Bacon v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from an order of the Public Service Commission dated June 1, 1909, and directing the construction of a subway as an approach to the passenger station at White River Junction, the increase of the station platform, and the making of certain repairs on the station. The opinion fully states the ease.
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Appeal from an order of the Public Service Commission dated June 1, 1909, and directing the construction of a subway as an approach to the passenger station at White River Junction, the increase of the station platform, and the making of certain repairs on the station. The opinion fully states the ease. The order of the commissioners for elimination of tracks and the taking up and relaying of tracks in a different location, thus compelling railroad companies to expend a large amount of money against their will and without in any way increasing their facilities, is such a taking of property…
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
February 11, 1908, John L. Bacon, and
thirteen others, freeholders of the town of Hartford, addressed a petition to the Board of Eailroad Commissioners, now the Public Service Commission, Acts of 1908, No. 16, stating in general terms that they believed that the approaches to the union passenger station at the village of "White Eiver Junction in the town of Hartford were such as to endanger the public safety and requesting a hearing on the matter, and also requesting that the sufficiency of the station with respect to the convenience and accommodation of the public should be considered in the…
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