorized to run on the Lord's day during the period ending December 31, 1918, the trains specified in the petition dated June 14, 1918, and accompanying schedules, subject to the following conditions: 1. No train shall be run as an excursion train. 2. The rates of fare on the passenger trains shall in no case be less than those charged on regular week-day trains between the same stations. All previous orders authorizing the running of trains on the Lord's day on the Boston and Maine railroad are hereby revoked, such revocation to take effect when the above-named schedules are put in force. Attest: ANDREW A. HIGHLANDS, JUNE 20, 1918. [P. S. C. 2022-A] Secretary. |