Worcester, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Grafton Street crossing and eight other crossings, including alterations of Union Station. James R. Dunbar, Henry P. Moulton and George F. Swain appointed commissioners. Pending.

Worcester, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Hamilton Street crossing in Worcester. Augustus P. Martin, James D. Colt and Edmund K. Turner appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. James A. Stiles appointed auditor. Auditor's report filed. Pending.

Worcester.

Directors of Boston & Albany Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Webster Street, Ludlow Street, Sutton Lane and Heard Street crossings in Worcester. Harvey N. Shepard, Frederick Brooks and Joseph S. Ludlam appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. James A. Stiles appointed auditor. Auditor's amended second report filed. Pending.

The following cases have been brought for a leged land damages incurred in the alteration of grade crossings. The Commonwealth, being obliged under the statutes to pay at least twenty-five per cent. of the expenses incurred in the alteration of all grade crossings, has in all cases been made a party thereto.

Ballentine et al. v. Town of Gardner. Superior Court, Worcester County. Pending.

Boston et als. v. Boston Wharf Company. Superior Court, Suffolk County. Pending.

Codman et als. v. New England Railroad Company et als. Superior Court, Suffolk County. Pending.

Commonwealth v. Boston. Superior Court, Suffolk County. Pend

ing.

Connell v. Boston & Maine Railroad Company et al. Superior Court, Middlesex County. Pending.

Dickinson et al. v. Fitchburg.

Superior Court, Worcester County.

Pending.

Dolan, Ellen, et al. v. Belchertown et al. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending.

Malden v. Boston & Maine Railroad Company. Superior Court, Middlesex County. Pending.

Phelps v. Fitchburg Railroad Company. Superior Court, Middlesex County. Pending.

Putnam Machine Company v. Fitchburg. Superior Court, Worcester County. Pending.

Sanford, George E., v. Belchertown et al. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending.

Sprague v. Fitchburg. Superior Court, Worcester County. Pending.

Stack v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company et al. Superior Court, Hampshire County. Pending.

DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATIONS.

The following corporations having made voluntary application to the Supreme Judicial Court for dissolution, and having given the Attorney-General due notice of the petition, and the Tax Commissioner having certified that they were not indebted to the Commonwealth for taxes, the Attorney-General waived right to be heard:

A. L. Decatur Company.

Ames Manufacturing Company.
A. W. Darling Woolen Company.
Bigelow Carpet Company.
Boston Advertising Company.
Boston Hard Fibre Company.
Boston Stereotype Foundry.
Bracketts Market Corporation.
Brown & Simpson Company.
Crossman Edge Tool Company.
Dandy Rubber Heel Company.
Dennis, Thompson Pierce Company.
E. Wesson Adams Company.

Earl Cranberry Company.

Eastern Construction Company of Boston.

F. E. Smith Fibre Bobbin and Spool Corporation.

Falmouth Water Company.

Family Supply Co-operative Association.

Fitts Land and Power Company.

Free Press Publishing Company.
Goodman Leavitt Yatter Company.
Greek Supply Company.

Haverhill Dairy Depot Co-operative.

Holbrook Manufacturing Company.

Home Guarantee Mutual Insurance Company.
I. P. Harris Company.

John Rhodes Warp Company.

Lawrence Dry Goods Company.

RETURNS OF CORPORATIONS.

The following corporations, reported to this department by the Tax Commissioner for delinquency in making their tax returns under St. 1903, c. 437, § 45, have been compelled, without the necessity of a suit at law, to comply with the statute:

Angle Toe Shank Company.

Atlantic Gasoline Engine Company.

Attleboro Trust Company.

Bakers and Brokers Service Company.
Barnstable Water Company.

Bay State Bottling Company.
Bay State Wholesale Company.
Beacon Publishing Company.
Belmont Coal Company.

Abbotts Menthol Plaster Company.
Acme Wire Mattress Company.
Advertiser Newspaper Company.
Aldrich Manufacturing Company.
Allen & Fox Express Company.
Allen Higgins Company.
Alonzo E. Blanchard Company.
Alpha Investment Company.

American Bridge and Structural Preserving Company.

American Citizen Company.

American Collection Agency (enjoined on 1903 tax).

American Watch Tool Company.

Andover Press, Limited.

Biddle & Smart Company.

Block Plant Electric Light Company.

Boston & Nova Scotia Woolen Mills Company, Limited.

Boston & Suburban Express Company.

Boston Colograph Company.

Boston Co-operative Cloak Manufacturing Company.

Boston Electric Company.

Boston Ice Cream and Baking Company.