The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-28
FRANCISCO RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendants.

/ FKANClSCO RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendants.
On June 18TH 1908 @ Newell ct AL citizens of Jennings
filed complaint against the defendants alleging insufficient telegraph
service depot operated by the St Louis San Francisco Railroad
Company at the town OF Jennings
On the 18th day Of July 1908 the case was heard The Com
mission finds from the evidence that years after the
cton of the railroad owned and operated by the ST. Louis
San Francisco Railroad Company through the jennings that
the citizens of said town contributed little four thousand dollars
for the purpose of building and luppng depot and depot
facilities on defendants right OF at said town The defendant
maintained telegraph service said depot for period of
three years after the building of the depot and four five months
ago this service was discontinued and station agent put in
charge Jennings salary Of Approximately $500 per month
The Commission finds that would only be expense
twenty dollars TO MAINTAIN telegraph service at ennngs ar that such
service is reasonably for the benefit and convenience of the
travelling public and shippers that place The Commission further
finds that trains bned because no telegraph service
this point depot being situated some three quarters of
from the passengers compelled this distance and wait
at times from one to twelve hours for trains which is great nco
vnence and injustice the travelling public The evidence further
shows that the switch track at this depot has been neglected and has
become unfit for
1t IS therefore ordered by the Corporation Commission of the
State of Oklahoma that the defendant the St Louis San Francisco
town of Jennings and that all passenger trains be bulned here
tooe ordered by the Commission and that the switch track said
be put servceabe condition for the shipping of
products from that station That this order be put effect by the
Goth day of September 1908. 1t is ordered.
Guthrie, Oklahoma, August "a, 1908
Defendant filed motion for new trial motion was overued
The case-made completed signed and filed September
22nd, 1908
January ~, 1900 received mandate OF Supreme Court
Opinion of the court follows:
IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE or OKLAHOMA.
Filled January H. 9Ic.)
ST. LOUIS & SAN FRANCISCO RAILROAD COMPANY,
Plaintiff p Error.
J. O. NEWELL, ET AL STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Defendants
in Error
NO. 1891.
The pma faci4 presumption of the reaonabeness business
of order OF the Corporation Commission obtaining
Section %, Article of the Constitution applies only
found by the Commission established by evidence
which the Commission failed make finding nd where fact
material the easonabene business and of order
lacking the finding facts made by the Commission and is
section apply and review this suc order
be sustained
q An order of the Corporation Commission requiring railway
company install telegraph of its stations for the
purpose OF bueng passenger trains made without findings
Of fact evidence the extent OF the passenger traffic said
the approximate amount OF the receipts them
HELD where shown that such additional service would
require the expenses of the company for mannence
the station OF from twenty-five one hundred percent
SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.
APPEAL. FROM CORPORATION COMMISSION
w. r. EVANS,
Z. T. MILLER
r. A. KLEINSCHMIDT
attorneys for Plaintiff IN Error
CHAS. WEST,
Attorney General
GEO. A. EENSHAW,
Assistant Attorney General
attorneys for Defendants in Error
Continued Seven)