The Biennial Report Of The Public Service Commission For Years Ending November 30 PDF Download

Excerpt from Ninth Annual Report of the Public Service Commission of Washington to the Governor: Covering the Period From December 1, 1918, to November 30, 1919 Louis F.Hart, Governor of Washington: We herewith transmit to you the Annual Report of The Public Service Commission of Washington for the year ending November 30, 1919. During the period covered by this report occurred the sixteenth legislative session. New laws enacted at that session affecting this Commission Included Chapter 33. amending the five-cent street car fare law; Chapter 93, providing for the construction and operation o(toll bridges; Chapter 98, relating to eminent domain for warehouses; Chapter 138, city street car line extensions; Chapter 153. physical track connections; and Chapter 189. generally amending the grain inspection laws. August 15. 1919. Senator B, V. Kuykendall of Pomeroy and Hance H. Cleland, who as assistant attorney general, had been the legal adviser of the Commission for some time, were appointed to the Commission to succeed E. P. Blaine of Seattle, and Arthur A. Lewis of Spokane; and. at the next regular meeting of the Commission. Senator Kuykendall was elected chairman. While the ninth annual report herewith submitted embraces a substantial and fairly satisfactory record of the Commissions work during the year. It should be borne in mind that, from the standpoint of regulation, the period has been characterized by the turbulency of the times and the chaotic condition of the utility organizations and policies. A description of the transportation condition, the conversion of manufacturing plants from war-time production, the abnormal demand to which public service companies and utilities have been subjected, either through unusual production or extraordinary retrenchment and the restoration of ocean transportation. Is hardly necessary. Suffice to say that the regulatory powers of the nation have been fraught with bewildering questions and problems which coupled with frantic efforts toward freedom from war-time restraint makes tor much apprehension on the part of public service, while the lines of each Individual state are so Inadequately defined. During the past year the railroads and the express companies have continued In the hands of Federal control. The telephone and telegraph companies were restored to their private ownership August 1 st of this year. With approximately 8, 000 miles of railroad and all state telephone and telegraph service and the heavy volume of traffic for express, the operation of these four classes of companies are necessarily of great importance to this state. Together with the hundreds of other utilities they form the economic basis tor commercial and Industrial activities In general and vitally affect the welfare of the state. It Is only fair to state that conditions obtaining during Federal control developed a conflict of jurisdiction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.