The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-04

require investigation. The commlsSlon | shall make and file report or the
 causes, facts, and circumstances or
 each accident. within one month there l after, and as a part of said report, shall suggest means, if possible, Wnere- l by similar accidents may be avoided | in the future. Such reports shall De open to public inspection at the ofnce Of the commission.
 Part ". Electricity and Gas; Meters. POWERS OF COMMISSION RELA- TIVE TO ELECTRICITY
 30. The office of Inspector General l for gas and gas meters is hereby abol- l ished, and the duties heretofore vest | ed in such officer shall hereafter be performed by the commission. The commission shall also have power to | fix the standard of Illuminating and heating power and purity and quality l of gas, and to fix the initial efficiency l of electric lamps furnished by gas and electric companies, and to investigate l sure or voltage at which gas or elec- | tricity shall be distributed.
 INSPECTION OF METERS. 31. Upon petition of any person. and | the payment by such person of a fee l of one dollar for each meter, the com | mission shall cause to be inspected any | electric, gas. or water meter of such | 1 electricity, gas, or water through such | meter shall reimburse the petitioner 1 for such fees If such meter be found to be more than two per centum fast, | and shall not again use such meter | until corrected. and approved by the commission. The commission shall cause to be approved every electric, gas, or water meter in which the error | does not exceed two per cent. for gas meters. or four per cent. for electric I or water meters, and shall cause the same to be stamped with some suit | able device. and the date of ap- pToval.
 Part V. Service and Rates.
 ESTABLISHMENT OF THROUGH l ROUTES AND TRANSPOR- PATTON.
 1 32 If the lines of any two or more common carriers or railroad or street railway companies form Cor by the con- l structioD and maintenance of switch or | other suitable connection could be made to form) a continuous line of 1 transportation, the commission, upon | hearing after due public notice, may
 authorize or require the establishment 1 by such companies at joint rates of through routes or transportation fOI passengers. or for such freight or
 other property as the commission may designate; and the commission may,
 after due hearing. require any of such companies to operate over its lines cars or other equipment delivered by any
 other of such companies; and, if said companies cannot agree as to the di- 1 vision of rates or conditions under | which such through routes or transpor- | tation shall be established or such cars l operated, the commission shall have power, after due hearing. to determine ! and prescribe the proportionate DOT | tions of such through rates payable | fr aI, nf cyoid <sny, inc fDy~ gT1y
 other terms or conditions necessary to
 the establishment of such through
 routes or transportation, or to the l operation of such cars or other equip ment.
 PLANT AND EQUIPMENT TO BE ADEQUATE.
 B. Any borough, city, or town with | in which, or between which, and any l other borough, city. or town in this
 State any public service company is l furnishing service, or any ten patrons i of any such company. may bring a | written petition to the commission all leging that the plant or equipment ot | suited to the public need. Thereupor
 the commission shall fix a time ano ! place for a hearing upon such peti- tion. of which it shall mail notice tc
 the parties in interest and give due | public notice, at least one week prior I thereto. Upon said hearing the com I mission may, if it finds such plant ol I equipment to be inadequate or u1lsuit- ed to the public need order, and pre-
 scribe such plant or equipment as shal
 be adequate and suitable. and fix Q time within which said company shal construct such plant or obtain such I equipment. It shall thereupon be the duty of such companv to construct such plant or obtain such equipment 1 within the time so determined.
 A | MANY PERSONS.
 34.-Any borough, city, or town with | in which, or between which, and any 1 other borough, city, or town in this State, any public service company is furnishing service, or any ten patrons l of any such company. or any such company furnishing service in accord | ance with. or at rates prescribed by l an order of the commission, may bring | a written petition to the commission alleging that the rates or charges o1 such company, or prescribed by the | commission, are unreasonable, or thai the service furnished is inadequate to | or exceeds public necessity and con- venience. Thereupon the commission shall fix time and place for hear | ing upon such petition, of which il
 shall mail notice to the parties in in terest and also give due public notice at least one week prior thereto. Upor
  shall find such rates and charges to be | unrea sonable. or such service to be in | adequate or excessive, determine ano | prescribesan adequate service, and just 1 and reasonable maximum rates anC charges to be thereafter made by such | company Such company shall there. after furnish the service so determined
 or prescribed; and shall not thereafter
 demand any rate or charge in excess of the maximum rate or charge so de termined and prescribed.
 RATES AND SERVICE AFFECTING
 A SINGLE PERSON
 35.. If any water, gas. electric, ol telephone company shall -unreasonably | fail or refuse te furnish adequate ser | vice at reasonable rates to any person 1 within the territorial limits within l which said company has charter au- | thority to furnish such service. such
 person may bring his written petition to the commission alleging such fafl- | ure or refusal. Thereupon the com | a hearing upon such petition, of which ] 1t shall mail notice to the parties ir l interest at least one week prior there- l to- Upon said hearing the commission may, if it shall find that said company has unreasonably failed or refused tc l furnish such person with adequate l service at reasonable rates. determine l and prescribe the service to be fur nished by such company to such per-
 son, and the conditions under which and maximum rates or charges al which, such service shall be furnished l Such company shall thereafter furnish l such service in accordance with such 1 conditions to such person, and sha1 nd