the notice required by Section 3744 of the General Statutes, hearing was had in the station, at which it appeared that the public use of the station was so slight since the extension of the trolley lines into the neighborhood as not to warrant its continuance. We, therefore, approved of its abandonment on January 24, 1905.

NAUGATUCK.

On January 20, 1905, the Warden and Burgesses of the Borough of Naugatuck presented a petition for protection of a grade crossing in said borough known as Water Street. After due notice and hearing, we ordered, on February 7, 1905, a flagman to be stationed at said crossing daily, Sundays excepted, between the hours of 6.45 A. M. and 8.45 P. M., to give notice to those using said highway of the approach of all engines, cars, or trains during the aforesaid hours.

PUTNAM.

On February 18, 1905, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company brought petition for the condemnation of certain lands owned by various parties in the town of Putnam needed for station purposes. After due notice and hearing of the parties interested, we approved, on March 9, 1905, the taking of said lands for the purposes stated in said petition.

WATERBURY.

On the 31st day of December, 1904, the Naugatuck Railroad Company, the New England Railroad Company, and the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company presented a petition for certain changes in the city of Waterbury for the purposes of providing a union depot, eliminating certain grade crossings, adding to the number of main tracks, securing additional room for a freight station and yard, and to take certain lands for said changes, upon which we issued an order for hearing on January 16, 1905, when the parties were heard, and said hearing was continued from time to time until March 20, 1905, when plans for said changes were submitted, which were mutually satisfactory to said city and said rail

road companies, and which were approved and ordered by us April 6, 1905.

STAMFORD.

On the 9th day of May, 1905, the Mayor of the City of Stamford presented a petition for a side track for switching purposes from the tracks of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company across Orchard Street and Southfield Avenue at grade to and into private property on the easterly side of said Southfield Avenue with such side tracks, turnouts, and switches connecting with said property as might be necessary or convenient. After due notice and hearing the petition was granted.

SHELTON.

Upon the petition of the borough of Shelton in the town of Huntington, asking permission for the Shelton Manufacturing Company of said borough, to construct, maintain, and operate a side track for switching purposes only at grade along and upon Canal Street and across Cornell Street in said borough, such permission was granted on May 18, 1905, after due notice and hearing thereon, with the usual restrictions as to speed and the requirement to flag the crossing when so used.

PUTNAM.

The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Putnam presented to us their petition dated December 18, 1903, asking for certain changes in Front, Main, and South Main Streets in said city, upon which we ordered a hearing on January 20, 1904, which was continued from time to time until May 16, 1905, and on May 23, 1905, we issued an order in accordance with an agreement of the parties providing that South Main Street be altered so as not to cross the tracks of the railroad company at grade, but should be carried on the easterly side of the Norwich & Worcester Railroad northerly to a connection with Front Street, and when so changed the Main Street grade crossing to be closed and discontinued. The cost of said changes to be paid by the railroad company in accordance with said agreement.

WEST CORNWALL.

The Selectmen of the town of Cornwall petitioned for additional protection at the main highway leading through the village of West Cornwall, crossing the tracks of the Berkshire Division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. After hearing the parties and visiting and examining the locality, we ordered the establishment of an electric signal bell at said crossing.

WASHINGTON.

The Selectmen of the town of Washington petitioned for a gate, flagman, or electric signal at each of the five highways north of the station in said town, crossed by the Litchfield branch of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. After a hearing and an examination of the crossings, in view of the limited number of trains, slow rate of speed, and the small amount of travel on the highways, together with the fact that the crossings have been safely used for a period of thirty years, with a single slight exception, we felt that with the exercise of such reasonable precaution as the law requires, the several crossings could be safely used as heretofore, without additional protection. The petition was therefore denied.

BRIDGEPORT.

The General Assembly of 1905 authorized the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company and the Union Metallic Cartridge Company of Bridgeport to construct, maintain, and operate by steam power a single track railway at grade, with suitable and necessary turnouts, side tracks, spur tracks, and switches connecting with their property and the property of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company, on East Washington Avenue in said city of Bridgeport, and, such other manufacturing and mercantile establishments as may hereafter be located on or near said avenue, said side tracks to be used for the transportation by engines and cars, of freight, goods, wares, and merchandise only to and from the property of the said Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company and said Union Metallic

Cartridge Company and said manufacturing and mercantile establishments and the tracks of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company at or near Central Avenue in said city of Bridgeport, said track to extend westerly on and along said East Washington Avenue, crossing Seaview Avenue at grade, to property owned by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, thence crossing the property of said New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, with the consent of said corporation, thence crossing the property of the said Union Metallic Cartridge Company, with the consent of said company, to East Washington Avenue, thence westerly on East Washington Avenue, crossing Hallet Street at grade, to the easterly side of Pembroke Street and also into the property of the said Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company at or near the northeasterly corner of East Washington Avenue and Pembroke Street; also into the properties of the Union Metallic Cartridge Company, and the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company, all of the aforesaid tracks to be subject to the approval of the Railroad Commissioners. On June 30, 1905, upon the formal application of said companies, we approved of the plan and method of construction of said tracks after due notice and hearing of said parties.

WEST MYSTIC STATION.

Application was made to us by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company to be relieved from the maintenance of a flagman at a crossing next west of the West Mystic station, ordered by us on August 15, 1901, on the grounds that the particular industry which made it necessary to provide such protection no longer existed, and that an electric signal bell would furnish ample protection. After hearing the parties and examining the premises we ordered the discontinuance of the flagman and the substitution of an electric signal bell.

POMFRET.

The directors of the New England Railroad Company presented a petition for the elimination of a grade crossing next

westerly of the passenger station in the town of Pomfret, and after notice and hearing of the parties, on July 20, 1905, we issued an order discontinuing and closing the present highway, and carrying it under the railroad easterly of the site of the new passenger station being erected in place of the one destroyed by fire, and in accordance with an agreement between said railroad company and said town, both as to the plan of said changes to be made and the apportionment of the cost thereof.

NEW HAVEN.

Upon the request of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of New Haven, that a public hearing be held in said city to consider whether public safety required flagmen to be stationed at Brewster, Bassett, Ivy, and Thompson Streets, crossing the tracks of the Northampton Division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, we met on July 19, 1905, heard the parties and visited and examined the premises, and on August 2, 1905, issued an order requiring flagmen to be stationed at Ivy and Bassett Streets, and dismissed that portion of the petition referring to Brewster and Thompson Streets as, in our opinion, the amount of public travel on those streets did not require such protection.

HARTFORD.

On the 10th day of July, 1905, the city of Hartford and the Central New England Railway Company presented to us their joint petition for the elimination of the grade crossing of Albany Avenue, in said city, by the tracks of said railway in accordance with the terms of an agreement between said city and said railway company. After due notice and hearing of the parties, on August 7, 1905, an order was issued to carry the avenue over the tracks of the railroad at a point about 140 feet northerly of the present crossing, in conformity with plans and conditions agreed to by said city and said company, and the present grade crossing to be closed when said overhead crossing is completed.

BEACON FALLS.

The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company presented to us its petition for certain changes in its line and the