The Newtown bee., 1908-08-07
R. R. LINE BETWEEN HAWLEY- VILE AND BETHEL TO BE
 ABANDONED.

Be it remembered that The New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail road Company presented to us its pe- tition dated June IS, 1908, as follows: | To the Honorable Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Connec- lieut. The petition of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, railroad corporation chartered by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, respectfully represents
 l l. That it operates the heretofore located. approved and established line tof railroad formerly known as the Bethel Branch in and through the towns of Bethel and Newtown, in the County of Fairfield in said State, from Bethel to Hawleyvile.
 2. That public safety requires the elimination of the following crossings of said railroad by highways at grade in said towns. The names of said highway crossings and the approximate distance of the same from either the Bethel Station or the Hawleyville Sta tion on said line of railroad are as fol- lows:
 Town of Newtown.
 1. Blackman's Crossing, l3 m. south Hawleyville Passenger Station.
 2. Kane's Crossing, .53 m. south Hawleyville Passenger Station.
 8. Newtown Crossing, .97 m. south Hawleyville Passenger Station.
 4. Camps Crossing, l.35 m south Hawleyvile Passenger Station.
 5. Nigger's Crossing, 1.66 m south Hawleyville Passenger Station.
 Town of Bethel.
 6. Weeds Crossing, 3.72 m. north Bethel Passenger Station.
 |. '. Plum Tree Crossing, 2.67 m. north Bethel Passenger Station. 8. Rockwell's Crossing, 2.52 ID. north Bethel Passenger Station.
 g. SchooIhouse Crossing, 2.22 m. north Bethel Passenger Station. 10. Cider Mill Crossing, 200 m. north Bethel Passenger Station.
 Il. Booths Crossing. 1.73 m. north Bethel Passenger Station. 12. Grassy Ridge Crossing, 1.l7 m. north Bethel Passenger Station. 13. Engine House Crossing, .55 m. north Bethel Passenger Station.
 IA. Maple Avenue Crossing, AS m. north Bethel Passenger Station. 15. Main Street Crossing, .46 m. north Bethel Passenger Station.
 16. Golden Hill Crossing, .9S m. north Bethel Passenger Station.
 3. That it is proposed to eliminate said grade crossings of said highways by discontinuing, except as herein after set forth, the use of said line of railroad of said Bethel Branch between Bethel and Hawleyville from a point on the main track of the line of rail road formerly of the Danbury and Nor walk Railroad Company, now of the petitioner, and lately known as the Danbury Branch of its Shore Line Di- vision, southerly of the highway known as Greenwood Avenue in the town of Bethel, thence running northeasterly about 31, 400 feet to its intersection with the main line of the railroad for merly of the Housatonic Railroad Con- pany, now of the petitioner, and late ly known as its Berkshire Division, at or near the Hawleyville Passenger Sta. tion of your petitioners said railroad, and substituting therefore a new line oj railroad coincident with and on the line and location formerly of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad Company, now of the petitioner, and lately known a: the Danbury Branch hereinbefore de scribed, beginning at said point in saiC last mentioned line of railroad jus southerly of Greenwood Avenue, in sait town of Bethel, thence on and along tn, line of railroad and location of sai, Danbury Branch to the Danbury Pas senger Station of your petitioner, a White Street in the City and Town O Danbury, to connection with tn line and location of the railroad of tn New England Railroad Company no, leased to your petitioner, formerl known as the Highland Division C