ル

NINTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.

JANUARY, 1878.

BOSTON:

Band, Avery, & Co., Printers to the Commonwealth,

117 FRANKLIN STREET.

CONTENTS.

REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS,

REPORTS ON MATTERS ESPECIALLY REFERRED to the Board:

Cypress Street Station in Brookline,

Transportation of High Explosives,

Duxbury & Cohasset Railroad Company,

B. - Draught of Bill to prevent the obstruction of certain public

corporations,

C.-New Railroads,

Examination of Railroads,

D. Receipts of Flour and Grain in Boston, for eight years,

-

155

.

GENERAL BALANCE SHEETS, DESCRIPTION OF DEBT, AND PROFIT AND
Loss ACCOUNTS OF THE SEVERAL RAILROAD CORPORATIONS,

281

GENERAL BALANCE SHEETS, &C., OF STREET RAILWAY CORPORA-

TIONS,

337

INDEX,

365