It appearing, after public notice and hearing, and upon investigation by the Board, that said petition has been authorized by vote of the stockholders of said company, and that the acquisition and maintenance of the pleasure resort in question may be not only advantageous to said company but beneficial to the public, it is Ordered, That the Board approve the acquisition by the said Southbridge & Sturbridge Street Railway Company of a parcel of land situate in the town of Sturbridge, containing 10.7 acres, more or less, with the buildings, improvements, fixtures and equipments thereon or used in connection therewith for purposes of lawful recreation and pleasure. Reference is to be had for a description of said land to the deed of Franklin E. Brooks to Francis L. Chapin and Calvin D. Paige, dated April 20, 1897, and recorded in the Worcester County Registry of Deeds, Worcester District, book 1541, page 124; and also to a plan of said land on file with the petition in this office, entitled ' A Plan of Fairview Park, Sturbridge, Mass., 1898,' made by A. C. Moore, civil engineer. The cost of said land to said company, with all the buildings, improvements, fixtures and equipments aforesaid, shall not exceed the sum of $4,000.

The real estate and property aforesaid are to be held, equipped, maintained and used only for purposes of recreation and for a pleasure resort, in accordance with and subject to all the provisions of said chapter 316 of the Acts of 1895.

Attest: Wm. A. Crafts,