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Excerpt from Fortieth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners: January, 1909 Abington, operation, Old Colony, 264. Abolition of grade crossings (see Grade Crossings). Accidents, railroad, 25 - 32. At grade crossings, 30, 31. Ratio of, to number of crossings, 31. Number of personal injuries, 26. To employees, 26 - 29. To passengers, 26 - 28. Ratio of, to total number carried, 28. To trespassers, 26 - 32. Accidents, street railway, 48, 49. Comparison of, in 1907 and 1908, 49. Investigation of, Berkshire, Williamstown, 228, 229. Boston and Northern, Haverhill, 230, 'revere, 230, 231. Dedham and Franklin, Westwood, 231. Northampton, Northampton, 231, 232. (for accidents returned by each company see tabulated returns, columns 92 - 98, pp. 384 Accommodations, fares, service, reports and orders as to railroad, 73 - 112. Street railway, 112 - 142. Station (see Stations). Acton, locations, Lowell, Acton and Maynard, 246, 254. Adams, operation, Berkshire, 260. Additions to property, street railway (see tabulated returns, columns 15 - 19, pp. 340 Alteration of crossings (see Crossings). American Express Company, rates, discussion, 68, 69. Boston Merchants' Association and others, 74 - 85. Amesbury and Hampton street railway (see returns). Amherst, extension of time for crossing, New London Northern, Holyoke, 180, 181. Location, Holyoke, 246. Operation, Holyoke, 263. Amherst and Sunderland street railway, dropped from the list, 38. Annual returns, time for making, discussion, 66, 67. Annual returns, railroad, tabulation of, for the last year, 297 - 329. Comparative and summary statements from, 325 - 329. Comparison of returns for years 1907 and 1908, 326, 327. Summary of returns for years 1902 to 1908, 328, 329. Annual returns, street railway, tabulation of, for the last year, 331 - 391. Comparative statements from, 389 - 391. Ashland, fares, Middlesex and Boston, 131 - 137. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.