Municipal Officers v. Maine Central Railroad

On April 2d, 1921, the Municipal Officers of the town of Newport, in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 73, Chap. 56, R. S., requested in writing the Maine Central Railroad Co., to erect and maintain gates across a certain highway in said town at a point locally known as Caverly Crossing, where the tracks of the Railroad Company cross the highway at grade, which request the Railroad Company refused. Whereupon the Municipal Officers appealed to the Public Utilities Commission.

The Commission after due notice and hearing found that public safety required an automatic signal to be maintained…