Gardner, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of

Union Street crossing in Gardner. Frank P. Goulding,
Charles A. Allen and Franklin L. Waters appointed commis-

sioners. Commissioners' report filed. Pending. Holden, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Daw

son's crossing and Cedar Swamp crossing in Holden. Charles A. Allen, Arthur P. Rugg and Henry G. Taft appointed

commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Pending. Hubbardston, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of

Depot Road crossing in Hubbardston. Pending.
Leominster, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of

Lancaster Street crossing in Leominster. Alpheus Sanford,
Charles A. Allen and Seth P. Smith appointed commissioners.
Commissioners' report filed. Fred E. Jones appointed audi-

tor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending. Millbury, Selectmen of, and Selectmen of Sutton, consolidated

petition for abolition of Daniels crossing in Millbury and
Yellow House crossing in Sutton. James E. Cotter, Alpheus
Sanford and Charles A. Allen appointed commissioners.
Commissioners' report filed. Fred E. Jones appointed audi-

tor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending. Northborough, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition

of Westborough Hospital station crossing in Northborough. Thomas Post, William Wheeler and Alpheus Sanford appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Pend

ing. Northbridge and Uxbridge, joint petition of Selectmen of. Peti

tion for abolition of Whitin's Station crossing. Alpheus Sanford, Edward B. Bishop and Harry C. Southworth appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Fred E. Jones appointed auditor. Auditor's third report filed.

Pending. Southborough, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of

crossing on road from Southborough to Framingham. Pend

ing. Southborough, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition

of crossing on road leading from Southborough to Hopkinton. George C. Travis, James W. McDonald and William Sullivan appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Theodore C. Hurd appointed auditor. Auditor's first report

filed. Pending. Southborough, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of

Main Street crossing at Fayville in Southborough. Pending.

Sutton and Millbury, consolidated petition of Selectmen of both

towns. See Millbury. Templeton, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of

Baldwinsville crossing in Templeton. Charles Brimblecom, Charles A. Allen and Edward P. Chapin appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Henry L. Parker ap

pointed auditor. Auditor's second report filed. Pending. Uxbridge. Directors of New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail

road Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of grade crossings in Uxbridge. George W. Wiggin, Timothy G. Spaulding and Albert F. Noyes appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Fred E. Jones appointed audi

tor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending. arren. Directors of Boston & Albany Railroad Company, peti

tioners. Petition for abolition of South Street crossing in Warren. George W. Wiggin, Wm. L. Clark and Joseph Bennett appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. William B. Harding appointed auditor. Auditor's

second report filed. Pending. Westborough, Selectmen of, and Directors of Boston & Albany

Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of
Main Street and Summer Street crossings in Westborough.
George W. Wiggin, George N. Smalley and Joseph Ben-
nett appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed.
H. L. Parker appointed auditor. Auditor's third report filed.

Pending
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 commis

sioners. 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. Pend

ing. 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 alleged 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. Connell v. Boston & Maine Railroad Company et al. Superior

Court, Middlesex County. Pending. Dickinson et al. v. Fitchburg. Superior Court, Worcester County.

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

Middlesex County. Pending. McKenna v. Boston et als. Superior Court, Suffolk County.

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

Pending Putnam Machine Company v. Fitchburg. Superior Court, Worces

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

ing Stack v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad 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. W. Strauss Paint and Varnish Company.
Adams Electric Light and Power Company.
Agawam Paper Company.
Albermarle Slate Company.
Albert & J. M. Ardison Manufacturing Company.
American Steam Gauge and Valve Company. .
Bay State Ice Company.
Bell Telephone Company.
Blair Manufacturing Company.
Boston & Worcester Railroad Mutual Benefit Association.
Boston Coffer Dam Company.
Boylston Insurance Company.
Bradley & Sayward Shoe Company.
C. L. Grieves Paint Company.
C. S. Hoar Company.
Cape Ann Printing Company.
Charles River Ice Company.
Chase & Co. Corporation.
Christian Witness Company.
Clark & Chapman Machine Company.
Dunbar Wood Heel Company.
East Wareham, Onset Bay & Point Independence Street

Railway Company.
F. A. Clapp Horn Company.
F. L. Hewes Paint Company.
Fall River Machine Company.
Falmouth Heights Water Company.
Fiske Wharf and Warehouse Company.

Franklin Osborn Company.
Frankton Mills.
Fred T. Prior Company.
Frederick Kendall Company.
Fuller Company.
George E. Keith Company.
Golden Spring Hook and Eye Company.
Hagop Bogigian Company.
Hampden Cancelling Machine Company.
Hetherington Textile Machinery Company.
John C. Trott Company.
John O. Smith Company.
L. V. Colahan Shoe Company.
Lincoln & Wood Company.
Lowell Wadding and Paper Company.
Mansfield Factory and Power Company.
Massachusetts Fireproof Storage and Warehouse Com-

pany.

Massachusetts Society for Promotion of Temperance and

Inebriates Home.
Merrett Express Company.
Metacomet Manufacturing Company.
Middlesex Coal Company of Lowell.
Moore & Bennett Coal Company.
Morgan Company.
National Bell Telephone Company.
New England Telephone Company.
Nonotuck Paper Company.
Northampton Paper Company.
Oran McCormack Company.
Orange Furniture Company.
Parlor Pride Manufacturing Company.
Perkins Machine Company.
Phillips Manufacturing Company.
Pickering Metcalf Company.
Putnam & Sprague Company.
R. C. Inslee Company.
Robbins-Paine Drug Company.
Roxbury Bottle Company.
Simonds Rolling Machine Company.
Springdale Paper Company.
Springfield Supply Company.
Stevens & Willis Company.
Swett & Lewis Company.