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In August 1874, the railroad's board of directors voted to lease the [[Monadnock Railroad]], which extended the Boston, Barre and Gardner's tracks from Winchendon to [[Peterboro, New Hampshire]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=August 13, 1874|title=Telegraphic Dispatches|work=Manufacturers and Farmers Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CLtiAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref> The railroad also decided to extend the Monadnock from its Peterboro terminus northward 18 miles to [[Hillsboro, New Hampshire|Hillsboro]], where it would connect with the [[Contoocook River Railroad]], providing a route to [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]].<ref name=":3" />
=== Lease and consolidation ===
The Fitchburg Railroad concluded an agreement to lease the Boston, Barre, and Gardner Railroad in early 1885, with the Fitchburg taking over operations on March 4.<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 4, 1885|title=Boston, Barre & Gardner|work=[[Boston Evening Transcript]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9xA0AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref> The following month, the [[Massachusetts General Court]] authorized the Fitchburg to consolidate the Boston, Barre, and Gardner, formally ending its existence as a railroad company.<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 29, 1885|title=Local Railroad Notes|work=[[Boston Evening Transcript]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y0MzAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2|access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>
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