New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-05

The Public Service Commission. I'd Dis
trict, has authorized the 1roquois Nat
ural Gas Company to exercise franchises
| for the furnishing OF natural gas in the
town Of Aurora, Erie County N. Y.
Notice has been received that the Ham
ilton Telephone Company operating at
Hamilton and vicinity, Madison County,
New York, has sold It's physical prop
erty and business to the New York Tele-
phone Company for the sum OF s1l.S50
and the Hamilton Company has ceased to
do business.
The Northwestern Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, which operates in and
about Carthage, N. Y, has been author
lied by the Public Service Commission to
issue its twenty-year gold coupon bonds,
| bearing interest at the rate OF per cent
per annum, TO the par value OF $1,000
bonds TO be sold at not less than 90. and
the proceeds TO be used for new switch
board, new cables. new toll circuit be-
| tween Carthage and Black River. new
toll circuit from Benson Mines to Harris
VILE, and for refunding obligations Of the
company incurred for capital purposes.
The application of the Central & South
American Telegraph Company for leave
to issue $4,000 additional capital stock
in New York has been dismissed by the
Public Service Commission. The com-
pany desires authority to issue this stock
for moneys expended out of the net In
come OF the corporation during the last
five years. The expenditure consists gem
orally OF the cost Of a cable between
! Panama and Colon and extending north
via Guantanamo TO point off Cape Hat
teras, together with the expenses OF In
stallation at various points In connection
with this cable. the cost of a new cable
/ across the Andes between Valparaiso,
Chill, and Buenos Ayres, in the Argentine
Republic; the cost Of new cable repair
ship for use on the lines OF the company
on the west coast OF South America. The
commission gives as its reason for dis
missing the application that under the
provisions OF the Public Service Commits
sion law relating TO telegraph corpora
| tons 1t is called upon to pass only upon
expenditures of New York State corpora
tons within the State OF New York, and
in this CASE all Of the expenditures are
without the state. and the consent OF
the commission is unnecessary.
The Public Service Commission, ID Dis
trict, has received complaints that in GER
tain instances prepayment has been made
| for delivery Of kilograms. when In fact
the messages were delivered by telephone
without charge. Following an investiga-
ton Of the Division Of TeIegraphs and
Telephone, a statement has been received
from the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany that the entire subject has been
| taken up by its operating officials and ac-
counting department, and that 1t Is issu-
ing instructions that In every case in
which the message Is telephoned to the ad-
dressee without expense for the telephone
service, and where the addressee expresses
! himself as being satisfied with the tele-
| phone delivery and as not desiring the
delivery Of written copy Of the mes
sage by messenger, the Office Of destina-
! ton shall notify the office Of origin by
mail OF the facts and request the originat-
| ing office TO refund the delivery charge
to the sender. The originating ONCE will
| thereupon make such refund.