PROPOSED ORDER NO. 70. IN RE, PROPOSED ORDER to ALL RAILROAD AND RAILWAY COMPANIES IN OKLAHOMA. Issued March 17, 1910. Requiring the opening of all the exits to passenger trains. April 19, 1910, evidence heard and case closed. Case pending. PROPOSED ORDER NO. 71. IN RE, PROPOSED ORDER to ALL RAILROAD AND RAILWAY COMPANIES IN OKLAHOMA. Issued April 4, 1910. Proposing class and commodity rates. April 28, 1910, evidence heard and case closed. Case pending. PROPOSED ORDER NO. 72. IN RE, PROPOSED ORDER to AND RAILWAY COMPANIES IN ALL RAILROAD OKLAHOMA. Issued April 4, 1910. Proposing switching tariff. Continued from term to term and pending. PROPOSED ORDER NO. 73. ON RE, PROPOSED ORDER to OKLAHOMA CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY, ET AL Proposing to exempt the Oklahoma Central Railway Company from rate order; application therefor having been filed. May 20, 1910, evidence heard and case closed. Case pending. PROPOSED ORDER NO. 74. IN RE, PROPOSED ORDER to ALL STEAM AND ELECTRIC RAILROAD AND RAILWAY COMPANIES IN OKLAHOMA. Issued May 2, 1910. Requiring the filing of drawings showing the location of right of way, etc. Continued from term to term and pending. Requiring that the amount of fares be printed on all passenger tickets.. June 27, 1910, evidence heard and case closed. PROPOSED ORDER NO. 76. IN RE, PROPOSED ORDER to ALL STEAM AND ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANIES ET AL. Issued June 7, 1910. Regulating the crossing of electric wires over railroad tracks. Set for July 13, 1910. DOCKET NO. 7. EX PARTE, APPLICATION OF SHAWNEE COTTON COMPRESS CO. Filed Nov. 14, 1908, asking to be relieved from orders on charges for compressing cotton. December 3rd, 1908, evidence was heard and case closed at Shawnee. May 4, 1909, order issued as follows: CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA. ORDER NO. 191. In Re, Request of the Shawnee Cotton Compress Company to be Relieved From Order on Charges for Compressing Cotton. On November 14th, 1908, the Shawnee Cotton Compress Company filed a petition with the Commission of the State of Oklahoma requesting that it be relieved from Rule No. 6 of Commission's Order No. 96 which is as follows: "The compression of cotton shall include marking, handling, weighing, compressing and all necessary labor attached and pretaining thereto and the maximum charge for such service shall not exceed ten cents per 100 pounds and where any compress assesses a rate in excess of the same or assesses any other charge in connection with the handling of said cotton, this Commission reserves the right to immediately issue an emergency order upon complaint of shipper or railway without a hearing, permitting cotton to be hauled by and compressed at any other compress." On December 3rd, 1908, evidence in this case was taken in Shawnee, Oklahoma, by Commissioner Watson. On November 17th, 1908, the Commission granted a request that additional testimony be taken on Proposed Order No. 30 which resulted in Order No. 96. On December 7th, 1908, the additional evidence in Proposed Order No. 30 was heard and on December 17th, 1908, the Commission issued Order No. 153 and Rule No. 6 of Order No. 96 relating to the rules covering the concentrating of cotton be amended to read as follows: "The compression of cotton shall include marking, handling, weighing, compressing and all necessary labor attached and pretaining thereto and the maximum charge for such service shall not exceed ten cents per one hundred pounds, provided that when patches are furnished by the owner of same, they shall be put on cotton without charges; when patches are furnished by compress it may charge two cents in excess of actual cost for each patch. No cotton to be patched without the same is ordered by the owner. Five cents per bale may be charged for weighing after cotton has been weighed twice. The compress may charge fifteen cents per bale per month for storage after cotton has been compressed and remains on the platform thirty days but no charge shall be assessed for the first thirty days. Actual cost for extra ties may be charged when lower than eight ties are required by the owner. It is therefore ordered by the Corporation Commission that in as much that the request of the complainant had been remedied by amending the amount that could be charged by any other order, that this case