Excerpt from Public Documents of the State of Connecticut, 1898, Vol. 3The New England Railroad Company brought its petition April 27, 1897 asking for the closing of a crossing of the Melrose branch of its railroad in the town of Vernon, by what is known as the Burke Hill road, and the substitution of another crossing not at grade about 600 feet westerly of the present crossing, and the construction of a new highway to connect the Burke Hill road with said under crossing. After proper notice and hearing the petition was granted, the railroad company to pay the ex pense of the change.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.