And it is further ordered, That the said Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company be given at least seven days' notice of such hearing by service upon it, either peisonally or by mail, of a certified copy of this order, and that at such hearing said company be afforded all reasonable opportunity for presenting evidence and examining and cross-examining witnesses as to the matters aforesaid. Hearing held May 29th. Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad Company and Long Island Railroad Company.- Gas line through Sunnyside yard. Complaint Order No. 778. COMPLAINT OF THE EAST RIVER GAS COM- against PENNSYLVANIA TUNNEL AND TERMINAL RAIL- Complaint Order No. 778 (see form, note 1), issued October 13th. Gas Corporations. General investigation into the condition of. In the Matter of a General investigation into the condition of Gas ORDER No. 651. July 10, 1909. Whereas, This Commission is vested by law with the general supervision of all persons and corporations having authority within the First District under any general or special law or under any charter or franchise to lay down, erect or maintain pipes, conduits, ducts or other fixtures in, over or under streets, highways and public places of any municipality, for the purpose of furnishing or distributing gas, and not only has the power but is charged with the duty to examine the methods employed by such persons, corporations and municipalities in manufacturing and supplying gas for light or heat and in transmitting the same, and to order such improvements as will best promote the public interest, preserve the public health and protect those using gas or those employed in the manufacture or distribution thereof or in the maintenance or operation of the works, poles, lines. conduits, ducts, and systems maintained in connection therewith and to examine all persons, corporations and municipalities under its supervision and keep informed as to the methods employed by them in the transaction of their business and see that their property is maintained and operated for the security and accommodation of the public and in compliance with the provisions of law and of their franchises and charters. Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That this Commission shall forthwith, as required by section 66 of the Public Service Commissions Law, examine, inquire into, and investigate, the general conditions of each and every gas corporation within the First District, its capitalization, its franchises, and the manner in which its lines owned, leased, controlled or operated, are managed, conducted and operated, including the methods employed by it in manufacturing and supplying gas and in transmitting the same and the methods employed by it in the transaction of its business and as to whether its property is maintaned and operated for the security and accommodation of the public and in compliance with all the provisions of law and of its franchises and charters. Further resolved, That the Chairman may designate from time to time a Commissioner to preside, with power to call and adjourn hearings hereunder. American Railway Traffic Company: Noise caused by cars at curve at Ocean avenue and Avenue F: Complaint Order No. 295... Hearing Order No. 382. Final Order No. 442. Amsterdam Electric Light, Heat and Power Company: Extending time to file annual report: Extension Orders Nos. 812a, 812b.. PAGE. Assembly bills relating to operation and equipment of railroads and street railroads considered: Letter of Chairman Willcox.. Astoria Light, Heat and Power Company: Extending time to file annual report: Extension Orders Nos. 812, 812b.. Atlantic Avenue Elevated Railroad Company: Extension Order No. 748.... Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company: Application for permission to put into effect a short notice tariff schedule: Order No. 319. Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad Company: Extending time to file annual report: Extension Order No. 748a.. Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company: Extending time to file annual report: Extension Order No. 748b..... 735 239 239 240 240 576 576 576 277 618 277 270 212 270 270 Neglect to pave and keep in repair the street between and adjoining the rails: Hearing Order No. 190...... Letter of Chairman Willcox.. Opinion of Commissioner Bassett.. Final Order No. 318. . . . . . Extension Orders Nos. 339, 357. Final Order No. 389.. Extension Order No. 440.. Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company: Application for permission to put into effect a short notice tariff 397 667 668 668 671 672 672 674 schedule: Order No. 819.. 212 Insufficient trolley car service furnished to lower Fulton and Wash- ington streets' sections: Complaint Order No. 765... 411 Discontinuance of the Thirty-ninth Street Ferry-Bay Ridge avenue line: Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company.- Continued: Inadequate service on the crosstown line, etc.—Continued: PAGE. Opinion of Commissioner Bassett... 515 Case No. 845, Final Order.... 516 Noise caused by cars at curve at Ocean avenue and Avenue F: Noise caused by operation of cars on the Bergen street and Nostrand Defective tracks and switches on Main street near Fulton and Pros- pect streets: Complaint Order No. 220..... 619 Removal of tracks in Fifty-second street from Second avenue to the Failure to operate cars on Nassau avenue line from midnight to 5 a. m.: Complaint Order No. 297... 397 Increase of service on Flatbush-Seventh avenue line: turning cars back at Church avenue: Cross-over switches on the Nostrand avenue line at Church avenue; Hearing Order No. 326.... 404 404 406 407 505 COMPANY. SUBJECT. PAGE. Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company.- Continued: Cross-over switches on the Nostrand avenue line, etc.- Continued: Opinion of Commissioner Bassett... 506 Final Order No. 376..... 506 Insufficient service over Williamsburg Bridge between 11 p. m. and 3 a. m.: Complaint Order No. 446... 411 Discontinuance Order No. 530. 412 Operation of trains and surface cars at Sixty-fifth street and Third Traffic conditions at Graham and Flushing avenues, and Broadway, Complaint Order No. 417.... 561 Failure to stop cars at the north end of the bridge over Coney Discontinuance of the Thirty-ninth Street Ferry-Bay Ridge avenue Excessive fare from North Beach to points south of Flushing Road |