be and is hereby dismissed. Guthrie, Oklahoma, May 4, 1909. DOCKET NO. 8. EX PARTE, APPLICATION OF MIDLAND VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY. Filed Nov. 11, 1908, asking for exemption from two-cent fare provision on motor car between Pawhuska and Nelagony. June 5th, 1909, case was dismissed on request of applicant. DOCKET NO. 9. EX PARTE, APPLICATION OF L. T. HINES. Filed Nov. 24, 1908, asking that the Purcell-Lexington Telephone Company be permitted to raise telephone rental rates from $1.00 for residence and $1.50 for business phones, to $2.00 for residence and $2.50 for business phones. April 16, 1909, evidence was heard and case closed. Applicant was given 10 days to file brief and Respondent, the City of Purcell, allowed an additional 10 days for filing brief. Time was extended for filing of brief of respondent to July 5, 1909. September 29, 1909, order issued as follows: CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA. ORDER NO. 248. In Re, Application of L. T. Hines to Raise Telephone Rates in the Town of Purcell. Appearances: J. W. Hocker, for L. T. Hines. A. W. Wadlington, for the people of Purcell. Geo. A. Henshaw, Assistant Attorney General, for the State. OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COMMISSION. By Love, Chairman : On the 10th day of November, 1908, the Purcell-Lexington Telephone Company of Purcell, Oklahoma, filed application with the Corporation Commission, asking that it be allowed to raise the rates in the City of Purcell for telephone service as follows: Business telephones from $2.00 per month to $2.50 per month; residence telephones from $1.00 to $1.50 per month. Evidence was heard March 11, 1909. Case was continued until April 16, 1909, when additional evidence was taken. The applicant testified that he owns and operates a telephone exchange at Purcell, Oklahoma, also exchanges at Lexington, Lindsay, Wayne, Wanette, and Maysville; that he operates toll lines between all exchanges and does a general telephone business-that the approximate value of the system is $40,000.00. The applicant further testified that the service up to and including the time of the hearing was and is not now up to the standard owing to the congested condition of his switchboard; that he has had difficulty in securing good operators, but at the present time the operators are proficient. In opposition to the granting of the petition, testimony was introduced to the effect that the present rates are too high for the character of service rendered; that the service is deficient and frequent complaints are heard in relation to same. The deficient service was said to consist of the incompetency and inattention of the operators caused by one operator being compelled to look after three hundred telephones. The subscribers of the Purcell-Lexington Telephone System are entitled to good commercial service and sufficient operators must be employed to give such service. Evidence was introduced report of the engineer of the Commission) showing the replacement cost of the Purcell and Lexington exchanges, which the applicant upon advice of counsel did not object to and was admitted as prima facie correct-as the value of the plants. (EXHIBIT B.) Classified summary, showing the replacement cost of the physical properties of the Purcell and Lexington exchanges as of date December 5th, 1908: It was not sufficient for the Commission to know alone the value of the property to pass upon the application; it is also necessary to know the earning capacity and the expenditures incurred in securing such earnings. The auditor of the Commission was sent to examine the books of the company and reports that the books showing the receipts and disbursements of the company were almost inextricably mixed and confused. However, with the assistance of Mrs. Hines, the treasurer, and a recently employed bookkeeper, the auditor was able to formulate a financial statement which is as nearly correct as is possible to make it until the new system and classification of accounts as prescribed by the Commission become effective. (Exhibit C) For the month ending December 31, 1908, the total receipts were $730.70, and the total disbursements $612.10, leaving a profit of $118.60. (Exhibit D) For the month ending January 31, 1909, the total receipts were $889.08 and the disbursements $605.96, leaving a profit |