Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04

| ef derived ther6IrOI1. In LIE SASt 80 -
such supervision and regulation and fixing
| of rates, said railroad commission snstLl
have the rights, powers, and priVliese e
conferred upon such COMMISSION by So
tons 1797nl-1 to 1797m-108, both lncIu7
sive Of the statutes and shall be goVerneu
in it's procedure by said sections OF tne
statutes, except as herein otherwise pro-
vided.
! 2. Any appropriation offering for sale or
selling or leasing any hydraulic power re-
sulting by reason Of any improvement au7
thorized under this act or any ele 71;1ad
energy or mechanical power 4t derived nro
therefrom shall be subject to all me pro
visions of sections 1797m-l to rom
| 108, both inclusive, of the statues ana
ferred upon public utilities by SAID sec
lions of the statutes, and not lncoll-
sistent with or repugnant to the proVis-
''i Section Ct. rrl-' i5s6-5s. Upon complaint
made against any appropriation by any
/; mercantile, agricultural, or manu uiitGo
turning society, or by any oody pollll NC
or municipal organization, or by any
! twenty-five persons. firms, corpora
! lions, or associations, that the supply
of hydraulic power of such aproprlatoIr
because of the unreasonable failure or
refusal of such appropriately to develop
| reasonab BILE amount or all OF the ny =
draulic power capable of development
| in connection with any Improvement
| authorized by such franchise, or because
| such appropriation unreasonabiy fallS
or refuses to transform into electrlca;I
| energy reasonable amount OF such
! power and transmit the same Tor SAFE
to the public, the railroad commission
shall proceed, with or without notice,
| to make such investigation as 1t may
| deem necessary or convenient. But no
order affecting such service shall be
! entered by the railroad commission
| without formal hearing.
| Section 1596-54. The railroad COM
Re 55Ti1g I noffy fho app 5o
| planned of that g complaint has been
made, and ten days after such notice
| has been given the railroad commls-
sion may proceed to set a time and
place for g. hearing and an investfga-
Section 1866. The railroad com
mission shall give the appropriation
complained of and the complainant ten
days notice of the time and place when
and where such hearing and investiga-
! ton will be held and such matters con-
sidered and determined. Both the, APP
! proprietor and compla1nant shaN pc
| entitled to be heard and shall have pro
cess to enforce the attendance OF wit
Section 1866. i. If upon such
| found that for the reason or reasons
set out in the complaint the supply OF
| hydraulic power of any apprOprlator IS
| inadeCuate or cannot be obtained, and
| if q showing be made at such hearing
| that public convenience and a necessity
require it, the railroad commission
shall have power to order such appro-
| priator to develop and dispose of to the
| public all or any additional part or the
! hydraulic power capable Of develop
ment III connection with any improve
granted to such appropriation and not
| used or necessary for its purposes, and
may also, upon such showing, order
| that all or any part OF such developed
| hydraulic power not used or necessary
| for the purposes Of such appropriation
| be transformed into electrical energy
and that the same be transmitted Tor
sale to the PUBLIC. ~
such APPROPRIATED be required to devel-
% additional power or to transform
and transmit any electrical energy
! turn cannot be earned upon the total
investment involved including the add
tional Investment necessary for such
| additional development or for such
Section J596-57. If upon such inves-
tigation the allegations Of the, COM
plant shall be found to be true. the ex-
| penses incurred by the railroad com
| mission in making investigation may
be assessed by the said commisston
against the aPpr9pri9t 43, compl41ned d 81 q
road commission shall believe that pub
lie convenience and necessity require
the development of all the hydraulic
| power capable of development in con-
nection with any Improvement author
| lied by any franchise granted under
| this act or the transformation Of any
or all Of such hydraulic power into Ell
| eCtrical energy and the transmission
| of tie same for sale to the public, said
! commission may. on its own motion
summarily investigate the same, with or
Seton 1868. If, after making
such summary investigation, the rail
road commission becomes satisfied that
formal hearing being ordered as to the
matters so summarily investigated,
such commission shall furnish the APP
| proprietor interested a statement no.
| fifying such appropriation of the mat
ters under Investigation. Ten days
after such notice has been given the
railroad commission may proceed to
set time and place, for hearing ana
| investigation as hereinbefOre provided.
Section 1596-60. Notice of the time
and place for such hearing shall be
given to the appropriately and to suGh
other interested persons as the rail-
road commission shall deem necessary,
as provided in section 1596-54, ana
Pr 9ene sha to 4 the hIG
investigated in like manner as though
complaint had been filed with the rail-
road commission, relative to the mat
ter investigated, and the same order or
orders may be made in reference there
to as If such investigation had been
made on complaint.
| Section 1596--G1. l. If public con-
venience and a necessity require it, any
appropriation maintaining any dam
under a franchise granted under the
provisions of this act shall develop
any or all of the hydraulic power ere
ated by such dam and capable Of de-
velopment and shall transform any or
all Of such power, not reasonably nee
essary for the purpose or purposes OF
said appropriation, into electrical en-
ergy and shall transmit the same, OF
such part thereof as is not reasonably
necessary for the purpose or purposes
Of said appropriation, for sale to the
public.
2. Upon complaint made against any
appropriation by any mercantile, agr1-
cultural or manufacturing society, or
by any body polite or municipal or
ganization, or by any twenty-five per
sons, firms, corporations, or associa-
lions that public convenience and ne
cessity require that all or any part OF
the hydraulic power created by any
such dam and capable Of development
be developed and that any or all OF
such developed power not reasonably
necessary for the purpose or purposes
of said appropriately be transformed
into electrical energy and the same OF
any part thereof not reasonably neces-
sary for the purpose or purposes OF
said appropriation, be transmitted foI
sale to the public, and that said APP
proprietor unreasonably neglects and
? refuses to develop or transform anC
! transmit such power, the railroad
i, commission shall make such inv tiGa-