Excerpt from Twenty-Fourth and Final Report of the Boston Transit Commission: For the Year Ending, June 30, 1918
In accordance with the terms of chapter 373 of the Special Acts of 1917 and chapter 376 of the Special Acts of 1915 the Commission, at the request of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, has entered upon the construction of a prepayment area at Massachusetts station. This work requires the build ing of a bridge over the tracks of the Boston Albany Rail road, and on November 1, 1917, the Commission petitioned the Public Service Commission for a location for such bridge, and on November 26, 1917, the necessary permission was granted. The work is now well under way. Details of this work will be found in the report Of the Chief Engineer.
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