The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-25
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from the telegraph business for twelve months prior to the time when
klhc service dicontinued?'
Mr Love Chairman: Question objected to-"
4 Counsel for Appellant ! would like 70 say the attorney for
he Santa offers to prove what the receipts the
taton of Payon for the telegraph business for each month during
period Of weno months Immediately mcccdag the dscon-
Z nuance of the service at that station
Mr. Love- Chairman: 1T not allowed by the court"
Exception taken to the ruling by counsel for appellant
Mr.. Love Chairman: 1T has no bearing in a Of this
atu all public service corporations have monopoly Of certain
pecal privileges take upon themselves obligations the people
n rs and then The making of money afterwards
Counsel for Appellant % Mr. Pamer how far did you say
is from Payson north o Sparhs A. Approximately six lrcs,
@ There is telegraph office maintained there? A. think
here is yes sir"
4 @ telephone from Payson to Sparks A. Yes Sir"
. How far is il from the station Of PYon south to the first
4 aon2 A. About the same distance about six miles
70 What is the Of that station? A. Mcc.er"
% Is there telegraph office there? A. Yes sir"
70 Ana there IS telephone from layson to Meekcr? a.
% SO that the greatest distance any persons between these
owns would have 10 so to reach telegraph office already in
sence and furnishing would be six miles north south?
Yes SIR would like TO state to the court tat Mr. Franks who
shipper that lie might be interviewed this particular point
% How many stores there Payson7 A. Well there is
hree stores handling hardware and implements drug
store believe
% About people there? think the report taken
year shows about two hundred possibly hundred and fifty
Atwo hundred and forty hundred and fifty"
The witness examined the part the compl2an
INV. T. Frank who testified that he lived Payson and that his
busness that Of general merchant and also engaged the
N Assistant Attorney General % Now you may state what
inconvenience the lack d telegraph facilities bears upon your bust
Rness? Well as business man and from Western Union
standpoint have the report TO make that Mr. Pane has
make The report from the Chandler office my business and
paid them myself because acquainted there and phone down
gand paid The bill lived and owned property Chandler before
Pason also did business with Sparks and Neeke1
hin the month when could send kilograms the other way collect
aand have since received gns from these stations and have this
tobco from Western Union standpoint and as shipper of cotton
iand anything have SELL have shipped grain the year.
md very ard to get cars there because OF no operator hard
go gc cars without an operator because they wire for and
also hard to have your picked up because is the for the
agent wire the dispatcher to wire the conductor these trains
Elpick up certain cars
u @ You through trains? A. No. the local picks them
up they wire the local pick them up that is the and
find very nconynent that way And as for the citizens
livery hard set messages This last month know that
least three messages that delivered couldn't get them
Felycred because they misunderstood they couldn't
elycrcd very badly misunderstood and they
all until happened down there few days after and discovered
that had never been and that very nconvncnt and the
coming and good prospects for good crop
where from thousand fifteen hundred bales be gnncd and
the prospect Of cotton buyers being there and myself expect
ship out all gin ddn do that last year because had
hired there, but | will attend TO ii myself this year
Mr., McAcser Associate Member of the Commission: %
You have gin there? A. Yes sir"
. Any elevators there for gan2 A. No 1 elevators
have mill but no elevators"
Assistant Attorney General 90 You know about how many
ar loads OF products were hppel from that station last yr7
no don't know don't think there was any great lot Of stuff
shipped out ship car load OF flour every six weeks about the
amount receive there
Aor do ycu Ship out from twenty-five and fifty hundred
bales at a time, ship less than ,wcnty- five
CrosSeHanhatoh by counsel Tor appellant: ~ Now.
were talking about having eight dollars Of telegraph business
what month was that? A. Month Of May"
4 g Month Of May this year? A. Yes sir"
. Now You do your eegaphng into Sparks by pbouc2 A.
We'll not altogether sometimes YOU can't get them answer
@ Sometimes you take it to Mceker? A. Well we had our
agent send the money down there by train mail pay for grams
at Meeler"
g So you take ChandIer2 A. Yes sir have brother
there, and he guarantees it for me-"
@ Now do you know when the telegraph service vas dcon
inaed Payson7 A. think your record there that YOU claim
February, 1905 about correct"
h Q would like to request ask him if he knows what the
receipts from the telegraph business the station Of Pason were
Tor each month Tor twenty -four months prior the time the
was DISCONTINUED
Mr. Love Chairman. Not allowed by the court from the fact
that when public service corporation has monopoes and
certain privileges other than private persons they must give such
service to the public as reasonable service for the public
Exceptions taken BY counsel for appellant
Witness I'm order competition in business from the
city and community while is in the neghborhood OF TWO
hundred TO two hundred and fifty people do our business
with the town. we do our cotton business principally with the country
our country hcky settled there families to every quarter
section who raise cotton and sell it. ard in order TO meet