The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-19

that additional passenger train sen |
vice was needed to accommodate the
travelling public the commission has
ordered trains put on between Lawton
and Eldorado. Woodward and points
in Western Oklahoma. Guthrie, SulL
water and Pawnec Guthrie and Mag
ietta, Lindsay and Chckash-, Yale, |
Maramcc and saltwater Coal Creek |
and Fl Smith, Bartlesville and Tul
sa. At numerous other points In the
state the commission has required !
passenger trains to stop where they
had been running through and stop.
ping only when aaged
GENERAL BETTERMENTS
The commission has ordered physi
cal connections at Cushing, Pawnce
and Award THAT is, the commission
has ordered whore two roads enter
the same town that connecting
track be built between the two TO per-
NIT the transfer of loaded cars from
one road to the other.
Better facilities for the handling oil
freight and passenger traffic has
been ordered at Apache. Wister,
Capitol Hill jennings, Snyder, Ske.
dee, Carnegie, Ft Cobb, Ferguson,
Payson and Chlckasha. :,
The commission has issued orders
naming rates, rules and regulations
for the trar.0ortatlon of the following
! commoditi' I'm carlots, between all
points IN oklahoma:
Coal. iumber, ties. logs, asphalt,
brick. cement canned goods, cement
building blocks stucco, lime, plaster,
gypsum cOrdwood saw dust. slaves
and headings, sash and doors, wood.
work for agricultural implements lin
the rough), fruit, vegetables, hay,
grain, flour, seeds, chop feed, straw,
alfalfa, stone, sand gravel, cinders
Grade and refined oil, etc.
The one great advantage In tho
commissions rates is that every ship.
per knows exactly what he pays, and
what his competitors pay. The rates
are absolutely the same to everybody,
rich or poor, trust or no trust, million.
aire or farmer, Armour Packing
company or bill Jones the rates
are the same
The commission has had filed with
1t two hundred and twenty-five form
al complaints, asking for depots,
stock pens, telegraph offices, side
tracks, street crossings, trains to be
properly bulletined, trains to stop On
flag, wanting physical connections,
telephones in depots, and complaining
of Oyercharges, discourteous treat
ment on the part of employees, un
wholesome water in depots, etc. Over
one hundred and fifty Of these com
plants have been settled either by
hearings, under oath before the com
mission or by bringing the parties
together informally. Many OF thes,
complaints can be adjusted by bring
ing the parties together and having I
conference, in which all concerned
are present
The commission has used its good
offices in having hundreds Of dollars
in overcharges refunded to shippers
They have also given our citizens ant
business men every assistance pos
sible in the settlement of interstate
claims over which the commission
has no direct jurisdiction
The commission has a very volumi
Gus correspondence; it has checked
thousands of freight bills and given
the shippers in Oklahoma a correct
rate from points scattered all over
the United States.
OTHER CORPORATIONS
Nbfla tho attantf,r ~ A. o1..
mission has been taken up to a con.
siderable extent since its organiza.
tio% by the regulation OF the rail.
road rates and traffic ii has found
time to exercise strict surveillance
over the other public service corpor,
ations, all Of which come under its
jurisdiction. Attempts on the part OF
several telephone companies to raise
the rates to an unjust figure have been
baked by order OF the corporation
commission In several cities an i'm
mediate bettermcnt OF the service
given by the telephone company has
been required and extensive figures
are being collected on the gas and
electric light properties over Tue stale
with view to determining In what
particular II any. the Interference
Of the corporation commission will be
required to protect the rights Of the
public.
The action OF the democratic party
In Incorporating in our organic law
the provision creating the corporation
commission clothing 1t with both ex.
ecutive and judicial authority and de.
fining its duties so as to give II the
utmost latitude possible TO insure ex-
act justice both TO the public ana the
corporation, Is second only 20 the wis
dom displayed by The democrat party
in choosing the men who constitute
the corporation.
Three nser<atiye, honest. well.
balanced business men under o1k tao
stupendous task confronting them 81
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