Cessation of Operation of Railroads During the Winter Months. (Section 55, Railroad Law. See Section 21, Railroad Law.) Application must be made by verified petition. The Board will require notice of hearing on applications under this section to be advertised. Proof must be furnished that the road comes within the meaning of the section, and that the public interests will not suffer from the cessation of operation. If the application is granted, proof must be subsequently made that the order has been posted as required by section 55. Firing Compensation for Transportation of the Mails. (Section 56, Railroad Law.) Rules of procedure under this section will be formulated in each case. Extension of Time in which to File Reports of Railroad Com panies. (Section 57, Railroad Law.) Application under this section must be accompanied by a statement of the reasons why an extension of time in which to file reports is necessary. Certificate that Public Convenience and a Necessity Requires the Construction of a New Railroad. (Section 59, Railroad Law.) Application must be made by verified petition. The Board requires: First. Proof of the publication of a certified copy of the articles of association of the company, as required by section 59, and proof that the application is made within six months after the completion of such publication. There must also be filed certified typewritten copies of the articles of association from the Secre tary of State's and County Clerk's offices. Second. Public notice of the application and hearing before the Board must be published in such form and in such newspapers as the Board shall direct. Third. At the hearing, in contested cases, proof must be made by oral evidence that public convenience and a necessity require the construction of the railroad. In uncontested cases, this proof may be made by affidavits. Fourth. A map and profile of the line as proposed, and showing the streets, avenues and highways and other railroads to be crossed. Fifth. Proof must be made of the bona fides of the enterprise. and of the financial ability of the projectors to build the road. Grade Crossing Law. (Sections 60-69, Railroad Law.) The procedure is prescribed in the statute, except as to section 68. First. As to section 68, application must be made by verified petition which shall ask the Board to determine whether the crossing" shall be above, below or at grade of such existing railroad" and to "in such determination fix the proportion of expense of such crossing to be paid by each railroad." Second. Public notice of the application under section 68 and hearing before the Board must be published in such form and in such newspapers as the Board shall direct. (See Section 2, Chapter 239, Laws 1893.) Consolidation or Lease of Parallel and Competing Steam Railroads. (Section 80, Railroad Law.) Application must be made by verified petition. Rules for the consideration of applications under this section will be established by the Board in each case. As to Liability of Reorganized Railroad Company to Extend Its Road. (Section 83, Railroad Law.) Application must be made by verified petition. Rules for the consideration of applications under this section will be estab lished by the Board in each case. Motive Power of Street Railroads. (Section 100, Railroad Law.) Application must be made by verified petition. The Board requires: First. Publication of notice of hearing of the application, in such form and in such newspapers as the Board shall direct. Second. At the hearing, oral evidence in contested cases, and in uncontested cases, affidavit or affidavits of competent persons showing the total value of the property bounded on that portion of the railroad with respect to which a change of motive power is proposed, and the value of the property the owners of which have consented to the use of the motive power proposed. Use of Tracks of a Street Railroad. (Section 102, Railroad Law.) Rules for procedure under this section will be prescribed in each case. Abandonment of Part of Route of a Street Surface Railroad. (Section 103, Railroad Law.) Application must be made by verified petition. The Board requires: First. Two originals of the declaration of abandonment, adopted as required by the section. Second. Notice of hearing on the application shall be published in such form and in such newspapers as the Board shall prescribe. Third. Proof must be made by affidavit in uncontested cases. and by oral evidence in contested cases, that the portion of the route proposed to be abandoned is no longer necessary for “the successful operation of its road and convenience of the public." Change of Gauge of Railroads. (Chapter 267, Laws 1891.) Application must be made by verified petition. The Board will require proof that stockholders owning three-fourths in amount of the capital stock of the company have voted at a special meeting called for that purpose in favor of changing the gauge of the railroad. Also such further information as it in each case shall designate. Relative to Abandonment of Route by Elevated Railroads. (Chapter 294, Laws 1891.) Application must be made by verified petition. In applications under this act the Board will make rules in each case. As to Lighting and Ventilating Tunnels. (Chapter 360, Laws 1891.) Rules for procedure under this act will be fixed in each case. Laying Street Railroad Track Across Steam Railroad where there are Three or More Steam Railroad Tracks. (Section 2, chapter 239, Laws, 1893.) Application must be made by verified petition. At the hearing the company making the application must furnish the Board with a map or sketch, showing the crossing and the locality surrounding it. (See Section 68, Railroad Law.) Traveling Expenses of the Board. Traveling expenses of the Board of Railroad Commissioners for the year ending September 30, 1904, as filed and audited by items in the office of the Comptroller of the State. (Limited by article VI, Railroad Law, to $500 a month, in the aggregate, or $6,000 per annum, aside from special appropriations.) Of the Commissioners.. Of the Assistant Secretary Of the Inspector, Accountant, Stenographers and Clerks.. Total $1,048 50 67 15 1,089 02 1,167 55 $3,372 22 FROM SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS. Of the Electrical Expert. $106 00 Of the Grade Crossing Superintendent and Grade Crossing Inspector... 848 40 |