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 established 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 on the application in such form and in such newspapers as the Board shall direct. Second. At the hearing, affidavit or affidavits of an assessor or person connected with the taxing office or department in the locality, showing the total assessed 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, which must be at least one-half the total value of abutting property. Third. In the case of new roads, proof of the consent of the local authorities to the construction of the road. 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 copies 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 or oral evidence, or both, 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." 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. Exemptions and Extensions of Time Under the Act Compelling Equipment of Freight Cars and Locomotive Engines with Power Brakes. (Section 6, chapter 543, Laws 1893.) Application must be made by verified petition. The Board will require to be filed with it the affidavit of the proper officer of the company (general superintendent or general manager), showing the total number of freight cars and engines owned or leased by the company at the date of the application; the number that are equipped with power brakes; the number equipped during the preceding year; and reasons why exemption or extension of time is asked. Exemptions and Extensions of Time Under the Act Compelling the Equipment of Freight Cars with Automatic Couplers. (Section 6, chapter 544, Laws 1893.) Application must be made by verified petition. The Board will require to be filed with it the affidavit of the proper officer of the company (general superintendent or general manager), showing the total number of freight cars owned or leased by the company at the date of the application; the number that are equipped with automatic couplers, the number equipped during the preceding year, and reasons why exemption or extension of time is asked. 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. APPENDIX. Decisions and recommendations : Executive and legislative references. Applications for change of motive power. Application for railroad construction and extension. Application to lease roads under section 80 of Railroad Law. Application for exemption from the Automatic Coupler Act. Crossings at grade. Unfinished business. Accidents. Accident inquiries. Length of railroads. Minutes of Board. Companies formed. Companies reorganized. Companies consolidated. Reduction of capital stock. Increase of capital stock. Leased roads. Reduction of number of stockholders. Increase of number of stockholders. Surrender of lease. Abandonment of part of route. Certificate under section 59 of Railroad Law. Change of name. Enactments of year. Alphabetical list of all companies formed under laws of this State. "Condemnation Law." "General Corporation Law." "Stock Corporation Law.” "Railroad Law." General acts relating to railroads, not embraced in the above laws. Extracts from Code of Criminal Procedure. Extracts from Penal Code. Rapid Transit Act (Laws of 1891). Interstate Commerce Act. |