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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1949-09-22363 SELECTMEN'S MEETING • September 22, 1949 After a conference, the Chairman of the Board, Mr. George W. Em$ry, polled a majority of the Board by telephone and as a result a majority of the Board voted to instruct and authorize the Town Counsel to file forthwith, in the name of the Board of Selectmen, with the Department of Public Utilities a petition protesting the proposed plan of the Boston and Maine Railroad to cancel two round trips on its line between Bedford and Boston, and to request the Department of Public Utilities to order the Boston and Maine Railroad not to discontinue such trips until such time as there had been a public hearing on the question of said dis- continuance and a final decision made by the Department of Bublic Utilities. Acting under the above vote the Town Counsel filed such a petition with the Department of Public Utilities on September 22, 1949. Under date of September 23, 1949 the Department of Public Utilities wrote to the Town Counsel acknowledging receipt of the petition and advising that after considerstion the Commission voted to deny the request of the Selectmen to order the Boston and Maine Railroad to continue the operation of such trains pending a hearing. The Commission further advised the Town Counsel that the petition will be docuted and set down for public hearing, the time and place of which we will receive due notice. Prior to filing the petition with the Department of Public Utilities, the Town Counsel spoke on the tele- phone with the Town Counsel of Bedford and the Town Counsel of Arlington. Neither town has taken any steps regarding the discontinuance of the t rains of the Boston and Maine Railroad, but will probably make an appearance at ,the public hearing.