In re the Boston & Albany Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the Town of Kinderhook from an order made by the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Columbia on the 16th day of July, 1900, abolishing the grade crossing at Chatham street, in Niverville, in the town of Kinderhook, and determining that public safety requires that said grade crossing be abolished and all travel thereon be diverted to another highway or-crossing to be constructed and…
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Appeal by the Town of Kinderhook from an order made by the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Columbia on the 16th day of July, 1900, abolishing the grade crossing at Chatham street, in Niverville, in the town of Kinderhook, and determining that public safety requires that said grade crossing be abolished and all travel thereon be diverted to another highway or-crossing to be constructed and carried beneath said railroad. The proceeding was taken by petition of the Boston and Albany Railroad Company under section 62…
1Opinion of the Court
Chase, J.:
The Boston and Albany Railroad Company owns and operates a steam railroad, the¡ main line of which in the State of New York, passes through the town of Kinderhook, Columbia county. At or pear the Niverville station it is crossed at grade by á highway known as Chatham ¡street, and the crossing is made at an acute angle.. At this crossing there are five tracks, four of which belong to the Boston and Albany Railroad Company. The most westerly track is that of the Kinderhook and Hudson Railroad Company. Immediately adjoining that track are the two main tracks of the Boston and Albany…
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