The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-08

| do. Tallahassee, Milton. Marble City,
| Britton. Lequire. Chant and Norfolk.
On evidence submitted showing
that additional passenger train ser.
vice was needed to accommodate the
| travelling public the commission has
ordered trains put on b,'weeu Lawton
! and Eldorado. Woodward and points
/ In Western Oklahoma. Guthrie. Still-
water and PaWnee. Guthrie and Mar
/ ictta. Lindsay and Chickash., Yale,
Maramcc aud saltwater. coal Creek
and r. Smith, Bartlesyille and Tul-
sa At numerous other points In the
state the commission has required
passenger trains 10 stop where they
had been running through aud stop
| ping only when naged.
GENERAL BETTERMENTS
The commission has ordered phvsi-
| cal connections al Cushing. Pawnee
and Award That Is. the commission
| has ordered where two roads enter
| the same town that connecting
track be built between the two to per.
nit u, transfer Of loaded ears from
one road to the other.
Better facilities for the handling OF
freight anI passenger tranic has
/ been ordered at Apache. Nister.
Capitol Hill. Jennings snyder Ske-
dee, Carnegie. r. Cobb. Ferguson,
Payson and Chickasha. Z.
! The commission has issued orders
| naming rates. rules and regulations
| for the transportation OF the following
/ commodities, in carlot,. between all
/ points In oklahoma:
Coal. lumber, tics logs, asphalt.
brick. cement. canned goods cement
| building blocks stuccO. lime. plaster.
gypsum cordwood. saw dust slaves
aud headings. sash and doors wood
work for agricultural implements tin
the roughJ. fruit, vegetables, J.
grain. -four, seeds. chop feed ST. y.
alfalfa, stone, sand, gravel, ciuders.
Grade and refined oil, etc.
The one great advantage In the
commissions rates is that every ship.
per knows exactly what he pays. and
what his competitors pay The rates
are absolutely the same 10 everybody.
aire or farmer. Armour Packing
company or "Bil Jones the rates
are the same.
The commission has had filed with
It two hundred and twenty-five form
al complaints asking for depOts,
stock pens, telegraph offices. side
tracks. street crossings, trains 10 be
properly bullctlned, trains to stop on
flag. wanting physical connections,
telephones In depots, aud complaining
OF oyercharges. discourtcous treat
ment on the part Of employees. un.
wholesome water in depots. etc. over
one hundred and hfty 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 these
complaints can be adjusted By bring
ing the parties together and having a
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 aud
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
ous correspondence, It has checked
thousands of freight bills and given
the shippers in Oklahoma correct
rate from points scattered all over
the United States.
OTHER CORPORATIONS
while the attention Of the com.
mission has been taken up to con
} siderable extent since It's organiza
, ton by the regulation of the rail
J road rates and traffic Il has found
time to exercise a strict suryeilanc,
over the other public service c1rpor
atlons. all of which come under It,
jurisdiction Ntten'ut- on the part %
several telephone companies TO rails,
, the rates TO an unjust figure have beer
baked by order of the corporation
commission. la several cities an i'm
. mediate bettormeut of the scrvic,
given by the telephone company hat
been required and extensive figure
are being collected on the gas ant
electric light properties over the stat
: with view 20 determining in wha
! particular IL any, the interference
I OF the corporation commission will b.
p required TO protect the rights Of IN
public.
A., The action OF the democratic part
In Incorporating I'm our organic lay
=, the provision creating the corporation
81 commission. clothing 10 with both e,
, ccutiye and judicial authority and a,
4 hnuE its duJc, $50 as to give it IN
, utmost .ariWd" pos 5ible 10 insure e'
act Justice both TO The public and tn
~ corporation, is second only To the wit
dom displayed by the democrat part
l I'm choosing the men who cousI'ut
' the corporation